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I don't recommend using a hackintosh for your professional development. That being said, building a hackintosh rig and getting it to work is really fun to play around with!
To my great sadness there is no such way to do hackintosh development in a properly licensed manner. :(
To get the best deal you can either purchase from eBay (use cashback at TopCashback.com and no tax) or try to find a store that lets you use gift cards purchased at ~10+% discount. You can get gift cards at https://www.giftcardgranny.com and if you shop at a store like Best Buy you can probably get the EDU discount code with a fake EDU from https://secure.californiacolleges.edu/Home/Create_an_Account....
Hackintosh really not worth it unless you're doing serious video editing.
I realize this is not what you asked for, but the non-touch entry level macbook pro is in apple stores now. Go check it out before you take on the headache that is working on a hackintosh. It's still somehow better built than dell's XPS and the space gray color is nice to boot. Since it's the "entry level", it doesn't have a touch strip and instead has a full function row, including the esc key. It felt fast from my…
How wise and straightforward is it to run OS/X in a virtual machine on a Windows laptop? How recent a version can you run, and what's the best setup to use? What limitations does it have, and what kind of graphics cards can it take advantage of, if any? For my purposes, I only need to build apps with XCode, not do anything graphically intensive.
How wise and straightforward is it to run OS/X in a virtual machine on a Windows laptop? How recent a version can you run, and what's the best setup to use? What limitations does it have, and what kind of graphics cards can it take advantage of, if any? For my purposes, I only need to build apps with XCode, not do anything graphically intensive.
I've tried many Hackintosh options out there years ago specifically to get started developing on iOS. While I think many machines can run Mac, I gave up on Hackintosh for iOS development mainly because: 1. Opportunity cost - The time you spend on hackintosh could be spent exploring the iOS SDK. It is an extensive and amazing SDK to work with. 2. Need to embrace the platform - I once hated the fact that you had to get…
How wise and straightforward is it to run OS/X in a virtual machine on a Windows laptop? How recent a version can you run, and what's the best setup to use? What limitations does it have, and what kind of graphics cards can it take advantage of, if any? For my purposes, I only need to build apps with XCode, not do anything graphically intensive.
How wise and straightforward is it to run OS/X in a virtual machine on a Windows laptop? How recent a version can you run, and what's the best setup to use? What limitations does it have, and what kind of graphics cards can it take advantage of, if any? For my purposes, I only need to build apps with XCode, not do anything graphically intensive.
I realize this is not what you asked for, but the non-touch entry level macbook pro is in apple stores now. Go check it out before you take on the headache that is working on a hackintosh. It's still somehow better built than dell's XPS and the space gray color is nice to boot. Since it's the "entry level", it doesn't have a touch strip and instead has a full function row, including the esc key. It felt fast from my…