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Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide

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Re: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide

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Post by sounds »

The Hackintosh movement is still going strong. One would think Apple would make their life difficult but quite the opposite appears to be the case: there are a few well-understood workarounds to get OS X working on an off-the-shelf PC, mostly just audio and networking.

Be careful if you choose not to follow the guides, though! There's a reason most Hackintoshes use Gigabyte motherboards, Atheros wireless, etc.

- Just another happy Hackintosh user.

Re: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide

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Post by jamescun »

sounds wrote: post #3

The Hackintosh movement is still going strong. One would think Apple would make their life difficult but quite the opposite appears to be the case: there are a few well-understood workarounds to get OS X working on an off-the-shelf PC, mostly just audio and networking. Be careful if you choose not to follow the guides, though! There's a reason most Hackintoshes use Gigabyte motherboards, Atheros wireless, etc. - Just…

By this point, Macs are only a notch away from a stock PC. Even the last vestige of difference, such as the use of EFI, are becoming common practice by other computer manufacturers.

The time and effort required to introduce technical preventative measures far out-weigh the "loss" from the Hackintosh community (which is still a minuscule niche in comparison to their genuine markets).

Re: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide

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Post by Washuu »

m0th87 wrote: post #4

Do these rigs break down with Apple patches or the like? Can I reasonably expect a setup now to work 5 years from now?

As long as a standard accepted configuration is used stuff tends to "just work". I have my Hackintosh identified as a MacPro3,1. Standards OS X maintenance releases upgrade just fine. I try to be careful with full OS upgrades which usually just involves waiting a month or so to see what problems people run into. Though, I do that even with official Apple hardware because inevitably there is some issue with official Apple hardware or software that ends up screwing me until fixes are pushed out.

The only reason the hardware would stop working is if Apple drops the similar official hardware as being supported in a new release such as when they dropped 32-bit EFI support.

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Post by presumeaway »

sounds wrote: post #3

The Hackintosh movement is still going strong. One would think Apple would make their life difficult but quite the opposite appears to be the case: there are a few well-understood workarounds to get OS X working on an off-the-shelf PC, mostly just audio and networking. Be careful if you choose not to follow the guides, though! There's a reason most Hackintoshes use Gigabyte motherboards, Atheros wireless, etc. - Just…

Once it's set up and working the way you want, how often do you find yourself dealing with small issues?

Re: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide

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Post by yuhong »

jamescun wrote: post #6
sounds wrote: post #3

The Hackintosh movement is still going strong. One would think Apple would make their life difficult but quite the opposite appears to be the case: there are a few well-understood workarounds to get OS X working on an off-the-shelf PC, mostly just audio and networking. Be careful if you choose not to follow the guides, though! There's a reason most Hackintoshes use Gigabyte motherboards, Atheros wireless, etc. - Just…

By this point, Macs are only a notch away from a stock PC. Even the last vestige of difference, such as the use of EFI, are becoming common practice by other computer manufacturers. The time and effort required to introduce technical preventative measures far out-weigh the "loss" from the Hackintosh community (which is still a minuscule niche in comparison to their genuine markets).

I know. What is funny is that they made OS X free despite that.
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