Ask HN: PC I can buy today to add/make Hackintosh? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: PC I can buy today to add/make Hackintosh?

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Post by kanche » Mon, May 25, 2015, 3:50 AM UTC

Back in college days, I made my dell laptop a hackintosh, at that time ati was not supported by osx, so it was very troublesome to install - patching dsdt, kexts and all. It broke when I updated to Lion and I stopped and installed Arch Linux. I used to check http://www.insanelymac.com forum, http://wiki.osx86project.org, and, http://www.tonymacx86.com a lot. There you will find most of the resources you need.

You might find these links useful in finding a compatible pc if you don't want to do diy:

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.10.3/Port...

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.10.3/Desk...

Re: Ask HN: PC I can buy today to add/make Hackintosh?

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Post by touristtam » Mon, May 25, 2015, 4:59 AM UTC

capnhooke wrote: post #9

Depending on why exactly you want a Hackintosh you might want to check out Elementary OS [1]. It's a Linux distro that has the same sort of feel as Mac OS (and it's free). If you're looking to do development for Apple products though you're probably better off just buying a Mac. [1] https://elementary.io/

I would never understand advising getting a derivative of Ubuntu for the sake of the UI. But I agree that if the OP wants to use Apple's environment he should consider buying their product. I personally would rather use a Linux/BSD system.

Re: Ask HN: PC I can buy today to add/make Hackintosh?

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Post by SmokyBorbon » Mon, May 25, 2015, 8:44 AM UTC

Daneel_ wrote: post #11

Out of curiosity, is this Oculus VR related?

Only if he plans to steal it.

Re: Ask HN: PC I can buy today to add/make Hackintosh?

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Post by beardedscotsman » Mon, May 25, 2015, 5:09 PM UTC

mehrdada wrote: post #20

beardedscotsman wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just this, great for a hobby machine, but honestly it's next to impossible to use as something you have to relay on. For me, it's just about updates and iMessage. I use iMessage a lot, and their security means it doesn't work on a hackintosh. Next are the updates. The issue here, is that graphics doesn't work, or the machine doesn't boot, etc. All fixable, but often you have to debug it once or twice. Problem I had w…

iMessage can work on a Hackintosh. Works on mine. It does take effort to make iMessage work though.

Well to get it working requires faking a product hardware I'd that is not in use. Issues with that or mistakes can cause you to be blocked from iMessage on all devices. So for me, not a hassle I want to put up with.

Re: Ask HN: PC I can buy today to add/make Hackintosh?

#25

Post by hitsurume » Mon, May 25, 2015, 8:00 PM UTC

I built a hackintosh a few months ago because I really prefer OSX for development compared to working in Windows or Linux. I spent around $700ish on desktop parts, (i7 cpu, 16gb ram, no video card but using the intel HD default graphics) I've been using it as my every day machine and it runs great. Including running windows VM's in virtualbox etc. Only thing that doesn't really work is the USB ports, which in the grand scheme of things is kind of minor.