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The Hackintosh Guide

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A 'Hackintosh' is a computer that runs Apple's OS X operating system on non-Apple hardware. This has been possible since Apple's switch from IBM's PowerPC processors to Intel processors a few years ago. Until recently, building a PC-based Mac was something done only by hard-core hackers and technophiles, but in the last few months, building a Hackintosh PC has become much easier. Benchmark Reviews looks at what it's possible to do with PC hardware and the Mac Snow Leopard OS today, and the pros and cons of building a Hackintosh computer system over purchasing a supported Apple Mac Pro."

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  1. It's not "the" guide by Artifex · · Score: 4, Informative

    It even says on the first page,

    This is not a detailed guide on building your own Hackintosh; it's a description of my personal experience building one, and how the result compared with my existing Mac Pro. If you want to build your own Hackintosh, there are many comprehensive resources on the Web. I've found Insanely Mac to be very useful.

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    1. Re:It's not "the" guide by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Informative

      Bah. Who needs to build a Hackintosh? I have Snow Leopard running in VirtualBox.

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  2. Re:Mac vs. PC by Pojut · · Score: 4, Informative

    While I agree with your point, separating them into Mac and PC labels makes it easy for conversation regarding the two. It's a convenience thing.

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  3. Re:Mac vs. PC by CajunArson · · Score: 5, Informative

    A mac is a personal computer. PC stands for personal computer. Can we please stop using the terms as if they are mutually exclusive?

      I can tell you are an old-school Mac fan from the 1980's - pre-Jobs '90s from the pedantry. Now please go tell Apple what you just told us since they just finished a years long "Mac vs. PC" ad campaign that flies in the face of what you just said. I'm not even going to bother with the YouTube links at this point.

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  4. Re:What? by Pojut · · Score: 4, Informative

    Indeed...for example, the Dell Mini 9 has been notoriously easy to make into a Hackintosh for quite a while. Hell, even Gizmodo posted a walkthrough in early 2009.

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  5. Re:Imagine if you had to Hack Windows to run on a by NiceGeek · · Score: 4, Informative

    "I know of no DRM in Amiga OS to make sure it wasn't running on hardware Commodre hadn't been paid for."

    There isn't any DRM in OS X either. It's a matter of drivers, and EFI.

  6. Re:Wish Apple put some work on OSX by nine-times · · Score: 5, Informative

    Is this a troll? The platform has been stagnant since 2008? Wikipedia says OSX 10.6 was released in August 2009, just over a year ago. Even if it had been 2 years, taking 2 years to release a major new OS release is not strange.

    As far as all the poor performance and memory problems, those don't seem common to me. Maybe one of your installed apps has a memory leak?