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I feel the need to point out that you can run Mac OS X on pretty much any recent Intel processor and a wide range of motherboards. It is not locked to Apple har

I feel the need to point out that you can run Mac OS X on pretty much any recent Intel processor and a wide range of motherboards. It is not locked to Apple hardware.

revelation 13y ago
Theres a reason they call them Hackintosh. It's not because that is an officially supported configuration.
- minikites 13y ago
  There's a giant difference between "not officially supported" and "a cryptography chip locks you out".
  - revelation 13y ago
    I guess you should take a look at what installing a hackintosh system entails. It starts with flashing your BIOS and it doesn't get any better afterwards.
    - Karunamon 13y ago
      You're either running a massively unsupported configuration (even for hackintosh standards) or just plain trolling. I'm posting this from a hackintosh I triboot with Windows and Debian. The difficulty involved reading a HCL when I built the system 3 years ago. The installation involved burning a disc and booting from it.
    - kenrikm 13y ago
      Nope. You burn the disk and install OSX as normal. Depending on the hardware you might need to download a few kext (Kernal Extensions AKA "drivers") Comparable to installing Linux or Windows.
    - MarkTee 13y ago
      > It starts with flashing your BIOS and it doesn't get any better afterwards. Not true at all. Maybe if you're using old or unsupported hardware. At most you'll need to set your BIOS to Optimized Defaults.
  - xentronium 13y ago
    There is a certain working around the official seals involved. Google DSMOS.
- mladenkovacevic 13y ago
  When I was dabbling with Hackintoshes a few years ago, updating the OS was not supported (regardless of your hardware) and there were a couple of other limitations. Have most major issues like that been sorted out?
  - mattsfrey 13y ago
    Nope, I'm burning a new usb install for Mavericks as we speak lol, have to do a whole new install for a major upgrade like this.
    - dham 13y ago
      Which I did/do for my Macbook Pro anyway. So when I got into the Hackintosh scene, it's second nature. I typically recommend formatting when upgrading anyway. Just doesn't feel right to just upgrade. Maybe it's just left over nightmares from when I was on Windows. Only way to upgrade was to format.
josteink 13y ago
Have you seen the docs for what it takes to get that running? Have you seen the docs for what it takes to complete a normal "update"? Trying to run OS X on non-Apple hardware makes the old days of "cumbersome" Linux-systems look like kindergarten-stuff. I'd hardly say it just runs.
- donwil92 13y ago
  If you spend the time to research and get the parts that are supported by OS X, building a Hackintosh is breeze. I have had no problems with the one I built.
  - tricolon 13y ago
    Could you give us a couple links to kick off our own research? I've been wanting to do this for some time now but have been putting it off.
    - numo16 13y ago
      The OSx86 Wiki [0] is a good place to start. [0]: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
    - josteink 13y ago
      Maybe I was unlucky with my hardware but for me it was an uphill battle all the way and I never got anything near working. The best I had was a system which booted (incredibly slowly) and for which I could never get wifi working. YMMV, but you have been warned. Even with good documentation, there is absolutely no guarantee you'll get anywhere at all.
      - mattsfrey 13y ago
        You've really got to just follow the hardware guides to the tee, and I personally recommend using their prebuilt configs. If you go on tonymac or the other hackintosh sites they will have different hardware lists that are more or less guaranteed to work, as all the components will be ones used in mac desktops and have built in support. There is definitely a huge dick around if you try and be adventurous and go off the beaten path, and you will spend hours messing with the loader configs and kexts etc.

I feel the need to point out that you can run Mac OS X on pretty much any recent Intel processor and a wide range of motherboards. It is not locked to Apple hardware.

revelation 13y ago

Theres a reason they call them Hackintosh. It's not because that is an officially supported configuration.

minikites 13y ago
There's a giant difference between "not officially supported" and "a cryptography chip locks you out".
- revelation 13y ago
  I guess you should take a look at what installing a hackintosh system entails. It starts with flashing your BIOS and it doesn't get any better afterwards.
  - Karunamon 13y ago
    You're either running a massively unsupported configuration (even for hackintosh standards) or just plain trolling. I'm posting this from a hackintosh I triboot with Windows and Debian. The difficulty involved reading a HCL when I built the system 3 years ago. The installation involved burning a disc and booting from it.
  - kenrikm 13y ago
    Nope. You burn the disk and install OSX as normal. Depending on the hardware you might need to download a few kext (Kernal Extensions AKA "drivers") Comparable to installing Linux or Windows.
  - MarkTee 13y ago
    > It starts with flashing your BIOS and it doesn't get any better afterwards. Not true at all. Maybe if you're using old or unsupported hardware. At most you'll need to set your BIOS to Optimized Defaults.
- xentronium 13y ago
  There is a certain working around the official seals involved. Google DSMOS.
mladenkovacevic 13y ago
When I was dabbling with Hackintoshes a few years ago, updating the OS was not supported (regardless of your hardware) and there were a couple of other limitations. Have most major issues like that been sorted out?
- mattsfrey 13y ago
  Nope, I'm burning a new usb install for Mavericks as we speak lol, have to do a whole new install for a major upgrade like this.
  - dham 13y ago
    Which I did/do for my Macbook Pro anyway. So when I got into the Hackintosh scene, it's second nature. I typically recommend formatting when upgrading anyway. Just doesn't feel right to just upgrade. Maybe it's just left over nightmares from when I was on Windows. Only way to upgrade was to format.

josteink 13y ago

Have you seen the docs for what it takes to get that running? Have you seen the docs for what it takes to complete a normal "update"? Trying to run OS X on non-Apple hardware makes the old days of "cumbersome" Linux-systems look like kindergarten-stuff. I'd hardly say it just runs.

donwil92 13y ago
If you spend the time to research and get the parts that are supported by OS X, building a Hackintosh is breeze. I have had no problems with the one I built.
- tricolon 13y ago
  Could you give us a couple links to kick off our own research? I've been wanting to do this for some time now but have been putting it off.
  - numo16 13y ago
    The OSx86 Wiki [0] is a good place to start. [0]: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
  - josteink 13y ago
    Maybe I was unlucky with my hardware but for me it was an uphill battle all the way and I never got anything near working. The best I had was a system which booted (incredibly slowly) and for which I could never get wifi working. YMMV, but you have been warned. Even with good documentation, there is absolutely no guarantee you'll get anywhere at all.
    - mattsfrey 13y ago
      You've really got to just follow the hardware guides to the tee, and I personally recommend using their prebuilt configs. If you go on tonymac or the other hackintosh sites they will have different hardware lists that are more or less guaranteed to work, as all the components will be ones used in mac desktops and have built in support. There is definitely a huge dick around if you try and be adventurous and go off the beaten path, and you will spend hours messing with the loader configs and kexts etc.