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**TROLL** · 10-21-2009, 01:14 AM

Looking into the possibility of building a Hackintosh. Been running a custom built PC for years now, but am interested in migrating to Mac. Doing a new custom build sounds great and cost effective, but I'm trying to edumacate myself about the pros and cons and the dos and donts of going the way of the Hackintosh.
So... anyone with experience? I've gotten some great recommendations on hardware already but need to verify compatibility and of course any limitations I'll encounter once we're up and running.
Thanks in advance for the info...

c0nfl1kt · 10-21-2009, 02:17 AM

I didn't know that the MAC software was so picky as to warrant specific hardware. Have you ever virtualized mac os on your PC?

Scapegoat · 10-21-2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by c0nfl1kt

I didn't know that the MAC software was so picky as to warrant specific hardware. Have you ever virtualized mac os on your PC?

i think at this point, as long as you have an intel chip and a cracked installation cd you should be good to go. i should check the chip on my Eee... wouldn't mind running OSx on it

c0nfl1kt · 10-21-2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Scapegoat

i think at this point, as long as you have an intel chip and a cracked installation cd you should be good to go. i should check the chip on my Eee... wouldn't mind running OSx on it

Most of those Eee's are running Intel's atom. I could be wrong. Thank god Mac stopped using their PowerPC from AMD. That **** was a PITA for software.

Vr-4-Life · 12-02-2009, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by c0nfl1kt

Most of those Eee's are running Intel's atom. I could be wrong. Thank god Mac stopped using their PowerPC from AMD. That **** was a PITA for software.

The PowerPC's were from motorolla IIRC

lagos · 12-02-2009, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Vr-4-Life

The PowerPC's were from motorolla IIRC

yep. And for years they tried to BS about how they somehow had better chips than Intel. lol. Glad they gave up on that.

Vr-4-Life · 10-21-2009, 10:06 AM

Just pick up one of the hacked copies of X86 Mac OSX... you really dont need anything specific. I had MAC OSX running on my laptop not too long ago. I believe I had to put some kind of a hack file on a flash drive during the installation.

Vr-4-Life · 10-21-2009, 10:07 AM

See here... all the info you could need. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

CHAOS · 10-21-2009, 10:18 AM

the guys at gizmodo built one. search their site for hackintosh

Elliott18t · 10-21-2009, 10:21 AM

like said above, shouldnt be to hard now that they moved to intel chips, etc.

lagos · 10-21-2009, 10:56 AM

The problem is that apple only has drivers for the hardware that they sell, so you might end up with an issue where your wifi or audio, or graphics card dont work. For example, apple only ships Nvidia cards... I dont think they have any driver support for ATI. So you do have to be picky with your hardware.

Other problem is with the bios apple uses for copy protection. The hacked versions try to bypass this but on some mother boards its a little hit or miss.

Not too long ago I remember reading about a special usb thumb drive that emulates apples bios. It cost about 150$, but the beauty of it was that you can install from a totally off the shelf osx cd with no hacking required!
Not sure if they are still available.

CHAOS · 10-21-2009, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by lagos

The problem is that apple only has drivers for the hardware that they sell, so you might end up with an issue where your wifi or audio, or graphics card dont work. For example, apple only ships Nvidia cards... I dont think they have any driver support for ATI. So you do have to be picky with your hardware.

Other problem is with the bios apple uses for copy protection. The hacked versions try to bypass this but on some mother boards its a little hit or miss.

Not too long ago I remember reading about a special usb thumb drive that emulates apples bios. It cost about 150$, but the beauty of it was that you can install from a totally off the shelf osx cd with no hacking required!
Not sure if they are still available.

or you could just do what i said and look up the article on how to build one. lol.

Elliott18t · 10-21-2009, 11:04 AM

here is one

http://www.osnews.com/story/21564/Bu..._t_Sue_You_For

igo4bmx · 10-21-2009, 11:23 AM

can I ask why you want to do it?

Kevin · 10-21-2009, 11:28 AM

The new iMac's make my dick hard http://www.apple.com/imac/

grimm · 10-21-2009, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by igo4bmx

can I ask why you want to do it?

i would imagine it's for the stability of the OS with out the higher cost for the hardware.

Scapegoat · 10-21-2009, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by grimm

i would imagine it's for the stability of the OS with out the higher cost for the hardware.

may as well just build a pc and buy windows 7 ;)

piku · 10-21-2009, 12:54 PM

My first hackintosh with an nforce2 based board with athlon64 was unstable. Programs randomly crashed, so I made a purpose built machine using the HCL lists on osx86.org using some board I forget an an Amd Phenom 720 I think? triple core and it's rock solid and damn close to as fast as my mac pro at work.

lagos · 10-21-2009, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by piku

My first hackintosh with an nforce2 based board with athlon64 was unstable. Programs randomly crashed, so I made a purpose built machine using the HCL lists on osx86.org using some board I forget an an Amd Phenom 720 I think? triple core and it's rock solid and damn close to as fast as my mac pro at work.

Whats the name of the latest custom iso that you used? I know there are a few hacker teams out there trying to make their version.

grimm · 10-21-2009, 12:52 PM

windows 7 hasn't proven it self yet in my book.

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10-21-2009, 10:56 AM	#11
lagos Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Philadelphia, PA Member #989 My Ride: Toyota Celica GT-Two iTrader: (0)	The problem is that apple only has drivers for the hardware that they sell, so you might end up with an issue where your wifi or audio, or graphics card dont work. For example, apple only ships Nvidia cards... I dont think they have any driver support for ATI. So you do have to be picky with your hardware. Other problem is with the bios apple uses for copy protection. The hacked versions try to bypass this but on some mother boards its a little hit or miss. Not too long ago I remember reading about a special usb thumb drive that emulates apples bios. It cost about 150$, but the beauty of it was that you can install from a totally off the shelf osx cd with no hacking required! Not sure if they are still available. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures. The accelerator on my toyota has always been stuck to the floor.. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 signatures.

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Vr-4-Life Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly PA Member #1961 My Ride: BMW E60 M5 V10 6 Speed --- Ducati Monster 696 iTrader: (4)	Just pick up one of the hacked copies of X86 Mac OSX... you really dont need anything specific. I had MAC OSX running on my laptop not too long ago. I believe I had to put some kind of a hack file on a flash drive during the installation.

10-21-2009, 10:07 AM	#8
Vr-4-Life Tri-State Post Whore Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philly PA Member #1961 My Ride: BMW E60 M5 V10 6 Speed --- Ducati Monster 696 iTrader: (4)	See here... all the info you could need. http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

10-21-2009, 10:18 AM	#9
CHAOS TST Ruined My Life! Banned Join Date: Jun 2006 Member #2120 My Ride: 1984 Cadillac Brougham iTrader: (1)	the guys at gizmodo built one. search their site for hackintosh

10-21-2009, 12:54 PM	#18
piku Tri-State Addict Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bradentucky, FL Member #12166 My Ride: 335i/M3 iTrader: (0)	My first hackintosh with an nforce2 based board with athlon64 was unstable. Programs randomly crashed, so I made a purpose built machine using the HCL lists on osx86.org using some board I forget an an Amd Phenom 720 I think? triple core and it's rock solid and damn close to as fast as my mac pro at work.

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