Hackintosh Build
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- GeorgesII
I'm going to build myself a cheap hackintosh,
my budget is 600€ which is $871.338,I don't need a beast, just a normal functioning machine,
anyone got a link with a good configuration,
thanks
- sublocked0
...why not just buy a refurbished mac for that price?
- rounce0
I can post the spec for the build I did when I get into work if you like (I'm 40 mins late for work and have yet to find a matching sock and my phone so I can leave the house. Keep this bumped and I'll remember)
- ********0
Don't bother with a mac mini, there shit for the money I ran one, and there a closed system. Go with the Hackintosh, it will be almost as fast as a mac pro.
- Not for that budget but still better than the mac minikalkal
- kalkal0
There's probably loads of posts on insanelymac... you'll probably have better luck asking there anyway.
- GeorgesII0
I need a computer I can upgrade,
I'll probably lobotomize it when I get tired of OSX,and FUCK NO, I won't buy a mini,
- ********0
For 600 you could well get closed to a Mac Pro in performance. You can build an i5/i7 machine on that budget easily.
- mac pro's are almost 2x or even 4 times as fast as a i7jasonabc
- ********0
As kalkal advised, Insanelymac is a great resource, as is
tonymacx86http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/s…
For less than 600 euros you can get the budget option one on his build lists. That's a 4GB DDR3 with Core i5 and a 1TB hard drive.
- Mojo0
Check out my guide at http://phil.replete.nu for an i7 920 ASUS machine
- ********0
so a hackintosh is buying PC hardware and installing OSX ?
- basically what a mac is or isn't a mac a personal computer :PGeorgesII
- im more confused********
- yes, adrian, exactly thatmonospaced
- ********0
Modern Macs run on the same hardware as PC's, it's just the OS it comes with and the casing that is different.
Hackintosh is just making a Mac out of the same components and not in a Mac case, and saving usually over 50% in cost. My girlfriend struggles with Windows so I got her a laptop that is comparable to a Macbook Pro from say, 2008, and it cost less than $300.
- monospaced0
I want to build a Hackintosh, but I have one main question (three parts).
Do they fare well with OS Software Updates? Meaning, does Apple deter Hackintosh builds by making it difficult to keep them up to date? If I get it set up once, will I have to tweak the system again in a month when Apple provides some significant update?
- the updates work fairly well. sometimes there's USB issues, but easy to roll them back.johnny_wobble
- vaxorcist0
My hackintosh does mostly fine, I have to use a USB soundcard I got for $5 on ebay, as the built-in sound doesn't work.
I have one OS update break CS3, but I was able to google some advice on how to fix it...
If you have a macbook and a hackintosh, or maybe 2 hackintoshes you'll be fine... it's good not to have your hackintosh as your ONLY machine, as sometimes shit happens, but it's fixable in my experience...
- what is your build like? I'm sure you have more experience than I do, but there are a lot of sound drivers available to fix sound issues.********
- issues. I've fixed OSX86 broken sound issues on multiple different sound card types.********
- I did some searching and figured I'd rather spend $5 than 5 hours...vaxorcist
- what is your build like? I'm sure you have more experience than I do, but there are a lot of sound drivers available to fix sound issues.
- vaxorcist0
NOTE: You don't just build a PC... you carefully pick hardware by surfing a bit and finding the parts/model list from somebody else who has already done the dog-work of finding shit that works together with OSX
- ********0
monospaced - It depends on what hardware you use.
One of the disadvantages to the laptop I OSXed for my missus is that some of the hardware relies on non-official kexts (I think, I'm not a huge techy). I can update but I have to research before I do to make sure that my non-official kexts/drivers will work after the update when I reapply.
If you are building a hackintosh from scratch, you can pick and choose your parts so they actually just outright match the same kit as a Mac, so that they are completely and easily updateable with no workarounds.
If you follow one of the well-known build-your-own guides, they tend to be great for effortless upgrades.
My 3 hackintoshes all require some work for upgrades due to not-officially supported hardware.
My girlfriends Inspiron 1525 requires non-official stuff for the Battery recognition, sound card and touchpad drivers. All work without them, but not perfectly.
My Touchsmart TX2z runs on an AMD processor so I pretty much have to wait for other people to make stuff before I can upgrade, and my Mini9 doesn't have the hard drive space.
Just follow a build-your-own guide for a desktop and when it's built, you won't notice a difference in experience. Laptops are sometimes slightly trickier.
- monospaced0
Thanks orrinward. I would be building a desktop, and since I have NO experience in computer building, I would buy parts that I knew worked out of the box, so to say.
Can you point me to a well-known build-your-own guide? Some of the ones I see are not as simple as I had hoped, some are too expensive, and some are just outdated.
- What's the simplest hackintosh I could build? I'm not a Boz so I don't need a crazy setup, just something to last for another few years.monospaced
- another few years. I have an old 24" iMac and it's starting to show its age.monospaced
- ********0
I linked a guide with three builds earlier, at different budgets. Cheapest one being a $600 core i5 with 4GB RAM.
- THANKS!monospaced
- shit, there are no instructions on HOW to build the fuckers...monospaced
- When you get the parts they just slot into the motherboard and the case. Some cases come with instructions on how to insert parts.********
- to insert components.********
- that's it? then just turn it on? yeah, I don't think somonospaced
- More or less. Plug shit into your Mobo then install. I've not done a desktop but it's as easy as throw a disc in on a laptop.********
- Putting a computer together is pretty simple. I'm sure there are tons of videos out there to walk you through specifics.duckseason
- ********0
Or, for just $250 more you can get a much slower Core 2 DUO refurb Mac Mini with half the HD space and less than half the Graphics power from Apple.
- vaxorcist0
I got my hackintosh from a guy who was a hardware freak who was updating and needed to fund his next box....
