Thomas_Kirkup Posted 30 July 2014 Share Posted 30 July 2014 Has anybody Hackintoshed their PC? Hackintosh, for those who don't know is where you run a Mac OS on a Windows PC. I seem to have the correct hardware but have a few questions from some people who may have tried it before i take the plunge. Is it easy to install? Or is it going to take a weekend of problem solving to get working? And once up and running is it stable? Or has it got a lot of problems? Thanks for any Help in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
separator Posted 31 July 2014 Share Posted 31 July 2014 I did think about it as a project with an old laptop but never got round to it. I run Linux Mint on it now which installed perfectly fine and is stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 31 July 2014 Share Posted 31 July 2014 I cant be the only one that read that as "Hack into shed". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 31 July 2014 Share Posted 31 July 2014 I cant be the only one that read that as "Hack into shed". If it was #hackintoshed then there's no way I would read that as intended (ie. rhymes with Macintoshed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 31 July 2014 Share Posted 31 July 2014 I cant be the only one that read that as "Hack into shed". What sort of security system does your shed for it to be hackable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavrentis Posted 31 July 2014 Share Posted 31 July 2014 Just buy a Mac Mini if you're gonna cheap out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nalis Posted 2 August 2014 Share Posted 2 August 2014 What sort of security system does your shed for it to be hackable? Not sure but I'd recommend using Shed 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny. Posted 4 August 2014 Share Posted 4 August 2014 Has anybody Hackintoshed their PC? Hackintosh, for those who don't know is where you run a Mac OS on a Windows PC. I seem to have the correct hardware but have a few questions from some people who may have tried it before i take the plunge. Is it easy to install? Or is it going to take a weekend of problem solving to get working? And once up and running is it stable? Or has it got a lot of problems? Thanks for any Help in advance. Yes, and it's not easy (a LOT of reading up on forums that make little sense to start with), and yea a weekend of fiddling around. I never got the sleep to work. Also every time there is an update you have to do a load of hacks again, else it can break. Not worth it unless you are way more time rich than money rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueonyou Posted 4 August 2014 Share Posted 4 August 2014 Yes I have and it's easy if you have the right set of hardware. There are certain laptops in which it will work almost out of the box. What a lot of people don't realise, inside a Mac is the same bits and bobs as inside a PC. It's just OS X generally only has the drivers/support for specific components. Find a PC with same/similar components and there is little difference. You can potentially build a Hackintosh same spec as the old mac pro's for a hell of a lot less, I know people who have done this and have very stable machines. Of course you could also run OS X in a virtual environment on Windows. I have OS X running on a Microsoft Surface inside Vmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny. Posted 4 August 2014 Share Posted 4 August 2014 "You can potentially build a Hackintosh same spec as the old mac pro's for a hell of a lot less," my Mac Pro (2009) was £850, quad core Xeon, 500GB SSD, 16GB ram, BlueTooth, dual gigabit ethernet, space for 5 hard drives, DVD re-writer, WiFi etc. not much for such a quick machine (yea it's 5 years old but everything is still instant!) that looks lovely too. Might save a £100 or so getting a PC equivalent, but really not worth the messing around for me as I just don't have the time, especially going forwards with updates (i.e. Yosemite is out soon). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueonyou Posted 4 August 2014 Share Posted 4 August 2014 Yeah agreed on that count, however with like a HP probook which will work almost out the box as a hackintosh, you get 2009 spec MBP for about £200. Considering 2009 MBP's still fetch £350-400, is a good saving if you're not bothered about the case. In the most part it is a lot of faffing about, depends how much your time is worth. I did it out of curiosity rather than necessity! 2-5 year old Mac pros are a steal second hand, they don't seem to hold their value as well as the laptops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavrentis Posted 4 August 2014 Share Posted 4 August 2014 Yeah agreed on that count, however with like a HP probook which will work almost out the box as a hackintosh, you get 2009 spec MBP for about £200. Considering 2009 MBP's still fetch £350-400, is a good saving if you're not bothered about the case. In the most part it is a lot of faffing about, depends how much your time is worth. I did it out of curiosity rather than necessity! 2-5 year old Mac pros are a steal second hand, they don't seem to hold their value as well as the laptops. Makes sense now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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