Hello their, as many people have seen recently I have been attempting to build a Gaming and general use PC.
I am a big fan of Mac OSx, in fact I am on a MacBook Pro now and I love the OS! It has some of the best features and simplicity in it's own advanced way that I know of. But to have a gaming spec PC that will run OSX (AKA The Mac Pro) will cost a fortune, plus upgrading.
This thread may be in the wrong location (Sorry if it is!), and this may or may not be against the forum rules. [B][I]If this thread does breach forum rules I will delete it immediately[/I][/B], but I am unsure of the legality of Hackintosh.
Basically my question is how does Hackintosh perform on a PC and is it legal, OSx is such a good OS and Hackintosh seems to be spreading it's power to people who can't afford it (Which in my opinion is a wonderful thing to do, it gives a chance for people to experience the better sides of OS). I would love to use it on my new PC when I finally get everything ready but I don't want to breach any laws.
Thanks!
~Joe
If you pay for the software, it's legal, there's nothing Apple can do to you for installing OSX on a non-apple PC.
[QUOTE=AugustBurnsRed;39926664]If you pay for the software, it's legal, there's nothing Apple can do to you for installing OSX on a non-apple PC.[/QUOTE]
Isn't special hardware needed to run the OS without any problems? That's what I've heard all the time.
Some hardware is ill supported, other hardware is properly supported. It's a bit of try and miss (there are dozens of references availible online, tough). Nowadays Macbooks and the likes contain the same hardware you may find in other laptops/notebooks.
[QUOTE=AugustBurnsRed;39926664]If you pay for the software, it's legal, there's nothing Apple can do to you for installing OSX on a non-apple PC.[/QUOTE]
Don't know if they changed it - but their policy states it's not allowed. People do it anyways - to be honest I don't really think they care, but again - they don't care so they don't support.
also [URL="http://facepunch.com/member.php?u=486768"]minecraft.exe[/URL]. You should try minecraft.app or minecraft.jar
[QUOTE=Kirth;39927223]Some hardware is ill supported, other hardware is properly supported. It's a bit of try and miss (there are dozens of references availible online, tough). Nowadays Macbooks and the likes contain the same hardware you may find in other laptops/notebooks.[/QUOTE]
If you're building a desktop computer, you can use [url]www.kakewalk.se[/url] for a really simple hackintosh process. The only real hardware requirement is a specific motherboard (from a list) and an Intel processor
There are motherboards announced officially to support Mac OSX, so there is no point in hackintosh.
Although you might have to wait.
[QUOTE=djjkxbox360;39927703]If you're building a desktop computer, you can use [url]www.kakewalk.se[/url] for a really simple hackintosh process. The only real hardware requirement is a specific motherboard (from a list) and an Intel processor[/QUOTE]
You can hackintosh with an AMD processor, it's just a bit more difficult. The AMD processor also has to support whatever processor instruction sets that OSX requires (SSE3, 4.x)
[QUOTE=Killervalon;39927301]Don't know if they changed it - but their policy states it's not allowed. People do it anyways - to be honest I don't really think they care, but again - they don't care so they don't support.
also [URL="http://facepunch.com/member.php?u=486768"]minecraft.exe[/URL]. You should try minecraft.app or minecraft.jar[/QUOTE]
Ok thanks everyone, I will look into Hackintosh as OSx is a great OS for producing! I would have to do some kind of boot setup where I could choose between windows and OSx though :S
Killervalon, what do you meen about minecraft.exe?
[QUOTE=Killervalon;39927301]also [URL="http://facepunch.com/member.php?u=486768"]minecraft.exe[/URL]. You should try minecraft.app or minecraft.jar[/QUOTE]
okay
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