Hackintosh?

[sravana]

I don't know if this is the proper forum to post this, but I thought I'd try anyway.

I would really like a Mac netbook, and I was wondering if it's possible to get an off the shelf eee pc or asus or some such, and install OSX...

I obviously don't know what I'm doing, but I'm curious what you guys think. Could it be done for less than the cost of the white $999 MacBook?

 

[MacDawg]

There is a huge thread on this
You can probably find all the info you need there

If not, your best bet is the insanelymac.com forums
They have probably the best hackintosh support

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

[surflordca]

I don't know if this is the proper forum to post this, but I thought I'd try anyway.

I would really like a Mac netbook, and I was wondering if it's possible to get an off the shelf eee pc or asus or some such, and install OSX...

I obviously don't know what I'm doing, but I'm curious what you guys think. Could it be done for less than the cost of the white $999 MacBook?

I did that to a PC before I bought my first Mac. It is not as easy as you might think so if you don't know what you are doing I wouldn't recommend it.

 

[sravana]

Hmmm... it sounds like more than I am capable of doing (seeing as I felt like I'd accomplished something when I upgraded my iMac's RAM ).

Okay, plan B it is. (save enough $$ for the 13" MacBook...)

 

[MTI]

It's easy as pie to get OS X Leopard on a Dell Mini 9 or 10v . . . so simple, even an idiot like me has done it. Takes 90 minutes. It certainly helps to have access to an Intel Mac to do some of the "heavy lifting" in transferring files to either a Runcore SSD drive or an 8GB UBS thumb drive.

Check the OS X forum at www.mydellmini.com

 

[sravana]

It's easy as pie to get OS X Leopard on a Dell Mini 9 or 10v . . . so simple, even an idiot like me has done it. Takes 90 minutes. It certainly helps to have access to an Intel Mac to do some of the "heavy lifting" in transferring files to either a Runcore SSD drive or an 8GB UBS thumb drive.

Check the OS X forum at www.mydellmini.com

Well... I think that's exactly what I'd like to do!
Is this the post you were referring to?
http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/faq...-installation-os-x-8gb-solid-state-drive.html

:ff to look at Dell minis:::

 

[MTI]

More Generally

I've used the DellEFI method and the direct to Runcore method described in that link. Since I had access to an Intel Mac, an 8GB thumbdrive and a 16GB Runcore SSD, I tried them both and was equally sucessful.