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The Merged Hackintosh Thread
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well each point realease before 10.5.4 would break the os if you did software update. hence you would have to wait till the patched update
i know because i have had to deal with it on my hackintosh
Cheapest Hackintosh
Being Dutch, I was actually wondering for how little money you could buy a full-functional hackintosh? Would that be less than the cheapest mini? And would it still be faster?
Being Dutch, I was actually wondering for how little money you could buy a full-functional hackintosh? Would that be less than the cheapest mini? And would it still be faster?
so I'm seriously considering doing this, just a few newb questions. The biggest one being, if you are just going to order all the parts new, what is the best set of parts compatibility wise. Also, how stable are the hackintoshes at this point, and is leopard easy to hack (or whatever you do)? Also, how do you over clock the processor. Ok, last question, putting the computer together should be no problem as my dad has done it lots of times and he's good at that stuff, but how hard is the software portion of it? Like, can you just find a prehacked copy of leopard on torrent sites, or do you have to like do it yourself? Again, if I'm annoying people with these basic questions you can just ignore my post, this thread has just gotten me really interested into building one.
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Go to osx86project.org, then go to the wiki and check out the hardware compatibility list (HCL).
I don't know much about overclocking, but leopard is very stable.
You can score a copy of leopard off of the torrent sites, just go to the wiki again and look for their very detailed instructions. It will be a little different for every motherboard, but just choose whatever mobo will suite your needs and will be the most compatible on the HCL.
well, to be honest, I don't know a whole lot about all this stuff.
How does this motherboard look? (seems kind of expensive): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128089&Tpk=EX38-DS4
and what is the fastest processor that reasonably priced that can be overclocked easily? how about this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115042
seems like it runs hot and I might need a better fan or something, idk, I'm a complete newb at building a computer, just what's the best mobo and processor and everything that will meake a really fast computer? thanks
You don't need a patched update or need to wait for anything if you are running an Intel vanilla system with Chameleon/PC_EFI.
It gets even better. There is a new bootloader out now, that you can boot from a retail DVD without any modification. Updates are not going to break your system, only need to replace/patch the new kexts with the ones for your hardware like sound etc.
It gets even better. There is a new bootloader out now, that you can boot from a retail DVD without any modification. Updates are not going to break your system, only need to replace/patch the new kexts with the ones for your hardware like sound etc.
The key is the mobo. The new GIGABYTEs seem to do well, as do the Asus. There are others that work, but these seem to be the easiest based upon my informal perusal of insanelymac forums. Mine's based on an Asus p5k-e (wifi) and Q6600 quad core o/c'd to 3.2 ghz. Very nice setup and easy to do.
To be blunt, you have to have either a lot of experience or a lot of time. I had never built a computer before, but I had a ton of free time to do research on it.
If you want to check on a part to see how it will work just look on this list like I said before: HCL
I only have a 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo Processor and it runs like a dream. Don't feel like you need to sink 400 into a processor and then overclock it too. It really depends on what you want to do with it. I wanted to program, watch videos, surf the net, and run all these things at the same time. So, I bought what I needed to do so and didn't over do it. If you need to do Final Cut, play intense games, or anything really processor intensive, then it's up to you.
If you are not experienced I wouldn't fool around with overclocking though. You would be surprised how fast a stock Core 2 Duo runs.
I agree with this, I did a lot of research and choose a GIGABYTE because it was very compatible and would fit in the PowerMac G3 Case I was using
Has anybody done a Hackintosh in a PowerMac G5 case?
Doesn't it really feel like a real Mac?
I wanted to try putting it into an empty powermac g5/mac pro case
edit: ok, now I'm getting really excited to try this, has anyone had any experience with this board? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128348
the hcl doesn't have it, is ddr3 ram a dramatic improvement to ddr2?
Has anybody done a Hackintosh in a PowerMac G5 case?
Doesn't it really feel like a real Mac?
I thought the G3 was a pain to build mine in, but a G5 I think uses even more of a crazy mobo design
EDIT: actually I may have built it in a G4, I don't remember now lol
Amen. It's already happened, happens all the time. There are entire sites dedicated to getting OS X running on generic PCs. I have it running on a cheapie Compaq V2000Z and while it's nowhere as nice as my Macbook or Macbook Pro, it makes a great, cheap throw-away test machine. It would be nice if the EULA was changed and people were allowed to use OS X on non-Apple hardware, but I have better things to do with two grand than spend it on an Apple machine I'd use 10 minutes a week and I'm not sanctimonious enough to act like two grand is nothing. Two grand is a lot of money to me. It's nothing to Apple. Case closed.