I saw this Usb dongle that makes installig Mac OS X Leopard on a PC, The easiest thing.. Link
EDIT:It seems someone has been faster..
EDIT:It seems someone has been faster..
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The Merged Hackintosh Thread
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well this is a mac forum, where many are discontented with Apple's midrange offering.
the thing is, many people don't seem to be opposed to others or themselves building their own hackintosh, but have issues with a 3rd party selling it.
Who needs the hassle? With my iMac I KNOW everything is compatible and functioning properly. If I need a more powerful machine I'll get a Mac Pro.
Which is great if you have the cash but I think that's why the OSX86 scene's grown up, there's nothing to bridge that gap.
No doubt the Mac Pro is an elegant and powerful machine, but I really don't need a server-grade cpu. I'm perfectly happy with my $1,000 quad core "hack pro", including two 750 gig internal drives and a retail copy of Leopard. I do have a firewire issue - only one device can be used and it must be connected at startup. But I also get 3 eSATA ports, so it's a pretty fair trade for external storage options. I only use the FW port for my DV camcorder.
I realize the limitations of my machine, but the iMac is a no-go since it has a glossy display (trouble with screen calibration for photography) and lack of a second internal drive bay. My Mini, which I had been using, is now up for sale because it simply could not handle Aperture very well.
srry for sounding so stupid, but what exactly is a "headless" mac?
One without screen I guess.. Maybe also without keyboard/mouse..
oh, thats wierd, there seems to be a huge demand for them on here. Id go all apple if i bought a mac, but apparantly some of their specs arent the greatest when it comes to their screens?
"Headless iMac" is an iMac without its display. Preferably it would have two video out ports (2x DVI or DVI and HDMI).
The iMacs only come with glossy displays now. These are extremely difficult to manage color with and if you do critical photographic work you can have real problems getting accurate color rendition and brightness.
Answered considering building one, but it's a little past that. Have a new case and power supply, plus drives and ram that will work. The only board I have free to use is an MSI 478 with a 3.0 ghz P4, so an earlier OSX might work. But I'm checking out 775 boards anyway.
ooh, im guessing the people demanding ones already own rather good displays then?
i personally would stay with an all apple setup
and to be on track, i wouldn't ever build a hackintosh personally but if people want to build their own im all for it (provided they at least buy a legitamite copy of OSX)
We all are different. What's fine for you, doesn't necessarily suit me. I do not want a computer with a display or a display with a computer. I don't want a big and electricity hungry box on my desktop for my everyday business. So how many options have I? Maybe I should just think different
How can an iMac not have a display?
What many people want (including myself) is for Apple to start selling a computer just like the iMac, except no display, with a dedicated video card, and an extra 3.5" hard drive bay. Many people need a matte display, which are easier to color manage than glossy displays. You could then buy your own display(s) that suites your needs.
i made a quad core hackintosh and the xbench score was an amazing 200+
but the kernal panics and no shutdown/sleep/power management couldnt cut it for me..
now im with a weak xbench score of 130 mac
but at least everything works..
never have to worry if an update will crash my OS
but the kernal panics and no shutdown/sleep/power management couldnt cut it for me..
now im with a weak xbench score of 130 mac
but at least everything works..
never have to worry if an update will crash my OS
if someone like EFiX comes with a supereasy and stable way to install leopard on my lenovo notebook with all drivers working i might do it.
however since i most likely buy a macbook or a macbook pro soon this would be just for fun (and then morally ok for me. it would not reduce apples sales and i would not seriously use it! just to show off and see how well it works.). right now i have 3 macs with G4's in them. so it's time to go intel for me
however since i most likely buy a macbook or a macbook pro soon this would be just for fun (and then morally ok for me. it would not reduce apples sales and i would not seriously use it! just to show off and see how well it works.). right now i have 3 macs with G4's in them. so it's time to go intel for me
Well, right now, mine does all that I need, whereas my Mini did not. It is easily the best computer that I've ever owned and I have a 24" 2.16 gHz C2D iMac, too. My GeekBench score is over 6,000, making it faster than the quad core Mac Pro. It is good, cheap and fast. (Of course, it may not be a year from now.)
Already have one; it's about 3 years old:
Pentium 4 3.4GHz Prescott
Asus P4C800-E DELUXE (Intel 875P Chipset)
4GB DDR 400MHz RAM
400GB Hitachi 7200RPM HDD
ATI Radeon 850XT 256MB AGP
Creative Audigy 2 ZS
DVD Burner / DVD Reader (Yes both)
OS X 10.4 Tiger
Antec NeoHE 480W
The computer was kick butt in its day and I loved it; I didn't build it for OS X; I just had Windows and I decided to stick OS X on it one day; I dual booted and it was fun.
Pentium 4 3.4GHz Prescott
Asus P4C800-E DELUXE (Intel 875P Chipset)
4GB DDR 400MHz RAM
400GB Hitachi 7200RPM HDD
ATI Radeon 850XT 256MB AGP
Creative Audigy 2 ZS
DVD Burner / DVD Reader (Yes both)
OS X 10.4 Tiger
Antec NeoHE 480W
The computer was kick butt in its day and I loved it; I didn't build it for OS X; I just had Windows and I decided to stick OS X on it one day; I dual booted and it was fun.
I've been kicking the idea around for a few months, but never really got motivated enough to do it. Most likely, I'll end up picking up a cheap used pc to try it out. If that ends up stable enough for me, I might try building one.
"never"? ... come on! every time there is a big update to OS X there is a considerable number of macrumors members saying they will only use the update after other users confirm it won't be a mess! there are plenty of people with burned fingers out there.
I had one when they first started the project, it convinced me to buy one, if I need the power of a Mac Pro, I wouldn't hesitate to build another one before I bought a Mac Pro, I'd probably even put it in a Mac Pro case.