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i finally did it (building a pc/hackintosh)
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Nice system. But I never understood the logic behind dropping $700-800 between RAM, motherboard, CPU and graphics but settling for a case that was made in North Korea from recycled spam cans.
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I like chicken
I like liver
Meow Mix, Meow Mix
Please de-liv-er
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Yeah, that case ain't exactly 'teh sexay'
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Originally Posted by forkies 
free = teh sexay
Only to your wallet.
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Huh. I heard that hackintoshes were a huge PITA whenever there was an update, and stuff never worked right all the time. Good luck though.
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Originally Posted by centerchannel68
stuff never worked right all the time.
Stuff works absolutely perfectly until a point update comes out, and those aren't absolutely necessary. Heck, OS X runs better than Ubuntu most of the time.
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Depends on the point update too. 10.4.6 and 10.4.3 were the killer ones, but 10.4.7 was really easy to install. iLife updates and that kind of thing install just like they do on a normal Mac normally.
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Originally Posted by imitchellg5
Depends on the point update too. 10.4.6 and 10.4.3 were the killer ones, but 10.4.7 was really easy to install. iLife updates and that kind of thing install just like they do on a normal Mac normally.
Yeah, I never took the time to get 10.4.8 working perfectly...it was finals week and I needed my computer to work. 10.4.7 was a breeze though.
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i plan to primarily run win on it for games, but deliberately chose parts which are ok with the intel version of mac os x. i'll get os x on it if i can (easily). now i just have to wait for all of the parts to come!
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If I had a PC, I'd hide it under a desk. Who cares if it looks like crap?
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So you get a less sexy iMac for $1000 less. Interesting.
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Chuck
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"Instead of either 'multi-talented' or 'multitalented' use 'bisexual'."
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
So you get a less sexy iMac for $1000 less. Interesting.
Assuming you're able to install OS X and get it working in the first place, it's a PITA to update the OS and who knows if it will work with leopard.
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Since I have no clue about this OSX86 stuff ... do these Frankentoshes run regular (Intel-compatible; Rosetta??) apps?
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Most of the time with little or no modification. Installing an app on a OS x86 machine is much like putting Front Row on a unsupported Mac.
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Originally Posted by effgee
Since I have no clue about this OSX86 stuff ... do these Frankentoshes run regular (Intel-compatible; Rosetta??) apps?
It's as if you have a real Mac, except for point updates. Everything else tends to work flawlessly (even quartz extreme and core image). Like I said, it works better for me than Ubuntu.
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**looksatwindowsbox**, **looksatspareharddrive** ... hmmm, interesting.
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what driver would we be using for an nvidia card (6800gt to be more precise)?
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Originally Posted by effgee
what driver would we be using for an nvidia card (6800gt to be more precise)?
From the wiki:
"Works using MacOS X 10.4.8 DVD AMD SSE3 TEST 1. DVI with full QE/CI and resolution change"
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Originally Posted by forkies
You're gonna get this thread locked...
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Will the Hackintoshes run the Chess game?
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Originally Posted by besson3c
Will the Hackintoshes run the Chess game?
I'm not sure what the point of your question is.
Originally Posted by Gossamer
It's as if you have a real Mac, except for point updates. Everything else tends to work flawlessly
One could reasonably conclude from that statement that yes, Chess still works.
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Everyone lovess Chess. I haven't checked out the Tiger version. Maybe I'll do that.
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Originally Posted by effgee
what driver would we be using for an nvidia card (6800gt to be more precise)?
See, it's that type of crap that I don't want to deal with. I just know that if I tried to build something like this, that I might get the wrong version of the same model video card or some other crap, and honestly, I don't have the patience to deal with troubleshooting all that crap. I want a computer that just works.
If I could hire a dork to make me a hackintosh that was guaranteed to work with all the new OSX updates for the next few years, and tech support to install updates and whatnot, then I'd do it. But otherwise, that seems like a royal pain in the ass.
This writeup is enough to keep me away:
http://cavemonkey50.com/2006/06/from...-to-macintosh/
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Well, it's a "commitment." It definetly can encourage feelings of hatred toward programmers and computers. I just did it for fun last summer since I was so bored.
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