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Curious: Anyone running a "hackintosh"?
#1
Every once in a while, I come across a link that talks about putting together a generic PC to run Leopard.

From what they say, for around $1000 (*), you can put together a machine that runs about as fast as a Mac Pro with the only caveat that you are breaking the Apple License by running it on non-Apple branded hardware (**).

I'm curious if anyone here has gone down that route.

(*) They usually say $750 or $850, but leave out the cost of Leopard.

(**) While I don't want this to turn into a legality discussion, from my experience in negotiating agreements, this clause would be invalidated in a court with regards to personal usage. I don't think you'd want to put together machines and sell them with Leopard pre-installed, though. I am not a lawyer or legal expert and my opinion is worth just less than squat on this subject. YMMV.
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#2
Sure, you could do that but how would you grate your cheese?
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#3
I have a dual boot 3 ghz P4 that runs xp and 10.4.6. Running a hackintosh can be a bit of a pain - you can't do any system updates directly from Apple. Typically, you need a hacked version of OS X.
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#4
One day I would like to try it -- with a Quad Core, Core2 - and overclock its cookies big time and do some folding with it.

I'd love a dual socket mobo to put the Core2 Extreme to work......
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#5
This guy keeps posting his "Apple Clones" on Craigslist, I didn't notice the part about unmodified kernel and software update working before. No install disks are included though so I flag em. What's the real scoop on these?

http://detroit.craigslist.org/sys/550919490.html
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#6
For a couple hundred more, you can go up to better processors and video.
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#7
ditto macphanatic. It was fun to build - I put it in an older G4 tower, but the enjoyment ran out long ago. It was my test machine for web development (IE6) also, before I got my MBP.
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#8
If you're short on money, and long on time, then it makes sense. But by the time you get up to speed on the different patches, which hardware to buy, assembling the hardware, etc., it's a LOT of time, IMHO. I thought about it, and then decided to work some overtime instead.
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