10-25-2009, 04:55 PM
It's probably time for a new set of hardware recipes for compatible hackintoshes that run SL. $400 goes a LONG way these days in component parts. And if you keep an eye out on geeks.com, many of those parts can be had for half price or less, if you are willing to wait. I was doing some checking, and I suspect you could build a box close to the speed of the now defunct all plastic macbook for ~$250 plus hard drive.
Ironically, hackintoshes are in some ways better suited to those users that DON'T want to tinker. I have a staff member who has not run software update on their mac in over a year.
I now have 3 of these machines - all in dramatically different form factors - and each are running a different flavor of the OS. With the exception of one that I'll probably try to make a SL boot drive - more out of curiosity than anything else - I suspect they'll stay at their current OS incarnations for most of their lifespan.
Ironically, hackintoshes are in some ways better suited to those users that DON'T want to tinker. I have a staff member who has not run software update on their mac in over a year.
I now have 3 of these machines - all in dramatically different form factors - and each are running a different flavor of the OS. With the exception of one that I'll probably try to make a SL boot drive - more out of curiosity than anything else - I suspect they'll stay at their current OS incarnations for most of their lifespan.