HA HA, let's see if I delete it before anyone sees it!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
A week of Twitter updates: 2010-01-31
- For old media, iPad is not The Answer? Posted for irony as I am reading it on an iPod - http://bit.ly/bLHH1F #
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A week of Twitter updates: 2010-01-31
- For old media, iPad is not The Answer? Posted for irony as I am reading it on an iPod - http://bit.ly/bLHH1F #
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Monday, December 28, 2009
Request for comments: 2010 Hackintosh Dream Setup
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[/caption]I'm putting together a spec for the world's greatest Hackintosh desktop system. This won't be a guide on how to install a Hackintosh, or a list of all available and supported components. That's covered in much greater detail elsewhere.
This guide will conver my own sick twisted fantasy Hackintosh dream system.
What is a Hackintosh??
A Hackintosh is an Intel based white-box PC that has had a modified version of Mac OS X 10.[4-6] installed on it. It's legally dubious, frankly, and Apple pretends to care, but I don't think they do... Much.
Why don't they care very much? Building a Hackintosh is a pain, and then you don't get the premium commercial support from Apple. So basically you won't be able to use your Hackintosh in a stable commercial environment. I'm sure there are people out there that use Hackintosh systems for commercial purposes, but I don't think this is a segment that is taking significant market-share away from Apple. Hell, from what I can see a lot of the people that build Hackintosh computers are already Apple fans and own Apple hardware/software.
tl;dr, a Hackintosh is an Apple computer without any of the benefits of Apple hardware. It's an expensive toy.
If you love Mac OS X, and you are a PC hardware gearhead with a penchant for modding, AND you're not using the system you're going to build to do anything you need to rely on, a Hackintosh could work for you.
The criteria for my Hackintosh dream system will be as follows;
- Reasonable price (considering what I want)
- Most optimal performance available.
- 100% compatability with MacOS X 10.6.x
So, question time!
What components would you put in a high-end Hackintosh system?
What components would you like to see?
What case would you use??
Points of Interest
Adam Savage rides his electric unicycle thingee
Via Bikes and the City. This is a video of a motorized unicycle called an SBU, by Focus Designs, with Adam Savage behind, or on, the wheel. These are cool! I had never heard of them.
I can never personally justify electric bikes and light EV's. I can ride faster, all day, with my own power. So it stays at "neato" for me, not a must have.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
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