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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??
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