Hackintosh: it's a thing (Macintosh computers made by installing OsX on generic hardware)

[steve2470]

http://www.hackintosh.com/

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As far as I know, hackintosh is not illegal in the USA. It does violate the EULA of OsX, I think.


( this thread inspired by https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8904533 )

[lapucelle]

1. My son installed a Mac OS on a PC years ago,

but he's very active in the custom gaming community, so he's always fiddling around with stuff like this. (Custom gamers remove some components from one video game and replace them with components from another to make hybrid games.) He's also an avid retrogamer. These niche geek communities have existed for years, and they do some pretty cool stuff.

https://www.google.com/search?q=retrogamer+magazine&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKmbizm5XTAhUL_WMKHVD_A6gQ_AUICSgC&biw=960&bih=470

[hunter]

2. I remember the original hackintosh running on an Atari ST.

I saw it at some computer fair in Southern California. Furtive deals were happening in the background, people skulking about with ROM and disks as if they were selling cannabis.

The price of an Atari ST was nearly half that of a Mac, a similar situation to today's PCs vs. Mac.

I've got a Mac SE/30 and LC II emulated on my Linux desktop but I don't feel like I'm cheating because I've got the actual machines in my garage.