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If Mac are so expensive why are hackintoshes still out of favor ?

• meibo 4y ago
  They fall apart at every occasion/update and you're missing out on most of the Apple ecosystem bonus/online infrastructure, which is a big part of why people buy Apple products. They're also naturally stuck on Intel CPUs and the hardware choice is very limiting.
  • kitsunesoba 4y ago
    As someone who used to maintain a hackintosh, you can get them to work with iCloud, iMessage, Airdrop, Continuity, etc but you need to set the Mac-faking bits in your bootloader (probably OpenCore) correctly, and you might need to select for particular models of wifi/Bluetooth cards. Not particularly straightforward but plenty doable. From what I can see, the popularity of hackintoshing has dropped steeply with the introduction of M-series macs. The biggest driver of hackintoshing was Apple not selling compelling hardware, and that’s mostly been solved.
• mirntyfirty 4y ago
  I think nowadays they are close to impossible to put together and the article is directed towards the general public.
• jitl 4y ago
  They’re delicate, and the ARM situation is probably going to end whatever practicality is left.