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Theres a reason they call them Hackintosh. It's not because that is an officially supported configuration.

by revelation 13y ago

minikites 13y ago
There's a giant difference between "not officially supported" and "a cryptography chip locks you out".
- revelation 13y ago
  I guess you should take a look at what installing a hackintosh system entails. It starts with flashing your BIOS and it doesn't get any better afterwards.
  - Karunamon 13y ago
    You're either running a massively unsupported configuration (even for hackintosh standards) or just plain trolling. I'm posting this from a hackintosh I triboot with Windows and Debian. The difficulty involved reading a HCL when I built the system 3 years ago. The installation involved burning a disc and booting from it.
  - kenrikm 13y ago
    Nope. You burn the disk and install OSX as normal. Depending on the hardware you might need to download a few kext (Kernal Extensions AKA "drivers") Comparable to installing Linux or Windows.
  - MarkTee 13y ago
    > It starts with flashing your BIOS and it doesn't get any better afterwards. Not true at all. Maybe if you're using old or unsupported hardware. At most you'll need to set your BIOS to Optimized Defaults.
- xentronium 13y ago
  There is a certain working around the official seals involved. Google DSMOS.
mladenkovacevic 13y ago
When I was dabbling with Hackintoshes a few years ago, updating the OS was not supported (regardless of your hardware) and there were a couple of other limitations. Have most major issues like that been sorted out?
- mattsfrey 13y ago
  Nope, I'm burning a new usb install for Mavericks as we speak lol, have to do a whole new install for a major upgrade like this.
  - dham 13y ago
    Which I did/do for my Macbook Pro anyway. So when I got into the Hackintosh scene, it's second nature. I typically recommend formatting when upgrading anyway. Just doesn't feel right to just upgrade. Maybe it's just left over nightmares from when I was on Windows. Only way to upgrade was to format.

Theres a reason they call them Hackintosh. It's not because that is an officially supported configuration.

minikites 13y ago

There's a giant difference between "not officially supported" and "a cryptography chip locks you out".

revelation 13y ago
I guess you should take a look at what installing a hackintosh system entails. It starts with flashing your BIOS and it doesn't get any better afterwards.
- Karunamon 13y ago
  You're either running a massively unsupported configuration (even for hackintosh standards) or just plain trolling. I'm posting this from a hackintosh I triboot with Windows and Debian. The difficulty involved reading a HCL when I built the system 3 years ago. The installation involved burning a disc and booting from it.
- kenrikm 13y ago
  Nope. You burn the disk and install OSX as normal. Depending on the hardware you might need to download a few kext (Kernal Extensions AKA "drivers") Comparable to installing Linux or Windows.
- MarkTee 13y ago
  > It starts with flashing your BIOS and it doesn't get any better afterwards. Not true at all. Maybe if you're using old or unsupported hardware. At most you'll need to set your BIOS to Optimized Defaults.
xentronium 13y ago
There is a certain working around the official seals involved. Google DSMOS.

mladenkovacevic 13y ago

When I was dabbling with Hackintoshes a few years ago, updating the OS was not supported (regardless of your hardware) and there were a couple of other limitations. Have most major issues like that been sorted out?

mattsfrey 13y ago
Nope, I'm burning a new usb install for Mavericks as we speak lol, have to do a whole new install for a major upgrade like this.
- dham 13y ago
  Which I did/do for my Macbook Pro anyway. So when I got into the Hackintosh scene, it's second nature. I typically recommend formatting when upgrading anyway. Just doesn't feel right to just upgrade. Maybe it's just left over nightmares from when I was on Windows. Only way to upgrade was to format.