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- inactive, on 06/29/2008, -2/+70$399 for a Mac OS X mini-notebook? I'll be there like shareware.
- lecturethis, on 06/29/2008, -10/+76thats sooo unreal.....the next challenge is for someone to get vista to work on a laptop
- ZephyrNinety, on 06/29/2008, -20/+82I love how everyone hates on Macs and then the second someone finds a way to make a Hackintosh, everyone all of a sudden flocks to it.
- nblsavage, on 06/29/2008, -8/+65They aren't stupid, just cheapskates :)
- FDL1, on 06/29/2008, -0/+54Mac Pro is just the name EFI emulation gives it.
- hobbitaussie, on 06/29/2008, -12/+59This part of the article seems not to understand the point of Macs "the port is still lacking some fine tuning, but it runs quite well". If its lacking some fine tuning it is *not* running well. Its like saying that you got a Lamborghini or Aston Martin to "run", but little things like power steering or any of the active systems don't work and calling it "run quite well".
- carpespasm, on 06/29/2008, -6/+47but it comes in bottles with award winning design and I got a great deal on bottle breakage warranties for my six-mac. I don't mind that Apple's just re-bottling beer that's 40% cheaper even from a high end brewery, the iMdrunk canopener is awesome and only for Mac.
- kraetos, on 06/29/2008, -3/+25"Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it." - Publilius Syrus
- carpespasm, on 06/29/2008, -2/+22yeah, give it another 4GB of RAM. Be careful installing it though. Some people have reported memory dumps when they put it in the wrong can.
- inactive, on 06/28/2008, -0/+19It says in the article that they are working in the resolution fix. But it's coming.
- FearlessFreep, on 06/29/2008, -4/+22Dugg for "iMdrunk"
- zeeky, on 06/29/2008, -2/+19Does anybody know how I can get my trash can to work with vista?
- Lenny, on 06/29/2008, -4/+21The people who hate macs aren't the ones flocking to this.
- ThinkBox, on 06/29/2008, -1/+16shareware has better alliteration
- alpha88, on 06/28/2008, -6/+20Too bad the screen looks all stretched...
- ThinkBox, on 06/29/2008, -0/+13Ill bet you'll get every cent of that $399 out of it too.
- Pake, on 06/29/2008, -0/+13Krische, you realize that's just so he can pay less in taxes, right?
- dharmabum9999, on 06/29/2008, -22/+35We're neither stupid nor cheapskates. We just don't want to pay more than something is worth. I swear if Steve Jobs sold beer, you Apple fan boys would buy it for $10 a bottle.
- flarn2006, on 06/29/2008, -0/+12freeware is better than shareware
- T8erT0T, on 06/29/2008, -0/+12What in god's name are you blathering about?
The only way your post makes sense is if you are responding to what poster s1pacrat said on the Gizmodo link.
And if that's the case then you are an incoherent key-tard just typing away without point or purpose, not to mention a sense of direction as to where you should be putting your garbage in the first place. - inactive, on 06/29/2008, -6/+17I hate "BMWs" because you're paying extra for a name. I'd rather have a "Hyundai" simply because it's cheaper. It's stupid having to pay extra for the exact hardware that you'd get cheaper from "Hyundai".
Now doesn't that sound stupid? - FearlessFreep, on 06/29/2008, -0/+10"cost of bad quality"
which is why they won't - noahhoward, on 06/29/2008, -6/+16Specs and part brands or *****.
- handheldchimp, on 06/29/2008, -1/+11I personally own two hackintoshes which both run extremely smoothly. One of them has similar specs to the MSI Wind, so I can already say it will run quite well.
- lacreme, on 06/29/2008, -2/+11perhaps because IBM doesn't design their computers for mac
- cathpah, on 06/29/2008, -2/+11ok...so i was off by a grand. Total cost $6,579.00...but hey, there's free shipping! (snore)
one xeon 2.8ghz processor (admittedly, a little nicer than the q6600, but OCing can solve that)
8gb ram
macpro raid card (can only handle 4 freaking drives!)
since they don't have either raptors, or the ability to put 8 hard drives in, i had to combine 2 drives in one...so:
1 300gb 15,000 RPM HD (would be comparable to my 2 150gb raptors raided)
3 1tb 7200 RPM HD (would be comparable to my 6 500g drives)
2 radeon HD 2600 256 (less memory than my vid cards)
So how bout it? get all the fanboy out....but the facts are true. I've got no problem with macs, just the cost. - chicagospur, on 06/29/2008, -0/+8$1 a year, but he can exercise his options at $5.75 a share.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=AAPL - cathpah, on 06/29/2008, -3/+11not that i need to prove anything to you
q6600
areca arc 1220 raid card
8gb ram ddr2 1000
2x 150gb raptors
6x 500gb 7200rpm
2x 8600 video card 512mb
plus power supply, mobo, case, etc. - hartley, on 06/29/2008, -0/+7Am I the only one that wouldn't want to do this?
I'm sure I could put together some equally spec'ed hackintosh, but would it be worth it? Just throw on some linux distro with x server and enjoy your ultra portable. - LastDitchHero, on 06/29/2008, -1/+7Too bad Apple will never license OSX to 3rd party vendors. They would gain market share at the cost of bad quality and losing serious margin on their high end hardware.
- inactive, on 06/29/2008, -1/+7I paid more for my macbook pro, because when it breaks I can walk three blocks over to the 14th street apple store, and half the time they can fix it right on the spot, while I wait, for nothing.
- zaqarov, on 06/29/2008, -0/+6You go ahead and "paint it up" yourself. I picked my Apple laptop over a Dell because I just love the aluminum casing and overall design. This is not something you can "paint up yourself", unless you're an industrial designer wih access to a lot of professional tools.
The point is, neither of us is wrong... you don't want to spend more money just because of the way it looks on the outside, that's perfectly fine, but I do. There's really no point in arguing about these things. - aliguana, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5my entire hackintosh package is a great computer that just works. Your point being?
- thegodfaza, on 06/29/2008, -2/+7Hackintoshes usually have display problems. Mine does. Damn AGPGart.
- flamingmb, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5Please dont sign your name after your post, its not not needed.
- indiepenguins, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5Does this mean Apple Software Updates will work if it thinks it's a legit mac? I never understood that about hackintoshes, do they update?
Even though I prefer real Apple hardware, I admit this is cool but I can see apple pushing an update to prevent it from thinking its a Mac Pro. - wa007, on 06/29/2008, -2/+7I just got a MacBook Pro 17 inch and its a beast. I am a heavy grpahic user and compared to my desktop G5's it rocks. Only complaint I have is disk space, Apple seams to keep this limited on all their products like the iphone. I want to see 1TB available on all devices by Apple one day.
- gr3yn3t, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5Vanilla kernel (hackintosh) can be updated.
- svensko, on 06/29/2008, -1/+6You will, in about 5 years.
- Firehed, on 06/29/2008, -1/+6Just checked this on my MBP - seems to be a bug in system profiler (or maybe it's intended to show the time the app was opened and not the current time? yeah, it's a bug). I'd send you a screenshot, but you'd claim that's shopped too.
- Kinnkster, on 06/29/2008, -0/+5They've already got it running on a Wind.
Not like it would be any good though. - cathpah, on 06/29/2008, -3/+7specs and parts are now listed
I was off by less than a grand...still comes in at $6579 when built by apple.
mine's more than $4000 cheaper. - Snakedal337, on 06/29/2008, -0/+4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSI_Wind_PC
not too shabby at all. - ThinkBox, on 06/29/2008, -2/+6Bingo - nothing is designed for OS X besides Macintosh computers.
Lets not forget it was the best laptop on the planet for Widows Vista ( http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136649-page,3-c, ... )
With serious hardware comes great performance and a big price tag.
Granted, the real OS X hacking community comes out of the holes in Apple's product market. People want the OS, but they cant afford a Mac Pro, and they want to customize and build their computer. Apple doesnt want to sacrifice their hardware/software integration to capture the low-end market (they make their money on hardware because they have great proprietary software and excellent hardware).
Their product line doesnt fit every niche that the PC market does. People making hackintoshes shouldnt judge the OS because of its poor performance. - shrewduser, on 06/29/2008, -1/+5personally i love macOS and i believe it pushes the envelope on a number of matters. but if i don't even want to pay the windows tax for something as sub standard as windows (which usually gets wiped) i'm hardly going to look favourably at a monopolised hardware market / mac tax... i built a 64bit dual core celeron (overclocked) which performs on par with high end systems for $200 AUD the other day for my little brother, please someone direct me to the mac equivelent. :(
- SuperSunny, on 06/29/2008, -3/+7You're giving a bad rep and name to Apple users.
Hackintosh's are a great idea. As long as the PC is built with OS X-Compatible parts that run well, the entire system will be stable and awesome.
The hardware in Mac's (I own a MacBook to be fair here) is decent. It's not the greatest, but it's a good selection and a good matching point. The reason why the hardware runs so well, is because Apple designs OS X to be fully optimized towards their own selection of hardware. This is good and bad.
It's good because it makes OS X a beast. The entire system runs only on the hardware it was designed to run on. (Hackintosh's use custom drivers. Sometimes they are stable. If the PC is built with Mac-Like parts, it can use the original drivers).
It's bad, because OS X is not actually designed to run on any other hardware. This is where the hacking community comes in.
I'd love to build a cheap one in the near future.
And just to throw off any future comments on Apple overpricing, go build a laptop with the same exact parts as a MacBook Pro, and same exact specs. Take away any discount deals given by that company, or special offers, and then compare the pricing. The MacBook Pro is not overpriced. Neither are the other computers. They just don't have as many deal offerings or discount to get a Dell-Style $200 off coupon. - blurrie, on 06/29/2008, -0/+4i really need to see how fast these lil atom cpu's run. 399 for a lil guy that can get me on firefox and run itunes.. all in the comfort of os x.. not to shabby.
- T8erT0T, on 06/29/2008, -1/+4What are the specs on this mother jumper?
- phantom_mullet, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3Yeah, I don't see how that detail made it into the headline...it's not a big deal...
- DesdinovaEL, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3For the thousandth time you are paying for the OS.
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