> Some people here is very fond of "hackintoshes" (PCs hacked to run OSX). > If you're short on cash and like to tinker (and study), that might be a > viable route.
Not much study is required these days. Professionally written "Guides" are available for a great many configurations from netbooks to enterprise-level servers. Most of the tools are now GUI and some require just a one-page cheat-sheet to go from bare hardware to a booted and fully functional Lion system in under an hour. > Coming back to "reality"... Hackintoshes seem pretty "real" to me. Lion and Server Lion, running on a PC with NO modifications whatsoever to either the PC or to Lion is a reality. With prior versions of MacOS X Server, the software cost many times what the hardware cost, and the temptation was there to use a flavor of Linux for one's server. Alas, the "learning curve" for Linux ... any flavor, server or not ... is VERY steep. But with Server Lion, the software costs a fraction of the hardware cost, so there is really no reason not to run Server Lion, and then to get all the benefits of Lion along with it. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
