Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-29 Thread John
On 7/29/2013 1:08 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2013-07-29 9:36 John wrote And in truth, I'm not even sure software updates will be that much of a problem for me. would be funny if your hackintosh were hacked ;?> I got to thinking about a hackintosh because some software I'm interested in does

Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-29 Thread John
On 7/29/2013 12:55 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Jul 29, 2013, at 10:36 , John wrote: Half the fun is rounding up the parts, putting them all together & having the damn thing actually work when you finally shoot the power to it. The software update thingy could be a problem, although I don't

Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-29 Thread steve harley
on 2013-07-29 9:36 John wrote And in truth, I'm not even sure software updates will be that much of a problem for me. would be funny if your hackintosh were hacked ;?> I got to thinking about a hackintosh because some software I'm interested in doesn't come in a Windoze version. But, it's no

Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-29 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013, Charles Robinson wrote: > On Jul 29, 2013, at 10:36 , John wrote: >> >> Half the fun is rounding up the parts, putting them all together & >> having the damn thing actually work when you finally shoot the power to it. > > Have you looked at this guide? > > http://www.macbr

Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-29 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jul 29, 2013, at 10:36 , John wrote: > Half the fun is rounding up the parts, putting them all together & > having the damn thing actually work when you finally shoot the power to it. > > The software update thingy could be a problem, although I don't think > Apple's position regarding home-b

Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-29 Thread John
Half the fun is rounding up the parts, putting them all together & having the damn thing actually work when you finally shoot the power to it. The software update thingy could be a problem, although I don't think Apple's position regarding home-brewed computers running Mac OS is going to be tenab

Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-28 Thread steve harley
on 2013-07-27 15:26 John Sessoms wrote I'm thinking about it. Only a mild intellectual curiosity at the moment, but if anyone has ideas I'd be interested in hearing them. most people don't build them, they just hack OS X to install on certain stock Windows-oriented hardware a software develo

Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-27 Thread Mark Roberts
John wrote: >On 7/27/2013 6:24 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 27, 2013, John Sessoms wrote: >>> >>> I'm thinking about it. Only a mild intellectual curiosity at the >>> moment, but if anyone has ideas I'd be interested in hearing them. >> >> Haven't done that (nor seen anyone who has), but

Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-27 Thread John
On 7/27/2013 6:24 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sat, Jul 27, 2013, John Sessoms wrote: I'm thinking about it. Only a mild intellectual curiosity at the moment, but if anyone has ideas I'd be interested in hearing them. Haven't done that (nor seen anyone who has), but I have seen someone using a M

Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-27 Thread Mark Roberts
John Sessoms wrote: >I'm thinking about it. Only a mild intellectual curiosity at the moment, >but if anyone has ideas I'd be interested in hearing them. > >Other than just buy a Mac. > >I'm not interested in buying a Mac, but the idea of building one from >scratch intrigues me. Yep. Did it wit

Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-27 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013, John Sessoms wrote: > > I'm thinking about it. Only a mild intellectual curiosity at the > moment, but if anyone has ideas I'd be interested in hearing them. Haven't done that (nor seen anyone who has), but I have seen someone using a Mac virtual machine under Windows, can tr

OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-27 Thread John Sessoms
I'm thinking about it. Only a mild intellectual curiosity at the moment, but if anyone has ideas I'd be interested in hearing them. Other than just buy a Mac. I'm not interested in buying a Mac, but the idea of building one from scratch intrigues me. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdm