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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Denver, Colorado
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I hope this is the right forum. Anyhow - I have a little ASUS which has had at different times XP and Ubuntu. Is there a simple guide to turning it into a Hackintosh? I'll follow ALL copyright laws - I have to I'm a writer - Promise. If I get caught violating copyright - I'm in serious doodoo - really.
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: At home
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Yeah right, it's just that installing OSX on a non-Apple computer IS violating the law... Just saying.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Denver, Colorado
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Note - I'm using my real name. If that's the situation - I won't go any further. Back to Ubuntu
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Well, technically that's violating the EULA, and EULAs are supposed to be binding contracts, but I'm not sure how well (or if) they have been held up in US courts as such.
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Denver, Colorado
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Lawyer!!!!!
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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Personally, I wouldn't let the fact that Apple doesn't like you to do it stop you. I have tow hacks and I can say if you're not up for the continuing effort to make it run you might want to steer clear anyway.
Personally, I like my hacks. I have a Dell Mini 9 and my Beast i7 920 that's over-clocked. So here's the thing though, when you're using a prebuilt system it's a little harder to make things work. The Dell Mini 9 is much like the Mac Mini so most everything just works. It's still running 10.5.8 though due to the drop of support for N270 by Apple. I'd find a few forums where people have been hacking those machines to find what works best. I use the EFI hack since it works best with 10.6 on Beast and a custom build for the Mini 9. The custom build is based on the EFI hack too. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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I like tonymacx86.com for my hackintosh needs. Start there.
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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I used OSx86 personally for my i7 920 and MyDellMini for my Mini 9.
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Within
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On the other hand getting a stable version of the OS up and running with most of its features functional and then leaving it that way shouldn't be hard if your model is well documented. The sites that torifile and turtle linked to should help. |
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I like the idea of hackintoshes, but if one really has to rehack the OS for each update that would be a TDB. If I wanted that sort of tedium/frustration, I would use Linux...
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Not that I speak from experience. ... Also, I'll second torifile's mention of tonymacx86's resources, especially his iBoot images and MultiBeast installers. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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*Runs off to check out tonymac86
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My hack runs a vanilla kernel and has been largely problem free through updates. The only thing I've needed to patch after an update recently is the video card. For that, I use netkas.org and I just wait until he gives the all-clear or updates his patch for my 4890 before updating. Generally, that occurs within a couple of days of a release.
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