Budget Hackintosh

rootworm41

rootworm41

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Hey everyone!

It's been a while since I have been active on this forum...I'm back "whistling:

Anywho, I was wondering if someone out there could help me develop a components list for a Hackintosh.
The budget would be about R12000 (excluding chassis), but it is flexible.
The only requirement would be a relatively high end GPU, but you decide :)

Any ideas?

Thanks :D
 
Why do you need a high end Hackintosh? The only reason I see to own a Mac of sorts these days is to do Swift development for iOS. For that a <R10k Mac Mini is sufficient.
 
rootworm41 said:
Hey everyone!

It's been a while since I have been active on this forum...I'm back "whistling:

Anywho, I was wondering if someone out there could help me develop a components list for a Hackintosh.
The budget would be about R12000 (excluding chassis), but it is flexible.
The only requirement would be a relatively high end GPU, but you decide :)

Any ideas?

Thanks :D
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Juts install FreeBSD and an X11 window manager and you have something better, faster and more secure than a Mac.
 
I specifically asked for a Hackintosh parts list as I need to install Mac OS X, not FreeBSD. I need specific software for work purposes, and I want a Hackintosh as I am a PC guy - I enjoy building and messing about with them.

Can anyone help?
 
Running OSX on a non mac is considered illegal and Mygaming does not promote piracy or condone anything illegal. so its best to not ask advice on hackintosh machines here.
 
Dohc-WP said:
Running OSX on a non mac is considered illegal and Mygaming does not promote piracy or condone anything illegal. so its best to not ask advice on hackintosh machines here.
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I don't believe it is - I own a copy of the Mac OSX software, and I am allowed to ask Apple for permission if needed according to their EULA. It is a tort to use it on non-Apple hardware, and therefore is not a crime.

However, if needed, I will ask elsewhere.
 
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rootworm41 said:
I don't believe it is - I own a copy of the Mac OSX software, and I am allowed to ask Apple for permission if needed according to their EULA. It is a tort to use it on non-Apple hardware, and therefore is not a crime.

However, if needed, I will ask elsewhere.
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I own a macbook so I know that no where does apple state that you can Run OSX on NON MAC MACHINES, go take your bull**** somewhere else

as if apple will grant someone to run their os on a non MAC

thats what the EULA states

(i) to download, install, use and run for personal, non-commercial use, one (1) copy of the
Apple Software directly on each Apple-branded computer running OS X Yosemite, OS X
Mavericks, OS X Mountain Lion, OS X Lion or OS X Snow Leopard (“Mac Computer”) that
you own or control;

(ii) If you are a commercial enterprise or educational institution, to download, install, use
and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software for use either: (a) by a single individual on each
of the Mac Computer(s) that you own or control, or (b) by multiple individuals on a single
shared Mac Computer that you own or control. For example, a single employee may use the
Apple Software on both the employee’s desktop Mac Computer and laptop Mac Computer,
or multiple students may serially use the Apple Software on a single Mac Computer located
at a resource center or library; and

(iii) to install, use and run up to two (2) additional copies or instances of the Apple Software
within virtual operating system environments on each Mac Computer you own or control
that is already running the Apple Software, for purposes of: (a) software development; (b)
testing during software development; (c) using OS X Server; or (d) personal, non-
commercial use.
 
rootworm41 said:
I specifically asked for a Hackintosh parts list as I need to install Mac OS X, not FreeBSD. I need specific software for work purposes, and I want a Hackintosh as I am a PC guy - I enjoy building and messing about with them.

Can anyone help?
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Fine, you need EXACTLY this:

Mobo : Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK, Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H or Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD7-TH
CPU : Core i5-4690K or Core i7-4790K
GPU : nVidia GT 740 SC
RAM : Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8/16/32 GB
HDD : Samsung 850 EVO (SSD) or Seagate Barracuda (SATA)
WiFi : TP-Link PCI Express Wifi Adapter (802.11N)

Because Apple completely f*cked the BSD Kernel for their own use ONLY certain parts/CPU combinations work as they REMOVED everything else from the kernel to make it "Faster", "Better" and "More Secure"

You also need UniBeast and you need to disable VT-d, CFG-Lock, Secure Boot Mode and USB3.0 in the BIOS. You also (if the BIOS supports it) set the OS mode to "Other OS"

Once you have it installed, have fun with drivers.
 
Dohc-WP said:
I own a macbook so I know that no where does apple state that you can Run OSX on NON MAC MACHINES, go take your bull**** somewhere else

as if apple will grant someone to run their os on a non MAC

thats what the EULA states

(i) to download, install, use and run for personal, non-commercial use, one (1) copy of the
Apple Software directly on each Apple-branded computer running OS X Yosemite, OS X
Mavericks, OS X Mountain Lion, OS X Lion or OS X Snow Leopard (“Mac Computer”) that
you own or control;

(ii) If you are a commercial enterprise or educational institution, to download, install, use
and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software for use either: (a) by a single individual on each
of the Mac Computer(s) that you own or control, or (b) by multiple individuals on a single
shared Mac Computer that you own or control. For example, a single employee may use the
Apple Software on both the employee’s desktop Mac Computer and laptop Mac Computer,
or multiple students may serially use the Apple Software on a single Mac Computer located
at a resource center or library; and

(iii) to install, use and run up to two (2) additional copies or instances of the Apple Software
within virtual operating system environments on each Mac Computer you own or control
that is already running the Apple Software, for purposes of: (a) software development; (b)
testing during software development; (c) using OS X Server; or (d) personal, non-
commercial use.
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Nowhere did I say that it wasn't a violation of the EULA, I said it was not a crime - rather a tort. Apple has only ever (according to my knowledge) charged and fined those who have attempted to sell "Hackintosh" systems.
I own a Macbook too, which has nothing to do with the details of the EULA. Your passive aggressive argument is just unnecessary.
 
rootworm41 said:
Nowhere did I say that it wasn't a violation of the EULA, I said it was not a crime - rather a tort. Apple has only ever (according to my knowledge) charged and fined those who have attempted to sell "Hackintosh" systems.
I own a Macbook too, which has nothing to do with the details of the EULA. Your passive aggressive argument is just unnecessary.
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The end-user license agreement for OS X states that it should only be used on Apple hardware. Therefore, you're technically committing a breach of contract. That said, no individual has ever been prosecuted for simply installing OS X on non-Apple hardware. It would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for Apple to get a jury against a single user. Even if they won a case against you, they would be losing money due to legal fees.

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act includes a Fair Use exemption for jailbreaking phones, which is technically different but identical in intention to building a hackintosh. You're not stealing or pirating software, but you are using it in a way that violates to the license agreement. The idea behind Fair Use is that if you lawfully own the hardware, and lawfully purchased the software, you should be allowed to modify it any way you wish, as long as you're not selling the modified product to others.
Precisely how far Fair Use actually extends is unknown, because there isn't a lot of case law here.

Let’s get one thing out of the way. You don’t own your copy of OS X, even if you bought a USB thumb drive with Lion pre-installed. Apple licenses its software to you, and you technically rent it from the company for life by paying the initial fee. When you purchase a Mac, you are purchasing the hardware in conjunction with a license for the software. That license is based on a specific set of requirements that must be met in order to be used within the boundaries of the law.

Here is an excerpt from the OS X Lion EULA:

The Apple software (including Boot ROM code), any third party software, documentation, interfaces, content, fonts and any data accompanying this License whether preinstalled on Apple-branded hardware, on disk, in read only memory, on any other media or in any other form (collectively the “Apple Software”) are licensed, not sold, to you by Apple Inc. (“Apple”) for use only under the terms of this License. Apple and/or Apple’s licensors retain ownership of the Apple Software itself and reserve all rights not expressly granted to you.
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Because you don’t actually own the software you’re installing on the machine, even if you purchased a physical copy, it isn’t really your right to install it unless it meets the specified parameters of the license agreement. The license agreement is very clear in this regard:

The grants set forth in this License do not permit you to, and you agree not to, install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-branded computer, or to enable others to do so.

Reverse engineering Apple’s code is how some of the more popular Hackintosh projects came about. By mimicking Apple’s boot loading software, and creating an environment that looks to the OS as if it is actually an Apple-branded system, the engineers behind the projects have effectively reverse-engineered part of Apple’s software.

According to Apple’s EULA:

You may not and you agree not to, or to enable others to, copy (except as expressly permitted by this License or by the Usage Rules if they are applicable to you), decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to derive the source code of, decrypt, modify, or create derivative works of the Apple Software or any services provided by the Apple Software, or any part thereof.
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This brings up the bigger (and more popular argument) of whether or not OS X is built on open source platforms which would make it legal to reverse engineer. Apple actually does allow you to modify portions of its software that are derived from open source works. It’s covered in the EULA. However, the majority of the operating system that evolved from its initial founding is built on Apple’s dime, making it off-limits.

You may modify or replace only these Open-Sourced Components; provided that: (i) the resultant modified Apple Software is used, in place of the unmodified Apple Software, on Apple-branded computers you own or control, as long as each such Apple computer has a properly licensed copy of the Apple Software on it; and (ii) you otherwise comply with the terms of this License and any applicable licensing terms governing use of the Open-Sourced Components.
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