friend_kami wrote:
fyi, if you buy osx retail it's not illegal if you stick an apple sticker on to your enclosure.
FYI, it's clear to me that you've never read Apple's UELA....
And this is about a Hackintosh with Lion, which you can't buy like previous Apple OS's. It can either be bought through the Apple Mac Store or on a USB flash drive. In both cases you break/void the UELA, so it doesn't matter what you say or think, you're using it illegally.
that saide, you make a good point about the os. too bad it actually makes the argument FOR hackintoshing justified; i was running a hackintosh for a pretty long time before my computer finally died on me (was just a matter of time, poor old half burnt dell shit), and the os was exactly the number one reason why i wanted one. now i am about to start saving up for a real mac,
There's no justified argument for using anything illegally. Save money to get the real deal... Ot CHOOSE to use something legally different.
but case in point: he might be wanting a hackintosh for the os alone.
Still no reason to use it illegally. And the experience will never be the same thing. Just because you run the Mac OS, it doesn't mean it has the same experience as running real thing without having to put in the effort to get the thing running properly all of the time in the first place without having to 'fix' it every now and then.
there's numerous of software available for osx only which are pretty much indispensable for some musicians, and the alternatives available for windows is just plain shit in comparison
Just name a few that are indispensable...
there's two reasons to wanting to r un osx even though you don't have the hardware.
want more? osx is built upon freebsd and, as opposed to windows, is not singleclient and is not dependant of dll locked drivers and other shit that can potentially crash your entire computer for no apaprent reason other than sheer programming stupidity. also, it's really made for multitasking, both the way it handles processes and the way it handles software on the gUI side of the operating system.
Just a bunch of nonsense.. As if real macs don't ever crash or have software that never crashes. For instance, Adobe software sucks kind of no matter what platform you're on. There are numerous benchmarks which show that for
certain programs Win7 outperforms OSX. You should use Google some more to find out.
the filesystem is another thing to consider.
Give me some examples why there's any truth to that statement. A very big amount of 'power'users who have been using macs for a long time are unsatisfied with the ageing HFS filesystem and would have like to seen Apple switch so the ZFS or some other more current filesystem. NTFS is not that bad compared to HFS. You should read more about the HFS filesystem before you make statements like that. Ever heard of 'Repair Permissions' and that sort of nonsense just to be able to delete or edit files on the HFS filesystem?
oh, and yes, it actually is about specs. if you could get a build that rivals the most specced out macpro for half the price, what is stopping you from getting two of them and double your capacity for the same price?
The hassle of getting it up and running and maintaining the stability and that sort of thing. Like I said before, just because it 'out specs' a real mac doesn't mean you get the same experience in the long run. Whether you believe it or not, I know and don't care if you don't.
if you were to do some research about hackintoshing i'm pretty sure that you would change your mind, or at the least get a new perspective. there's also the other reason: tinkering. some people (like myself) got into hackintoshing for the very reason that it could be done and because it was interesting to delve into making custom kexts and dig deep into the subsystems.
No, I wouldn't have changed my mind. Been there and have done that whether you believe it or not. I don't care, it's not the same thing.
When you get a mac it's tailored to that specific hardware. When you take it out of the box, it does what's it's supposed to do. It doesn't have anything to do with what you want or believe it should do. Apple made their choice and it just works for what it was envisioned to do. Just because you feel otherwise doesn't make you right. Just because you want to customize it to your needs doesn't mean Apple made a wrong decision, it just means you're wanting something different than the original was meant to be. There's a reason why Apple by default doesn't allow you the access the real subsystem (which doesn't mean you can't change it by using the Terminal, because it's Unix in the end and you can change things if you know what you are doing).
but you know, the world is black and white. right?
No, it isn't. It's black and white and anything in between. But there are choices! You just want things that are just not meant to be like the way you envision them to be. You have the right to think differently, but it doesn't make you right in any way. Why not get a Linux distro or any other real open source Unix OS? Because that would take just to much real effort and you want it to be a fake mac because you feel it costs too much money to get the real thing and anything you build 'out specs' the real deal without you knowing what the real deal actually has to offer. Buying or building things on the basis of just specs is for FOOLS that don't know what they are talking about. You made yourself believe you are right by giving yourself the right to use things illegally just because you don't want to pay for the real thing and think you have the right to do as you please just because it 'out specs' something and more of those BS reasons. I don't care what BS argument you bring to the table to justify your BS opinion.
Yes, I may be very very blunt about this very specific topic. And don't think that I don't know what I'm talking about, whether you believe or not which I don't care about.
*yawn*
Yes, a big fukkin yawn to you as well...
Have a wonderful time with your Hackintosh!
