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Re:Apple just told the world it has no idea who the Mac is for by slantyyz on Friday October 28, 2016 @02:45PM (#12819377)
Without getting into the weeds of OSX license compliance, if you absolutely must have macOS but want to use something else as hardware, you can try Hackintoshing it [1].

You can also consider running an OSX VM, but the same licensing issues apply, plus consider the fact that OSX guests on VMWare don't support graphics acceleration. You also have to patch VMWare to support a non OSX host.

[1] Hardware compatibility list: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

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Re:Apple just told the world it has no idea who the Mac is for by op00to on Friday October 28, 2016 @03:43PM (#12819929)
I can't imagine a worse idea for a system used for business than a Hackintosh. Does the thought process really go like this: "Hey, let me load totally un-trusted, un-signed drivers onto a system that's not licensed to run the OS! It could break at every upgrade! I could be installing a keylogger that sends my credentials to Russia! What could go wrong!"
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Re:Apple just told the world it has no idea who the Mac is for by slantyyz on Friday October 28, 2016 @04:07PM (#12820136)
I don't like them because they require a lot of time and patience, but if I'm not mistaken, if you pick the right set of hardware, you don't really need any additional drivers, and those machines can update fine (or at least they used to - it's been over a year since I checked this stuff out).

Most people use the OS installers downloaded from their own App store account and make a boot key so those should be safe too.

TonyMac makes a regularly updated list of hardware components [1] (mostly desktops) that should provide the fewest compatibility issues for those who are interested in making a Hackintosh.

[1] https://www.tonymacx86.com/buyersguide/october/2016

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Re:Apple just told the world it has no idea who the Mac is for by op00to on Friday October 28, 2016 @10:47PM (#12822364)
MacOS has special hardware checks that prevent installation on non-Apple systems. The "installers" used to build the installation USB drives insert kernel modules that fool these hardware checks. Do you trust the installers not to root your system? How about the 3rd party kexts? Is saving a few hundred or thousand bucks worth risking your data security?
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