Re:Three complete specs for OSx86 compatible PCs
by drewcrawford on Sunday June 27, 2010 @05:53PM
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But if you're a hacker, and you like doing it (like I do), you can bring new OS support. For instance, I wrote patches to get my system up to speed on 10.6 the week of its release. Lots of other people now use my code. That's rewarding.
Like anything, it's a tradeoff. Do you want to learn about deep osx internals? Or do you want to go back to your day job writing webapps? Both can be rewarding; it's a function of your free time and how much you want things to "just work" vs how much you want to learn.
Re:Three complete specs for OSx86 compatible PCs
by tvon on Sunday June 27, 2010 @05:07PM
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What hardware did you have issues with?
Not that I necessarily recommend the hackintosh route, but if you had 10.5 running, 10.6 should run as well. I had my system moved to 10.6 within a week of it's release.
So, 2 years later I've got a system that runs Windows or Linux beautifully but isn't really a functional Mac. This can be great for a short time, but just keep in mind that anything you build now will probably not run 10.7 when it comes out next year.