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Re:Apple iMac Pro goes on sale December 14th by jawngee on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @11:34AM (#15906874)
I depend on this machine to pay my rent, keep the lights on, keep insulin in my kid, keep us all fed.

If this machine bites the dust, I swap out the part or I restore from Time Machine. At least with this machine, I have the option of swapping out the part.

It's not some mystical black box. These are standard PC parts that are supported by macOS. I think I only use two kexts that aren't shipped with macOS to get to 100%.

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Re:Apple iMac Pro goes on sale December 14th by Aaargh20318 on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @07:39AM (#15913834)
If the hardware fails you can replace it, but what if Apple improves the security of the OS and prevents the next OS update from working on a hackintosh ? What if a bug in one of the hacked parts wipes your entire drive ?
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