My Hackintosh
03/22/09 08:20 Filed in: Computers
I finally decided to purchase my first Window’s PC
in a long, long, long time. In fact, I had not
purchased a complete system since the early 90s. In
1992, I bought a 486 system and then proceeded to
upgrade that for nearly a decade.
Then I decided to switch to a Mac. I had used Macs in the past, but had never owned one. They seemed like adequate machines, but they were out of my price range. A few years ago, I started working with Intuit and they required Mac support, so the company I worked for purchased an iMac for me. It was a first generation iMac with the CRT. I liked what I experienced and decided if I could use that machine for 30 days, I would buy one. And I did. I bought a PowerMac G4. It had two processors and was quite nice. The build quality was excellent.
Since that first purchase, I have owned numerous Macs. So, recently I decided to sell a couple. I had two Minis, one G4 and one Dual Core Intel. I sold those and wanted to purchase another computer. However, the Apple tower systems are generally very expensive. So, I decided to go with a PC. Originally, I was going to buy a bare bones kit and build it, but I found a great deal on a Dell system.
And so, here’s the specs on the Dell Studio XPS:
2.66 GHz Core i7 processor (Quad core, Hyperthreading enabled)
750 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
ATI 4850 512MB RAM
Vista 64-Bit.
I added a 1.5 TB Seagate drive.
So, I started looking around on how to set this machine up with Mac OS X. I found some information on the InsanelyMac forums. And away I went. First, I went through a number of Hackintosh distributions, but iAtkos 5 worked the best. Some had issues booting on my system.
I was able to get my system up and running with a lot of work. Eventually, I was able to get everything working except sound. I am still working on that one.
Then I decided to switch to a Mac. I had used Macs in the past, but had never owned one. They seemed like adequate machines, but they were out of my price range. A few years ago, I started working with Intuit and they required Mac support, so the company I worked for purchased an iMac for me. It was a first generation iMac with the CRT. I liked what I experienced and decided if I could use that machine for 30 days, I would buy one. And I did. I bought a PowerMac G4. It had two processors and was quite nice. The build quality was excellent.
Since that first purchase, I have owned numerous Macs. So, recently I decided to sell a couple. I had two Minis, one G4 and one Dual Core Intel. I sold those and wanted to purchase another computer. However, the Apple tower systems are generally very expensive. So, I decided to go with a PC. Originally, I was going to buy a bare bones kit and build it, but I found a great deal on a Dell system.
And so, here’s the specs on the Dell Studio XPS:
2.66 GHz Core i7 processor (Quad core, Hyperthreading enabled)
750 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
ATI 4850 512MB RAM
Vista 64-Bit.
I added a 1.5 TB Seagate drive.
So, I started looking around on how to set this machine up with Mac OS X. I found some information on the InsanelyMac forums. And away I went. First, I went through a number of Hackintosh distributions, but iAtkos 5 worked the best. Some had issues booting on my system.
I was able to get my system up and running with a lot of work. Eventually, I was able to get everything working except sound. I am still working on that one.