Hackintosh?

[Hemps]

I want to give Mountain Lion a try but don't have a Mac, only Windows PC.

Is it worth giving it a try or am I wasting my time on windows PC I know many functions will not be a available, this is mainly to "fiddle" around.

Anyone have a Hackintosh running?

[Madman88]

I tried this once or twice. It only supports a limited range of hardware, which I didn't have so it didn't work for me.

[Joker]

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/in...HCL_10.8_Seeds

[S1ght]

http://www.tonymacx86.com/home.php

It's a bastard to get the configuration right at first. Lots of kernel panics >.<

[Synaesthesia]

I've been running hackintosh since 10.4.4, installed it on dozens of machines. When it works, it's fantastic. Stable, fast, cheap. So yeah it's worth it but you have to learn a bit about configuring it. For example I have a cheap PC with a 5850 that's fast and great for say video editing, at the fraction of the cost of an iMac.

[Hemps]

Do you have to purchase a copy of Mountain Lion or are there copies like Windows available?
I'm not to keen to part with $20 on something I just want to have a fiddle with, if it lives up to the hype I would be keen to buy.

[Synaesthesia]

I didn't purchase mountain lion, there's no serial no or anything.

[Hemps]

I didn't purchase mountain lion, there's no serial no or anything.

I'll give it a download this week, hopefully it lasts longer on my PC than Ubuntu did.

[Synaesthesia]

Yeah it's a proper OS. Easiest way I've found is to use MyHack to create a USB installer from the Mountain Lion disk image. Then use Multibeast to install drivers.

[Aqua_lung]

I didn't purchase mountain lion, there's no serial no or anything.

Seriously? it's only $20!

[Madman88]

I've been running hackintosh since 10.4.4, installed it on dozens of machines. When it works, it's fantastic. Stable, fast, cheap. So yeah it's worth it but you have to learn a bit about configuring it. For example I have a cheap PC with a 5850 that's fast and great for say video editing, at the fraction of the cost of an iMac.

I would be keen to try this again.. But perhaps get a machine with the proper h/w..

[vinodh]

I installed on two desktops at home and it works perfectly. The tonymac site gives the easiest way to do it. Lion is much easier to install than Mountain Lion. Once tony and the other guys sort out some bugs, it will eventually be as easy as Lion. Also, a very wide range of hardware is supported. The biggest problem is out of box support. If a wifi device or ethernet device does not work immediately, most people give up. As mentioned in the above threads, the are various sites with hardware compatibility lists and kexts.com has lots of kexts for hundreds of devices that makes it quite simple to sort out driver issues.

What can be really, really painful is to try to install OS X on laptops. I've sat for days and days on working with an Acer laptop and eventually gave up. Desktops are much easier. And if you really can't find support for an ethernet/wifi/sound device, its easier and cheaper to buy a compatible replacement component.

[Synaesthesia]

I don't know, Mountain Lion running perfectly here! If anyone wants a bit of support, just holler this way.

[Sputnik]

Sleep and Airplay Mirroring are not working. Sleep worked in SL but does not work at the moment.

[unskinnybob]

I don't know, Mountain Lion running perfectly here! If anyone wants a bit of support, just holler this way.

I've been keen for a while. A simple 1-2-3 might be useful. Everytime I hit Tonymac or hackintosh.com I'm put off by all the prep. Maybe I'm just lazy that way?

As stability as a primary OS goes - how would you rate it overall?