First off, please don't steer this discussion into how you can run OSX on a PC because that will probably get the thread locked. Please keep it about the topic in hand.
I've recently been toying with the idea of getting a macbook and it got me thinking about my desktop machine too. I have a reasonable spec quad core with 4gb memory (about to upgrade to 8gb) and a GTX260. I put this together for very little money indeed, having bought each of the components from the MM.
Hypothetically speaking I could put a hacked version of OSX on here. I certainly don't intend to because it is my gaming machine. But in theory it would be very easy to do so. I even have a spare copy of Leopard and so arguably I have a spare license. Yet if I were to buy a similar Mac Pro, even second hand, it would cost a small fortune.
So what is the advantage of getting genuine Mac hardware rather than a Hackintosh?
Discuss...
Reminder - please don't steer this discussion into how you can run OSX on a PC because that will probably get the thread locked. Please keep it about the topic in hand.
I've recently been toying with the idea of getting a macbook and it got me thinking about my desktop machine too. I have a reasonable spec quad core with 4gb memory (about to upgrade to 8gb) and a GTX260. I put this together for very little money indeed, having bought each of the components from the MM.
Hypothetically speaking I could put a hacked version of OSX on here. I certainly don't intend to because it is my gaming machine. But in theory it would be very easy to do so. I even have a spare copy of Leopard and so arguably I have a spare license. Yet if I were to buy a similar Mac Pro, even second hand, it would cost a small fortune.
So what is the advantage of getting genuine Mac hardware rather than a Hackintosh?
Discuss...
Reminder - please don't steer this discussion into how you can run OSX on a PC because that will probably get the thread locked. Please keep it about the topic in hand.