tonymacx86 Blog Prasys' Blog InsanelyMac Hack My Mac nawcom's bitchblog Benjamin Sherman » Building a Hackintosh Successful Attempt #1 Since getting a Mac Book Pro for work, I’ve become quite the fan of OS X. As a unix/software guy, I really enjoy having the power of a BSD/Unix system readily available, without having to install some hack like cygwin. (I’m not knocking cygwin, it’s a really nice Windows add-on, but I prefer not to run Windows, in general.) I also like the OS X user interface, and lately, that it runs the very cool boxee media center software. So, I wanted to build a boxee box. I went with an Intel D945GCLF2 motherboard. I bought the following from newegg: D945GCLF2 motherboard – $80Any old PATA (SATA should work, too) DVD Burner – $252GB Kingston 240-pin DDR2 667 SDRAM – $21APEX MI-100 Black/Silver Mini-ITX Case w/ 250w PSU – $5680GB Western Digital SATA Hard Drive – $37Shipping/Handling + rush processing – $15 INSTALL GUIDE FOR RETAIL OS X on D945GCLF2 Original info from: You’ll need to download the following items: Reset D945GCLF2 BIOS to defaults
[GUIDE] EVGA X58 Snow Leopard Mac OS X 10.6.6 (10J567) Installation - InfiniteMac OSx86 Building your own Mac OS X computer (Hackintosh) requires specific hardware selection to make each part work seamlessly with the Mac OS X operating system for a fluent experience. Selecting the right hardware has never been easier than it has become now thanks to ongoing efforts by the joined forces of the OSx86 Community. Your Mac OS X custom build begins here. CustoMac Budget mATX A powerful desktop build with budget-minded parts and no graphics card. CustoMac Budget ATX A powerful desktop build with budget-minded parts and no graphics card. CustoMac Pro These full sized ATX builds have quad-core CPUs, maxed out RAM, and lots of expandability. CustoMac Mini The CustoMac Mini is a bare-bones CustoMac in a shoebox sized case featuring a H77 mini-iTX motherboard and a dual-core Ivy Bridge processor. CustoMac Mini Deluxe The CustoMac Mini "Deluxe" is a no-compromise build featuring a Z77 mini-ITX motherboard and a quad-core Ivy Bridge CPU. CustoMac Pro Socket 2011 Operating Systems CPUs Cases
How-To install Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.6 on the Asus 1005HA Netbook | MarcoMC – Tech, Cuisine, Traveling etc.. How-To Install or Update Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.7 on the Asus Eee PC 1005HA Netbook is now available: This is a step-by-step procedure to install Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.6 on the Asus Eee PC 1005HA Netbook having everything working 100%. Resources Prerequisites For British users only A Proper British Keyboard Layout for OS X to be placed on ‘/Library/Keyboard Layouts‘ Installer preparation Use ‘Disk Utility’ to dump the Mac OS X 10.6.0 Installation DVD on the 8GB USB stick.Run the MobUSB package and choose as intall destionation the newly created partition on the USB stick (that will probably bring the name of “Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 Retail”, but the name is not importat).DO NOT INSTALL IT ON YOUR SYSTEM’S PARTITION!! System Installation First Boot Make things working What still doesn’t work Now also available: Comments
tonymacx86 Blog People who know me know that I always recommend Apple laptops. I am convinced that they are the best laptops on the planet and worth every penny. However, a few weeks back, I picked up the HP Probook 4530s to review and monkey around with. This particular model has gathered a lot of steam on the forum, and considering the price ($475) and relative compatibility it seemed like a cool little project. Compared to building a custom desktop computer, hackintoshing a laptop is a dramatic undertaking, and can be a very painful process. With the launch of Mac OS X Lion, Intel's onboard HD 3000 graphics, integrated into all Sandy Bridge mobile CPUs, became fully compatible. I went with the lowest end HP Probook 4530s XU015UT. There are a few major drawbacks to this particular model, especially when compared with a Mac laptop. The main reason people buy PC laptops to hackintosh is because of the perceived cost savings. Let us know what other laptop models have worked for you!
Computer builds [two_third_last] Kakewalk Lite (Spring 2013) CPU: Intel Core i3-3225 – Buy from Amazon Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H – Buy from Amazon Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT640 – Buy from Amazon RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2×4 GB) – Buy from Amazon Case: Corsair Carbide Black 300R – Buy from Amazon Power supply: Corsair CX600 – Buy from Amazon SSD: SanDisk Extreme 120GB – Buy from Amazon Total: 600 USD Button Text [/two_third_last] Kakewalk Moderate (Spring 2013) CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K – Buy from Amazon Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX660 – Buy from Amazon HDD: WD Green 2TB – Buy from Amazon Total: 930 USD Kakewalk Pro (Spring 2013) CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 – Buy from Amazon Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX680 – Buy from Amazon RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2×8 GB) – Buy from Amazon Power supply: Corsair TX850 – Buy from Amazon Total: 1249 USD View older models © 2014 Kakewalk.