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You do realize that you are breaking the license terms of Apple by installing OS X on non-Apple hardware, right? What the author did is a nice read and a cool tech gig, but it's illegal.

I have thought about building a Hackintosh multiple times over, but the continuity (I'm not referring to the marketing term of one specific feature) is something that most Hackintosh builds lack. In the end I realized that if I want a Hackintosh, I want it to be the same as a real Mac. If not, I can just stick with Linux and not be constrained in any way.

edit: I am being downvoted for pointing out a blatant license terms violation? Really?

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It's an excellent point, but people don't tend to care about pirating software (and writing articles admitting to such) or license terms, except when it's a company like BMW distributing GPL software... then the pitchforks come out.

I'm actually curious what the minimum viable Apple hardware one needs to legitimately follow Apple's license. Is it the motherboard? The case? A few custom chips? What if you could purchase just thoes parts (eg: as repair parts) in order to be fully license compliant, then build your Mac up around those? You would get to be legit and you're also able to customize all the license agnostic parts to obtain whatever specs you're after.

It really depends on your jurisdiction. In some countries the clause is void.

breaking EULA does not necessarily mean illegal.

Not making a judgement in this case, but just being clear.

> What the author did is a nice read and a cool tech gig, but it's illegal.

Lighten up. It's not like manufacturing hackintoshes and selling them.

I don't know what country you are from, but in America people who follow all the rules, no matter how petty and arbitrary, and like to call out people who don't are considered to be boring busy bodies and not at all someone you'd like to spend time with.

> I want it to be the same as a real Mac

Then I present to you the Quicksilver: http://imgur.com/w1mLAm0&CMjGhkA

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