I'm blogging this week from my new Hackintosh. It was time for a desperate upgrade of the computer. I've been using a PowerPC-based iMac for two years. Of course, Apple abandoned that platform some time ago in favor of Intel. That's provided enterprising young hackers with opportunity to find creative ways to get the MacOS running on normal Intel PCs. I had a choice to make. I could make a run to Beijing (which costs $400 not including hotel) and pick up a new iMac decked out with my usual fare for about $2,000 (which I just can't afford right now), or I could take advantage of the work of those enterprising young hackers and install Leopard on a PC for a grand total of $574. I didn't need a monitor, keyboard, or mouse, so I splurged and got a kickin' fast gaming quality PC. Otherwise, it might have been even cheaper!
Holy Fake Steve Jobs, Hackman! Now I've got a "Macintosh" nearly as powerful as a full-blown Mac Pro that cost less than a Mac Mini! Hey Steve, what's up with that?
I already owned a copy of LEGAL Leopard, so what the heck. I ran the Kalyway hack, installed the system and now we're seeing spots. The good kind. The Leopard kind.
What's more, I'm running Parallels so I can keep a few PC games on Windows and the Leader's Library of my Logos Bible study software.
Now, my Hackintosh isn't a sleek iMac or Mac Pro that just begs to be caressed. But a guy caressing his computer is kinda creepy anyway. Yeah, it's an ugly PC box. But so what? The software is all glorious Mac—just without the crushing price of a Mac. In fact, if it weren't for the ugly box, I couldn't tell the difference. And by purchasing my PC in Mongolia I just employed someone for a whole month.