Reason to love a Mac – OS X 10.5.7

May 31st, 2009

Reason to love a Mac – OS X 10.5.7

Since building my new computer, I have been tinkering around with multiple operating systems and for the first time getting lots of play time with Apple’s Mac OS X.  Altogether, I’ve switched to using my Hackintosh for about 8 months now.  I started off using the iDeneb version of 10.5.5 install disc based on the specs of the component parts I used to piece my PC together.  Alas, several weeks ago, Apple released the 10.5.7 update and I had to update because I had skipped out on 10.5.6. I am a hardcore PC user as long as I can remember but since Vista was such a miserable failure in my opinion, I wanted to try alternative operating systems.  After trying different flavors of Linux, I came to settle on using OS X.  It just feels much more polished than what any other desktop... Continue Reading...

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Mac OS X on netbook

March 23rd, 2009

Mac OS X on netbook

Since my HP laptop died, I have since built a new PC capable of running Mac OS X.  I like OS X.  But I do not want to spend $1,000 plus on a Macbook Pro or buy an iMac.  I do want a portable like a netbook loaded with OS X.  So, the best bet would be to get a netbook compatible of loading Mac OS X right?  Here is a comparison guide of some popular netbooks capable of loading Mac OS X with some hacks.  Some hacks much harder than others, but I completely agree with this CNet article that Apple should look at creating an affordable netbook with full support.  It’ll definitely get more people switching over to their OS. Here is my experience so far using Mac OS X: Ever since building my own PC hackintosh to run Mac OS X, I have been using it and learning more and more of Apple’s... Continue Reading...

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