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Hackintosh

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Hackintosh

(jargon, computer)
An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into emulating a Macintosh (also called a "Mac XL").

Hackintosh

(jargon, computer)
A Macintosh assembled from parts theoretically belonging to different models in the line.
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Hackintosh

A computer that uses the Mac operating system on non-Apple hardware. See OSx86.
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It's not clear if Metal support for the latest Nvidia GPUs is equivalent to its support for AMD and Intel, given that Apple has stuck to hardware from the latter two companies for the past several years, but this would only likely impact Hackintosh users in any case.
Works pretty cool in this setup rather than dual booting a hackintosh which requires GPT which is really cumbersome.
Includes Hackintosh as a fun project, and references for processes and ports.
4 After lousy treatment by the so-called genii at Brighton Apple Store, and subsequent swearing that I'd never give the swines from Cupertino another penny I purchased a Hackintosh ...
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