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.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
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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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