run OS X on a computer i build?

Question

Hello my friends in the gaming community, i would like to this summer build a badass computer for gaming. like the whole 9-yards, but i know that if OS X only runs on mac computers. Since you cant just upgrade a mac pro, i want to just put OS X on my fresh new computer. Can you do that? I have the 10.5 disk can just put it in and install it or is it not even possible? Ive never built a computer but i have a friend who can, but he likes Windows. So im on my own and am a total NOOB to this stuff.

(I know that OS X isn't meant for gaming, but i can use boot camp and run windows to play games too.)

Answer 1

What you're building is called a Hackintosh. Google that word and you'll turn up a lot of links. Including the following two.

Answer 2

First, you are correct that you need a full Retail copy of Leopard (or Snow Leopard) - it won't work with a Restore disk and most of the "patched" or otherwise modified copies online will only work on specific hardware with specific bootloaders (in addition to being pirated). A buddy and I made a Hackintosh from scratch using the i7 quad and an un-modified copy of OS X. It worked.....mostly. There were some issues with perfials, a few sound card tweaks we had to do, and even now we get a kernel panic about 70% of the time after a reboot so we have to keep it on and in sleep mode all the time. It's awesome and the whole deal was about $1500 (and it's basically a $5000 MacPro with an i7 processor, which Apple doesn't offer) but it's an on-going project and you have to have a lot of knowledge in both system building and OS X to get it to work well, and to deal with issues that come up. Overall it was a fun project but not something I'd do as my primary computer. He's actually thinking of loading Win7 and selling it to buy a new 27" iMac. We used the RebelEFI bootloader but there are other bootloaders that are pretty easy to use.Just do a little research on the custom build Hackintoshs and decide what bootloader version best fits your needs. Now, I DID install Leopard on my Dell Mini 9 with no problems what so ever. That little HackBook is killer and runs 100% all the time. I haven't had to do any special tweaks since the first install. I used the NetBookInstaller EFI bootloader and it was smooth sailing. I think I'm going to try with Snow Leopard soon, but it's a slick little beast. Just do your homework, be ready for things that don't work like they are supposed to, and set aside a lot more time that you think you'll need for the build and install.

Answer 3

you must learn what OS X needs the minimum requirments are

1. 4 gigabyte's of ram

2. intel dual core processer

3. 6 gb hard drive

I prefer:

1. 8 gigabytes of ram

2. any quad core processer

3. 250 gb hard drive