How To Build an Apple Computer?

Question

I have been asked to build a Mac computer. I need to get some help choosing the parts that I need to build it. I can't seem to figure out what motherbord to use. This computer is going to be used for graphic art for a print shop so I want somthing with losts of power. The processor I want to use is the xeon quad core just like the ones Apple is useing in the iMac except I just want to use only one CPU so I can keep my cost lower. I also would like to know what GPU would be best to use thats compatible with Windows Vista because I want to put Vista on top of lepord 10.1. Thank you for your help

Answer 1

Well building a mac and having it not burn up in flames when you boot it is a very difficult task. Macs are built for the fail. They are overpriced for what they can do because Mac only sells macs. They can charge what ever price they want for the parts and are just not worth their bang for their buck. So what Mac saying their computers don’t get virus, that’s a total lie there is just less out there for Mac. Hackers go for what has more users that is a PC with a Windows operating system. I have had the PC for over 2 years without any security and just have had one virus on my comp. Think about it this way, The PC, Linux, and Linux are the grade A students in the class room where Mac is the restarted kid sitting in the back drooling on his desk all day long. The Max OSX operating system is just a Linux operating system skinned in a mac outfit and lets JACK up the price. So basically you are trying to build a price of crap. I would highly recommend that you would build a PC, Linux or Unix

Answer 2

Seriously, just buy a Mac. For a printshop with lots of graphics, the new 8-core processors are available. Some of these systems recognise 8-16GB of RAM.



Building a Hackintosh (PC based Apple computer) is a lot more trouble than it looks.



You need to download (illegally) the hacked version of the MacOS to install on the PC and even then it is not always fully compatible. I've done it, and it's fast but there are a lot of genuine Apple products that it cannot run.



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If you are still keen to do it yourself, then google for Hackintosh or OSX86

Answer 3

If your custom building, to save yourself a LOT of hassle and lawsuits, just put Windows Vista on there and leave it at that. It will perform just as well for any programs your hoping to use on the Mac. Or for real speed, just put XP on there.

Answer 4

Leopard is Mac OS X 10.5 not 10.1.





You'll also violate Apple's EULA agreement by running Mac OS X on non-branded Apple hardware.