People keep telling me I can buy a Mac and use bootstrap to have two different operating systems. I really don’t like that idea as its a Mac computer by heart. I want microsoft components & operating system but I want the desktop like a Mac. Any idea’s?
I also was wondering if you couldn’t just build two laptops one mac & on microsoft as one laptop kind of deal. Not caring how fat/ugly it is, just curious. With see-through casing. Is it possible?
I think you can install themes on a Windows desktop. This can change the appearance and behaviour of a desktop dramatically, and I’m certain that someone has created a theme pack to look like a Mac.
There is no such thing as Microsoft components. Apple and everyone else gets components from the same manufacture. If you break down a mac you will find 3 major companies that everyone uses, Foxconn, Samsung, and Intel.
You can easily build a desktop that will run a Hackintosh but you normally run into issues with them. If you truly want to run MAC OSX then buy a mac and run bootcamp. Apple is very strict about what gets supported so making a laptop work is very slim without just buying a MAC.
Okay Im not computer savy but the intel Celeron chip isn’t Microsoft made?
@Sykotik That would be the ideal way for me to go, would you be able to rig a build based on that?
@Troy That is good news, I’ll do that when I buy a new computer til I can afford the computer I want.
No it is made by Intel. Intel makes the majority of CPUs on the market.
Oops, my bad. Lol. Still want to go with @Sykotik idea as its more of an gaming setup I had in mind anyway.
The only operating systems that come to mind would be a linux machine, choose your flavor, and customize the desktop environment to your liking (in your case, to make it look like Max OSX). You can choose from a variety of distros such as Arch Linux, Elementary OS (you might like this one), Fedora, or Ubuntu. If you’re looking to game, there aren’t many AAA games that are supported natively for systems that use the Linux kernel, but they’re certainly coming along as time passes. Here’s a list of games supported on Linux that are avaliable on Steam; and here’s another site showing the release dates of upcoming games that will be supported on Linux. You can also take a look into a program called 'Wine’ to play games that aren’t natively supported on Linux.
Of course I’d do dual booting option, sounds safer as I wouldn’t accidentally boot up an O/S while using one of them.
@KDia I heard of fedora when looking into this but wasn’t sure if it would support Microsoft and Mac games on it or not.
Honestly if you want mac definitely buy one and then dual boot windows onto it, as chris said hackintosh’s are very painful to setup. You have to uninstall and install drivers until you get the right one and even then sometimes it doesn’t work and its hard to update lets say 10.1 to 10.2 because you will need to get a new kernel injected before the system restarts, its just a big pain. Its easier to go from mac to windows.
Why is that exactly?
I personally haven’t used Fedora, but you can try it out in a virtual machine if you like. As for the games, more and more developers are creating games for Linux, like I said progress is slow, but it’s coming along nicely.
At the current state I’d never use Linux on a gaming rig. Games I get 200 fps on windows with get 40 on Linux.
Linux is not a bad OS at all. Sure, depending on which distrobution you use it may be difficult to wrap your head around in the beginning; but it’s a great learning experience and as with most things, you’ll get better at it with time. And about Linux being buggy, it’s not as buggy as you may you think, and if you do run into bugs, with the help of logs and internet you can fix them on your own, again more learning experience. And Linux can look so much better than Windows or Mac seeing as how there are thousands upon thousands of themes that you can choose from or if you want you can create your own theme to your liking. As for the app support, that’s something I’m hoping will change in the future.
it’s not safer, there’s just not as many people targeting those platforms so it seems safer.
linux is great for specific tasks, if you know what you are doing. Like with RetroPie and Ophcrack. Or maybe you have a computer that misses a hard drive, then you can use a flash drive with debian installed on it.