[X4U] OS X On Generic PC Hardware

[Zane H. Healy]

At 11:19 PM -0800 11/15/07, Randy B. Singer wrote:
>On Nov 15, 2007, at 7:54 PM, Craig A. Finseth wrote:
>>I really doubt that an $800 PC is equivalent to a Mac Pro: the price
>>difference in hardware is really not very large anymore.
>
>I gave you the link to the benchmarks given by the person who 
>created one for about $800:
>
>http://lifehacker.com/software/benchmarks/hackintosh-vs-mac-pro-vs-macbook-pro-benchmarks-322866.php

Those benchmarks are just plain bogus.  Am I the only one that sees a 
problem here?

Mac Pro -- 2x2.66Ghz w/1Gb RAM
MacBook Pro -- 2Ghz w/2Gb RAM
$800 PC -- 2.21Ghz w/4Gb RAM

As near as I can tell he also fails to mention specifically which 
Core 2 Duo CPU he is using.

In any case, as has been pointed out, this is illegal, it is in 
violation of the Mac OS X licensing.  Part of what I value about my 
Mac's are how stable they are compared to even the best PC's out 
there.  Sure he's using good parts (close to the same parts I used a 
year ago to build the PC I use for a couple games), but it won't 
compare to the real thing.  Good parts alone do not make for a stable 
system, coupling the OS to specific hardware does have real benefit 
when it comes to stability.

Zane


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