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Why not have a normal PC for games?
I didnt really need my Hack
This is why I think most people build them (a few would be Mac user on budget I guess). It's why I don't have one. I thought about it when I first heard of them but I'm just not that into playing around with computers when I've spent the last 20 years working with 'em.
I used to run Mac emulation on a PC... now that was clunky.
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Its hard to justify. I also wanted it wife proof. "The wife" controls is from her iPad to watch VPN protected/hidden Netflix and store torrents locally so she doesn't clog up my iMac/her Macbook with 120 GB of Sex and the City. Yeah you can do that on PC too but she has never used one (and neither had I until last year).
I felt if I was going to build a PC I might as well build one that runs OS X too. Nearly gave up halfway through but stuck with it, could have been even cheaper if I didn't want to run OS X.
Also, since I have been using Macs for work for 10 years adding a new OS into my home made no sense.
If I wasn't going to run OS X and just use it for games I would prob make it W10 only and boot straight into Steam in big picture mode.
chrisbmx116
Why a hack? Because as much as I love Macs aesthetics Mac users get royally fucked with GPU choice, which is obviously an issue when it comes to gaming.
My non retina plays games well at 1440p, the latest 5k ones have GPU's that are little stronger and are trying to push 5k displays so will blow up if you even launch a game.
My Hack out performs my iMac and Macbook pro (by miles) and cost £300 vs £2000.
Now I have seen you can get decent PC cases I am getting more into the idea, but a Hack, I still have a spare Apple Cinema Display that I can connect to it so it all looks nice but if they bring out a 5K one i'll be all over it as well as building a beast in that case you are looking at.
Also, I didnt really need my Hack, just got into the idea and bought the parts while I was bored at work, and fancied learning something new...