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BUMP.
Right, so I've got me one of these:
One of these downloading from the app store:
And one of these, currently running 10.6.8:
I've just done a time machine backup, so when it's downloaded I'll be ready to rock and roll.
So shortly I'll either have the latest OS X running on my hackintosh, or a very large paperweight :)
Things have come on massively in the world of hackintoshing since I last looked into it though. Installing OS X now requires 'no coding, terminal work or Mac experience of any kind' if you follow the instructions on the tonymacx86 blog (apparently, not used it myself) and he has a DSDT database now too.
Write ups like the nofilmschool - How to build a hackinstosh (not used this myself, although will be tempted when it is time to upgrade my innards) look great.
And the real deal just seems to get more and more expensive. My current geekbench score is 6525, and that's from a PC I'd already built that I turned into a Mac back in March 2010. The cheapest model in the current line up which can beat that score is the Mac mini Intel Core i7-2620M 2.7 GHz - which costs £779. And doesn't come with a CD drive. Or a monitor. Or a mouse. Or a keyboard.
This infographic from the nofilmschool site says it all really - double the cost, less than half the performance:
How much longer are people going to put up with paying such a premium for outdated but nice looking technology? I do wonder...