Ngesikhathi i-Apple imemezela ukuthi ukushiya kwabo ku-PowerPC ukwakha ku-processors ye-Intel ne-chipset, abaningi babelindele ukukwazi ukusebenzisa i-Windows software kwi-Apple hardware kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza ze-Apple kwi-hardware yabo engeyona i-Apple. I-Apple yakwazi ekugcineni ukwakha isici sabo se- Boot Camp ku-Mac OS X 10.5 futhi kamuva ivumela i-Windows ukuthi isebenze ku-Apple hardware. Labo abanethemba lokusebenzisa kalula i-Mac OS X kwi-PC evamile abanalo lula kakhulu.
Kuyini Hackintosh?
Noma ngabe i-Mac OS X e-PC ejwayelekile ayisekelwa yi-Apple, kungenzeka ukuthi ifezeke inikezwe i-hardware efanele nokuzimisela kwabasebenzisi. Noma yiluphi uhlelo olwenziwe ukuqhuba uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Apple lubizwa ngokuthi yi-Hackintosh. Leli gama livela eqinisweni lokuthi isofthiwe idinga ukukhwabaniswa ukuze isebenze kahle kwi-hardware. Yiqiniso ezinye ze-hardware zidinga ukuthi ziphinde zenziwe ngamacala ambalwa.
Faka esikhundleni i-BIOS
Isivimbela esikhulu kumakhompyutha amaningi ajwayelekile kusukela ekusebenzeni kwe-Mac OS X kwi-hardware yawo ihlobene no- UEFI . Lolu uhlelo olusha olwakhiwe ukuze luthathe isikhundla sezinhlelo zokuqala ze-BIOS ezivumela amakhompyutha ukuba aqalise. I-Apple isebenzisa izandiso ezithile ku-UEFI engatholakali kwi-hardware eminingi ye-PC. Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, lokhu kuye kwaba yinkinga enkulu njengoba izinhlelo eziningi zamukela izindlela ezintsha zokuqalisa i-hardware. Umthombo omuhle wohlu lwamakhompiyutha ahambisanayo nezinsimbi ze-hardware zingatholakala kusayithi lephrojekthi le-OSx86. Qaphela ukuthi izinhlu zisekelwe ezinhlobonhlobo ezihlukahlukene ze-OS X ngoba inguqulo ngayinye inezinga elihlukile lokusekela kwe-hardware, ikakhulukazi nge-hardware endala yekhompyutha engakwazi ukuqhuba izinguqulo ezintsha ze-OS X.
Izindleko Eziphansi
Esinye sezizathu eziyinhloko abantu abaningi abafuna ukuzama futhi badonsa i-Mac OS X kwi-hardware ejwayelekile ye-PC kuhlobene nezindleko. Ngokuvamile i-Apple yaziwa ngamanani amanani aphakeme kakhulu wehadiwe lawo ngokuqhathaniswa nezinhlelo ezifanayo ze-Windows. Amanani ka-Apple wehla eminyakeni edlule ukuba ibe eduze kwamanethiwekhi amaningi ahlelwe ama-Windows kodwa akhona namaptotopthi amaningi angabizi futhi ama- desktops angabizi. Ngemuva kwakho konke, i-laptop ye-Apple engabizi kakhulu i- MacBook Air 11 isenayo imali yamanani angu-799 kodwa okungenani i- Mac Mini inenani elingu-$ 499 elilinganiselwa kakhulu.
Abathengi abaningi nakuba kungenzeka ukuthi bancane amathuba okucabangela ukuqothula uhlelo lwekhompiyutha ndawonye ukuqhuba izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-Mac OS X uma kunezinye izindlela eziningi ezingathengi manje ezenza izinhlelo eziningi eziyisisekelo abazifunayo. I-Chromebooks iyisibonelo esihle kakhulu salokhu njengoba iningi lalezi zinhlelo zingatholakala ngaphansi kwe $ 300.
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi ngokuvamile ukwakha uhlelo lwekhompiyutha ye-hackintosh kuzosusa noma yimaphi ama-warranties nabakhiqizi be-hardware futhi ukuguqula isofthiwe yokusebenza kwi-hardware yephula imithetho ye-copyright yesistimu yokusebenza ye-Apple. Yingakho akukho izinkampani ezingathengisa ngokusemthethweni izinhlelo zeHackintosh.