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Anyone have any experience in the OSX86 field (Hackintosh)?

I have one Hackintosh notebook set up, as well as a Vista notebook running OSX86 under VMWare.

Anyone ever used it/heard of it?

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no not really... Sounds sweet though (just to show friends, not to actually use it ;-p)
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Yeah, it is pretty sweet. I actually use it (yeah, I know, I'm a geek) as a main OS. I tend to use it more than Vista...

It's pretty fun to hack drivers and stuff for it. Definitely work the time to get it to work, because you learn so much about kext files and other things.
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>yeah, I know, I'm a geek

Mac? Geeky? Hardly.
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Ahahaha. Are you saying that people who use Macs aren't geeks? Personally, I like hacking Macs more than using them. Macs suck at life (except when I want to record, edit, and share music/edit graphics, then they rock).
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yeah I am... Mac users (in my biased bigoted opinion that is) are completely clueless on how to actually operate computers. I have heard mac users say "I switched to mac because windows is too complicated." Windows? Complicated? Sure....
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Yeah, I rarely use my Mac any more. I use my Windows computer a lot, especially since I "borrowed" M-Audio Sessions, tried it out, uninstalled it, and am now going to purchase it, namely so I can have a piece of software legally that is better than GarageBand, and for the cool little dongle that comes with it.

But honestly, Macs suck in general. For one reason really -- Visual. Basic. No, I'm just kidding, but Macs lack a lot of that what Windows has... I mean, sure, GarageBand... You can use Audacity, M-Audio Sessions, Adobe Audition, Ableton Live, etc. to do the same thing. iWeb? Try Publisher, Neo, GoLive, etc. to build websites. iTunes? Ha! It's for Windows too! Safari is too, which I am very happy about. Now, that almighty DOCK! Oh my lord! Try Stardock's applications to emulate the crappy looks of OS X.

And seriously, Macs can't even find the correct side to put the buttons on. And they don't have dropdown menus in applications, that's what truly pisses me off.

As for Windows being complicated, pssh. Try Vista, and you'll see easy to use -- Aside from UAC.

And notice how I mentioned the Windows equivalents of the Mac applications above, like 5+ exist for each Mac application, whereas only one Mac one exist.

No one wants to make Mac users suffer more than they already are with their own Machines. That's why no one writes viruses for Macs... They feel bad for their sucky operating system.

And no one should say "that's not their fault," when you could easily spend $500 less on a better Windows machine with TWO MOUSE BUTTONS (Oh My!).

Macs seem to not have a lot of features to them except fun fun fun! In the work environment, what would you do with a Mac? Write a rap song that explains your lack of work to your boss? When will Apple learn that people aren't children forever...?
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>TWO MOUSE BUTTONS (Oh My!).

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and Hackintosh?
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A Hackintosh is when you put OS X on a PC, because you have to hack it onto it.

Read up on it at osx86project.org
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>Mac users (in my biased bigoted opinion that is) are completely
>clueless on how to actually operate computers.
Which means that obviously Macs aren't very complicated to use.

>I have heard mac users say "I switched to mac because windows is
>too complicated." Windows? Complicated? Sure....
Make up your mind.

>And seriously, Macs can't even find the correct side to put the buttons on.
In other words, Macs can't find the side that you're used to having the buttons on.

>And they don't have dropdown menus in applications
What exactly are you referring to?

>And notice how I mentioned the Windows equivalents of the Mac
>applications above, like 5+ exist for each Mac application,
>whereas only one Mac one exist.
Where's your proof? I find it ironic how a couple of the applications you mentioned as "Windows programs" are also available on the Mac platform.

>No one wants to make Mac users suffer more than they already
>are with their own Machines. That's why no one writes viruses for Macs...
Prove it.

>you could easily spend $500 less on a better Windows machine
>with TWO MOUSE BUTTONS (Oh My!).
Just curious, would you mind pointing to an example where this is the case? I'm also interested to hear what you define as "better".

>In the work environment, what would you do with a Mac?
Work with it? Are Macs incapable of being useful in a work environment? That's news to me, and likely a lot of other individuals that use Macs on a daily basis at work.
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