its just a waste of time even if you are lucky and you install it successfully. but right after that maybe you dont have internet connectivity connectivity and even some how you got this you wil have some other problems.So, if you still want to try Hackintosh good luck bro
It's really all about finding the hardware that works the best with the emulators that make OSX see the hardware as genuine macintosh. 3 years ago when this thread started... you really only had a handful of "golden builds" that worked out of the box. Anytime you ran software update you would probably have to run a bunch of fixes. Today however, there are a lot more "golden builds" and as long as you do a little research before you spend money... you'll get a working hackintosh. I've had 3 revisions of hackintosh and they were all stable. Infact, i've always sold my prior setup to someone else and the prior 2 are both still in use today. I'll post my current setup which has been 100% stable without any issue for over a year now. All software updates done. Motherboard: Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3 Memory: Kingston Hyper-X (4) 8Gb DDR3-10700 Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1220 HD1: Kingston Hyper-X 120Gb SSD HD2: WD 1Tb Black HD3: WD 1Tb Black Graphics: AMD HD6870 1Gb Monitors: (2) HP LA2405x 1920X1200 OSX Lion 10.7.5 but will also run Mountain Lion (I need to use lion for an older piece of software that doesn't like Mountain Lion) System is dual boot with Windows 8 too... but I very rarely need to go into Windows on this box.
Of course, the boot loader makes all the difference to. That was very Clover of me. Hope it Grows on you too.
ill decode the puns for non hackitosh users.. clover is a new bootloader with very cool features like autopatch dsdt. but to make clover work most users need clover grower to configure it. and dont forget if u have powermanagement issues then u neeed the PMPatch tool from CodeRush.. then flash bios.. no more kernel panic!.
This is absolutely true you need the right hardware and best if it works out of the box don't forget Power CPU and Rich Graphic Cards Also clean installation media not necessarily direct download from Apple store. I have had couple of Dell Latitudes and Optiplex also Hp pavilion. Stating from Snow Leopard currently I am lucky to be using a stable dual boot Windows 8 and Mountain Lion 10.8.4
Years ago, I tried on Fujitsu S7211 laptop but the loading of graphic card (Intel integrated) took way too long to be of any production use. That was when 10.5 era...... Moving on, I don't expect this S7211 to work in 10.9 anyway..... Hackintosh is really a hit and miss stuffs.
I have tried it many times, and failed almost consistently. Maybe it is better to build a compatible. There are just too much things to consider regarding installing OSX on a random PC. See the 'Building a Hackintosh' - link below.
The best way to test it, is to download the Original OSX Software, download a OSX to USB Programm and start it. When its finished just install bootloader like chameleon and insert kexts in Extensions in the Bootloader that you need for your hardware. After that Boot into it and install. The 1st and 2nd steps need osx installed somewhere 2nd notebook or something. Hackintosh works great, Be AWARE OF OPTIMUS Technologie by Nvidia, it doesnt work in osx
Here the screenshot, sorry by answer so late, but I didn't time to enter. Here safari with MDL [proof connection to internet working], dvd player open. I tried put it playing a DVD but only appear a gray box where should stay the image (using grap). And finally the toolbar (above) is green [meaning that QE/QL working actually]. And to mouse and keyboard I use microsoft's brand explorer touch and keyboard model digital media pro [an old model because I didn't found ergonomic other]. I hope answered your dudes.
Same for me, everything works fine. Core 2 Quad works fine in Asus P5KPL Mobo, GTX 770 doesn't need drivers. Voodoo HDA kexts for audio, Voodoo PS/2 kext for my (old) keyboard. Ethernet was harder to get working, but I've finally got it with old kexts for Snow Leopard who worked in 10.9 just fine. WiFi need a little mod in native drivers, for my DWA-547 WiFi PCI Card, which is now recognized as AirPort Extreme. So, yes, a fully working hackintosh is not easy, but possible.
That because only few specs are supported and even your laptop/pc is fully supported(like mine) is hard to build a 100% working machine.
I think any failures with Hackintosh are appearing due to hardware inconsistencies, so when my neighbours are trying to build a Hack', they just copy a list of hardware from appropriate brand machines (except processors).
I keep messing about with this but end up leaving it. Just last night I got ML installed and the latest version of Mavericks downloaded. Going to make a usb installer and see if I can get Mavericks up and running but not sure if my Sandybridge i3 2120 is compatable. Only one way to find out. Dont know why but I find it fun getting MAC OS X running on my PC, Sabertooth Z77 mobo. edit- update Installed ML... Downloaded Mavericks 10.9.4 direct from the Apple App Store. Used the old Unibeast and Multibeast tools and voila..Here I am using my MAC, well Hackintosh..