I'm a Systems Reliability and DevOps engineer for Netdata Inc. When not working, I enjoy studying linguistics and history, playing video games, and cooking all kinds of international cuisine.
My first job as a developer instead of a sysadmin (which is actually my current job) finally made me seriously consider getting a Mac despite my significant dislike of Apple (not fond of macOS, and I like hardware I can repair myself without needing electrical engineering skills).
The funny part about this is that I don't technically need a Mac for work, I just finally got tired of pestering my colleagues (all of whom are in different timezones than me) whenever I need to test some code on macOS.
I'm a Systems Reliability and DevOps engineer for Netdata Inc. When not working, I enjoy studying linguistics and history, playing video games, and cooking all kinds of international cuisine.
Actually, this is essentially right now, so yes, Hackintosh is technically a thing.
I dismissed a Hackintosh as an option for two reasons:
I'd end up spending roughly the same price on the hardware anyway (baseline Mac mini right now is about 800 USD, I've actually looked and can't put together an equivalent system in terms of CPU/RAM/storage for less than about 750 USD, and saving 50 USD is not worth the next point).
Running on real apple hardware reduces the maintenance overhead.
My first job as a developer instead of a sysadmin (which is actually my current job) finally made me seriously consider getting a Mac despite my significant dislike of Apple (not fond of macOS, and I like hardware I can repair myself without needing electrical engineering skills).
The funny part about this is that I don't technically need a Mac for work, I just finally got tired of pestering my colleagues (all of whom are in different timezones than me) whenever I need to test some code on macOS.
I feel you, not an Apple fan either 😅 but sometimes it helps to test !
in that time hackintosh was not a thing yet? or it was not possible to do it in your conditions?
Actually, this is essentially right now, so yes, Hackintosh is technically a thing.
I dismissed a Hackintosh as an option for two reasons:
From a quick look on the US Amazon, here's what ~$800 can get you:
Board *reportedly works fine with hackintosh.
More powerful and almost just as small form factor :)
*tonymacx86.com/threads/deskmini-31...