Ignoring the many, many reasons this is going to be taken down very shortly, the specifications are a joke.<p>The "HacBook":<p><pre><code> 1600x900 display
"Up to" 8 GB RAM
Sandy Bridge i5
"Up to" 1 TB HDD
</code></pre>
My factory 2013 MBP, to which this is supposed to be equivalent:<p><pre><code> 2800x1800 display
16 GB RAM
Sandy Bridge i7
512 GB SSD
</code></pre>
Come on [whoever is behind this]. If you're going to distribute hardware prepare a really nice laptop running Ubuntu or Linux Mint and sell it to geeks with hardware support.
Aren't they about to get lawyered into oblivion?<p>I always understood Apple turned a semi-blind eye to hackintoshing as it's a small and highly nerdy pastime (my Thinkpad dual-boots Linux and macOS beautifully). But as soon as someone tries to make money off it they're in for it big time.<p>This lot will disappear <i>extremely</i> quickly.
HacBook isn't a new computer, but a service that takes the HP EliteBook line and loads Hackintosh onto them before resale.<p>Claiming equivalent specs as a MacBook Pro is obviously compelling, but that's more of an issue for Apple underspeccing its products per dollar than legitimizing macOS alternatives.
I encountered this Hacbook earlier today. I don't have the URL handy (/r/hackintosh maybe), but it was apparently a website put up by a teenaged Redditor who's in no position to actually execute this.<p>I would suggest flagging this submission and moving on.
The people building these must know that Apple will not stand for this, so I wonder if this is simply a way to point out the large price disparity between a MacBook and a reasonably specced laptop?<p>For the record, I don't think MacBook pros are as overpriced as some people do. They usually only create a large price difference by ignoring features they deem unnecessary (high dpi display, weight, and battery life come to mind)
I like how the design of the website (non-retina images, etc) mirrors the rough look of the laptop itself. Gives off the proper "something's not quite right here" vibe that I assume the product itself has :)
Isn't nearly impossible to update these darn things? I mean it might work fine when it ships, but will it not become useless once an update is needed?