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Linux overtaken by Hackintosh

3 pointsby nickbover 16 years ago

2 comments

olefooover 16 years ago
Someone on my local craigslist is selling MSI Wind netbooks with a dual boot, windows/OS X install.<p>So they may be on to something.<p>I suspect it's the iPhone effect at work; you get an iPhone and then you discover that you need a Mac to get the most out of it; macs cost a fair bit of actual cash, a hackintosh can be built in an evening. The only major cost is your ethical values.
duskwuffover 16 years ago
"Lies, filthy lies, and statistics." Note that the list also includes "MacIntel", "Mac OS X Mach-O", and "Mac OS"... this is the result of different Mac browsers reporting their OS version differently. "Hackintosh" systems will, in fact, appear identically to legitimately purchased systems in browser statistics.