The relentless pursuit of putting OS X on something not made by Apple can be an all consuming obsession for some. I personally don’t identify with the mindset. The amount of hassle, the lack of support, and minor (if existent) savings just don’t seem worth it to me.
For those that want to cage OS X in that ugly PC case, there is a way to install OS X without having to fiddle with code. EFI-X is a little USB device you attach to your supported PC hardware that allows when to slide in an unmodified OS X install DVD and get that OS we all love onto that hardware.
I expect most, if not all readers, are perfectly happy with the Apple branded and supported hardware. If you’re not, the EFI-X costs a mere $170 (estimated based upon currency conversion) and simplifies the task of gutting Apple’s profit model creating a hackintosh.
If I actually thought the dongle would work, I would buy it in a minute. I get very frustrated with the near inability to upgrade video cards, et al on all but the Mac Pro.
"EFI-X is a little USB device you attach to your supported PC hardware that allows when to slide in an unmodified OS X install DVD and get that OS we all love onto that hardware."
Hello, can we get an editor over here? I tried to read this sentence out loud to my co-worker, and I actually had to stop, think about it, and then decide to read it as written, just to hear how bad a sentence it really is. But I get the gist of it.