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The Hackintosh Experience is Lacking

For all those wondering just what it’s like to run OS X on generic Intel hardware, throw your eyes over to OSx86, where a new commentary by cavemonkey50 lays it out. Not to put too fine a point on it, but he ditched his Hackintosh shortly after he got it so he could use the […]
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For all those wondering just what it's like to run OS X on generic Intel hardware, throw your eyes over to OSx86, where a new commentary by cavemonkey50 lays it out.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but he ditched his Hackintosh shortly after he got it so he could use the real thing. I would say the genuine risks of letting this operating system into the wilds so long as it isn't optimized for generic hardware is minimal:

Since OSx86 didn't like my wireless card, I had to run a wire from my Hackintosh to my Windows machine, using Windows' to share its wireless connection with my Hackintosh. Sure I got internet, but my Hackintosh was never part of my real network. The Windows machine created a network just between it and the Hackintosh, thus preventing my Hackintosh from sharing files with the rest of the network.

It's a lonely pursuit.

Image from Mike Homola.

(Via digg).