[Tfug] Roll your own Mac

[Zack Williams]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Matt Jacob <matt at jacobmail.org> wrote:
> It's relatively easy if you have the right hardware.

You might get it installed once, but there's no guarantee that your
hardware will continue to be upgradable with future versions of OS X.

Highly technical people can make it work.  That said, if your time is
worth anything, it's probably better for you to buy hardware from
Apple - if you don't like OS X, you can always run another OS on it.
It isn't inexpensive - Apple does make some incredibly opinionated
hardware (SSD's, Thunderbolt, high resolution displays, custom heat
management, small form factors, etc.) which is obviously costs more,
and you may or may not like depending on if your hardware values match
theirs.  It's more likely to match in the laptop form factor than
desktop.

Also, using OS X on non-Apple hardware is a violation of the license
agreement, if that's a concern.

- Zack