I have searched for a bit to find a current breakdown of the actual day-to-day use of a Hackintosh and found very little helpful information that's less than a year old. It's getting close to time for me to get a new machine, but I am beyond unimpressed with the current iMac lineup. The price to performance ratio stinks more than usual, but it seems like the Hackintosh route has matured considerably. What is it actually like to use one day-to-day under Yosemite? I've used a stock Apple computer since 10.2 was released, and for all the humor around marketing buzz they really do "just work." Does a Hackintosh hold up to that? I am completely integrated into Apple's ecosystem - I have an iPhone, two iPads, I use iCloud by default for most of what it does, iMessage is my primary means of communication these day, iTunes Match holds all of my music, hell I even switched grudgingly to Safari to keep things streamlined with keeping my information in sync between devices. Guides tell me it's possible to set all of this up with current tools, but information about how WELL these things work is a bit sketchy. Is it truly 100% right now?
I understand that: - the build must be done properly from a list of parts - installation carries its own caveats and difficulties - OS X patches and upgrades can range from "tricky" to "oops I just lobotomized my machine." - Apple could arbitrarily remove component support or alter OS X to make a Hackintosh unstable or nonfunctional - Network services could change tomorrow rendering any one of them useless to me
I am a long time PC builder, a programmer by trade, and should be able to follow the guides and deal with any weirdness that comes up. Right now, today, as it stands - is a Hackintosh functionally equivalent to an Apple computer? If not, what's lacking?
Thanks!
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