Hi fellow bargain hunters,
I'm looking to take advantage of these eBay sales to purchase a system to be used for a Hackintosh build with a budget of around 200-450.
Will be for general usage, nothing intense. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Budget Hackintosh Build
LPruelle on 21/08/2017 - 16:17
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I would try the Hackintosh subreddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/Could consider buying Lenovo T series and X series thinkpads and then using them as hackintosh laptops.
For desktops, maybe you can try a cheap Dell Optiplex 780?
https://www.tonymacx86.com/tags/optiplex-780/Hi, bought an ex-school A1342 mid-2010 MacBook with an SSD off eBay. Same browsing experience, if not faster than a Win 10 i7-4790 desktop. Paid $250 and no issues, except with heavy graphical applications/3d gaming.
Desktop or laptop?
I've been thinking about this too.
Currently have a MPB 2012 with SSD and 16gb ram so not quite ready to jump ship yet as it runs incredibly well for a ~5 year old computer. These may be worth a look on ebay if your budget stretches - in fact missus has a 2009 MBP, again SSD and max ram and still runs great (if not quicker than launch) for word processing and web browsing.
I am considering a HP Elite 8000 - I have seen these on ebay for 100-150$ - then add an SSD (another 100-150) plus graphics card and extra ram probably looking at just under $500.
PC, Mac or Hackintosh, my only suggestion is to include an SSD.
Alternatively, you can buy old airs with broken chargers/batteries for $3-400 off ebay. Parts + mac toolkit (wierd screwdrivers and prys etc) will set you back under $100.