Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun computing, informal A computer other than a Macintosh that has been configured to run the Macintosh operating system.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Blend of hack and Macintosh

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Hackintosh.

Examples

  • Build a Hackintosh Mac for Under $800 - If the high price tag for Apple hardware has kept you from buying a Mac but you're willing to roll up your sleeves and get adventurous, you can build your own "Hackintosh" - a PC that runs a patched version of OS X Leopard.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2008

  • Build a Hackintosh Mac for Under $800 - If the high price tag for Apple hardware has kept you from buying a Mac but you're willing to roll up your sleeves and get adventurous, you can build your own "Hackintosh" - a PC that runs a patched version of OS X Leopard.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2008

  • You might have heard of the term "Hackintosh" before: a word that uber-geeks carry around with them as if to say "I made this, this is my badge to wear," a Hackintosh is a PC that has been built to run Mac OS.

    MacBytes.com 2008

  • Build a Hackintosh Mac for Under $800 - If the high price tag for Apple hardware has kept you from buying a Mac but you're willing to roll up your sleeves and get adventurous, you can build your own "Hackintosh" - a PC that runs a patched version of OS X Leopard.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2008

  • Build a Hackintosh Mac for Under $800 - If the high price tag for Apple hardware has kept you from buying a Mac but you're willing to roll up your sleeves and get adventurous, you can build your own "Hackintosh" - a PC that runs a patched version of OS X Leopard.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2008

  • We've walked through how to install OS X on non-Mac PC hardware-commonly referred to as a Hackintosh-a couple of times before, but with video walkthroughs of every step of the process, it's never been easier to build a Hackintosh Mac and install OS X.

    Gizmodo Adam Pash 2010

  • So do countless other folks who turn to the so-called Hackintosh project that puts Apple's operating system on common PC hardware.

    Geek.com Christian Zibreg 2010

  • So do countless other folks who turn to the so-called Hackintosh project that puts Apple's operating system on common PC hardware.

    Geek.com Christian Zibreg 2010

  • Last year, our own Rob Griffiths showed us how to build a "Frankenmac," (aka a Hackintosh, or x86 Mac) for about $1000.

    MP3Board.com 2009

  • Sales of netbooks suggest lots of consumers like the form factor, and demand for an Apple netbook is high enough that some users make their own so-called Hackintosh systems.

    TechNewsWorld 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.