Why You Should Convert a PC into a Hackintosh (and Why You Shouldn’t)
Now, this is a great machine and you can do a lot with it, including upgrade the RAM, potentially, to 32 gigabytes. But there are a few things you need to know that will be missing from it. Among them:
Discrete graphics: If you’re looking to run a Hackintosh as your main rig and your needs are related to video editing, you are likely to be better off with a desktop build that can take a full-sized AMD graphics card. While the Spectre sports a not-exactly-high-end Nvidia MX150, the latest version MacOS does not have support for most Nvidia cards and, in general, MacOS does not handle discrete laptop graphics very well at all—which means that you’re effectively stuck with the integrated Intel graphics, making the graphical capabilities are generally comparable to a MacBook Air rather than a MacBook Pro. (This is a problem for laptops in general with Hackintosh.)
A force touch trackpad: One place where Apple is way ahead of everyone else is the trackpad department. While the Synaptics trackpad on this machine will work fine with some tweaking, gestures will be way more limited compared to Apple’s own trackpad. One strategy I recommend is using BetterTouchTool, a Mac utility, to tweak your gestures once you’re fully set up. (I keep a Magic Trackpad handy because I miss the old one.)
An SD card reader: If you like the idea of having an SD card reader at the ready, bring a dongle. While there are attempts out there to make Realtek card readers work in Mac OS, it’s very finicky and you’ll likely be better off spending the $10 on a dongle.
A consistent Thunderbolt 3 connection: A current “white whale” of Hackintosh culture is keeping a wired Thunderbolt 3 connection available after the machine goes to sleep, as well as allowing “hot swaps” of Thunderbolt 3 devices. (It’s working on some systems, mostly desktops, but requires technical fixes.) This device does have Thunderbolt 3 support, potentially opening access to external GPUs—but you basically would have to keep it wired at all times (and disable sleep) to keep it working, sort of a bummer from a portability standpoint. I alas don’t have an eGPU handy to test, but I’d recommend if you’re interested in pure graphical power on Hackintosh to consider a desktop option.
Simple updates: This is generally an issue with Hackintoshes in particular, but upgrading from one version of MacOS to another is more complicated with a Hack than with a just-works Mac. Things can break, and Apple can make changes that can have a negative effect on your experience—such as when the company, apparently arbitrarily, decided not to allow Nvidia to release new drivers for Mojave, leaving a lot of Hackintoshers in the lurch. You’ll have to do your research, even on a modest point update.
The fans also run a bit loud (even after some tweaking) and you won’t get 10 hours of battery life out of this, But there’s one thing that this machine can do that your average MacBook can’t: It offers a fully functional touchscreen in MacOS.
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