iPhone Development on Hackintosh

Question

My question is in regards to developing code for the iPhone / iTouch.

What with Apple\'s transition to the Intel platform for their chip, it is obviously now possibl

Answer 1

Yes, you can. I have. But is it worth it?

If you are doing it for fun it's worth it.

If you are doing it for a real, useable Mac it's not worth it.

Now you will have a billion guys come down on me for saying that because some guys have built some truly impressive rigs but they are missing the point of a Mac. Macs just work well and are a pleasure to use while PC's just get stuff done and you probably secretly hate it.

I did it just for fun but I ended up spending more on a Hackintosh than I would have if I just bought a Mac Mini. Of course my computer is 4x as fast but it's just not the same as a real Mac. On Mac's everything just works... it's really nice. But on my Hackintosh nothing works without direct intervention on my part... not very nice.

I always planned on using that computer for windows development anyway so it wasn't a waste but otherwise it would have been a HUGE waste.