{"id":209,"date":"2015-07-28T06:36:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T06:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/picknotebook.com\/blog\/?p=209"},"modified":"2018-05-27T12:11:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T18:11:26","slug":"best-hackintosh-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/picknotebook.com\/blog\/best-hackintosh-laptop\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Best Hackintosh Laptops with Guides and Comparison (July Update)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by thu \/ www.ecliptic.ch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Recently, I was searching\u00a0for\u00a0a hackintosh laptop – I wanted to learn making\u00a0iPhone apps (and Swift<\/a> seemed as a neat programming language).<\/p>\n

I already had tried out Mac OS X using\u00a0virtualization. It seemed just the right time to upgrade my laptop anyways and the idea of a hackintosh captivated me<\/strong>. And I didn’t want just any laptop – I wanted the\u00a0best hackintosh laptop within my budget.<\/p>\n

When searching for the hackintosh compatible laptops,\u00a0the most irritating bit is that most recommendations and lists are polluted with outdated and discontinued laptops or notebooks that often cost even more than the MacBook itself. The lists I found were full of loose ends with little help on what to do beyond the purchase.<\/p>\n

And there’s a reason for it – it is hard to compile a list of recent laptops and it is even harder to find all the resources required to kick-start\u00a0this usually exhaustive laptop transformation.<\/p>\n

That’s why I ended up writing this guide. I quickly weeded out the laptops with a set of strict criteria. All laptops I’m going to recommend:<\/p>\n