Comments on post “HacBook Elite”
Jack Kim
@jack7kim · Founder @ Duo AI
Thanks for the hunt @_jacksmith. I started HacBook Elite as a half-serious joke last year while in college studying Product Design. I needed to run OS X to develop iOS apps on Xcode and, being the struggling college kid that I was, didn't have $$$ laying around to drop on a new (or used) MacBook. So I got into the world of hackintoshes and realized there's no pre-built, ready-to-run product that non-technical folks (or Hackintosh enthusiasts) can just buy and start using. So I threw up the website and decided to try selling units.
To clarify, HacBook Elite is a ready-to-run *kit* that doesn't come with OS X installed. It ships with everything besides that (i.e. Laptop, compatible WiFi chip, charger, user-friendly guide to getting started, customer support, etc). I'll update the website to make this clearer. Thanks!
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Yonatan Wolowelsky
@grmmph · Professional double clicker
@jack7kim @_jacksmith Great Approach!
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Abe Storey
@abe_storey · Entrepreneur & Growth Marketer
@jack7kim @_jacksmith This is badass. Regardless of what anyone says about Apple getting into a fit, the way you have set this up is freaking bad ass.
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Jason Shellen
@shellen · Head of Product, Slack Platform
@jack7kim Minor misspelling of 'resistent' should be 'resistant'.
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Jack Kim
@jack7kim · Founder @ Duo AI
@shellen Thanks, will fix
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@sawyerfeels · IP Attorney, Conde Nast & Advance Pub.
@jack7kim @_jacksmith Very cool. I avoid Hackintosh because I figure it'll be too much trouble ironing out kinks throughout the generations. Have you planned for OS updates? Will you help people when Apple inevitably foils your hack with its latest OS?
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Evan Petrack
@petrev01 · People Researcher; Loves GIS & Data
@abe_storey @jack7kim @_jacksmith Seconded!
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Jack Kim
@jack7kim · Founder @ Duo AI
@sawyerfeels @_jacksmith Yes, a huge part of HacBook is the customer support and open community of owners that can help you with anything that may come up!
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kurt braget
@kurtybot · developer, entrepreneur
@jack7kim @_jacksmith it seems like you could just get rid of apple logos and still do business without having to hire lawyers to fight against apple ;)
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Avi Parshan
@avi_parshan · Android Developer, YouTuber
@jack7kim @_jacksmith So how does one install OS X?
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Brian Roach
@anodigital · DJ / Producer @ANODIGITAL
@kurtybot nix the HP logos while your at it.
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Kevin Jung
@kjung · Web Developer
@jack7kim Given that you don't get shut down by Apple, what would the logistics involved in supporting future OS releases and doing updates? Given the nature of a Hackintosh, the update will most likely break a lot of things.
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Garrett
@misder_james · Coordinator, Content and Licensing
@jack7kim @_jacksmith signed up! How long is it taking for the e-mails to get sent out these days?
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Chuck Burt
@chucksense · Director of Product Management, Care.com
@jack7kim "...and realized there's no pre-built, ready-to-run product that non-technical folks (or Hackintosh enthusiasts) can just buy and start using." There have been before and there will be again—but they never lost long. The Apple legal machine is efficient.
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Jack Kim
@jack7kim · Founder @ Duo AI
@misder_james @_jacksmith our emailing queue broke for about an hour yesterday, so that might have affected you. Just send an email to hello@hacbook.com and we'll addd you to the list!
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@sawyerfeels · IP Attorney, Conde Nast & Advance Pub.
@jack7kim @_jacksmith thanks for the response. I notice your site is down.. Is that a server issue, or a legal one?
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Jack Smith
@_jacksmith · Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Adviser
@sawyerfeels the site is live for me...
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@sawyerfeels · IP Attorney, Conde Nast & Advance Pub.
@_jacksmith o weird, its back for me too! Thanks for the heads up.
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