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Hello,
I was initially looking at buying an iMac 21.5" to use for Photoshop and some web design. After doing some research I found out that the LED monitors on the iMacs don't always calibrate properly as the luminance can't be turned down enough. So I started looking at PCs with better monitors but am now interested in building a Hackintosh and attaching a Dell 21.5" ultrasharp monitor for my work. I guess it would be possible to install bootcamp too and use Windows if needed. Right?
I looked at the three confirmed builds on this page and Lifehacker's recent build and am interested in something that it slightly cheaper as I'll probably only use this system for Photoshop, don't need a hot-rod desktop, and will continue to use my laptop most of the time. My main interest in a desktop is to have something with a color calibrated monitor for Photoshop. If it's a little slow, no worries, but I just don't want to have to do a lot of technical work as my tech skills are lacking.
I'm interested in building a CustoMac desktop for around $600. I'm sure for Photoshop that an i3 processor will be fine as long as there's enough RAM and if it's a little slow, again... no worries.
Could someone on this board suggest a build- or a modification of one of the confirmed builds that will give me the least amount of problems. While I have built a PC in the past, I just want something that is confirmed to be fairly problem free. Perhaps it would be possible to take one of the confirmed builds from Lifehacker or here and simply put in a cheaper processor and cheaper case to get the cost down but as a newbie to the whole hackintosh thing, I don't know if certain processors will not work.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I was initially looking at buying an iMac 21.5" to use for Photoshop and some web design. After doing some research I found out that the LED monitors on the iMacs don't always calibrate properly as the luminance can't be turned down enough. So I started looking at PCs with better monitors but am now interested in building a Hackintosh and attaching a Dell 21.5" ultrasharp monitor for my work. I guess it would be possible to install bootcamp too and use Windows if needed. Right?
I looked at the three confirmed builds on this page and Lifehacker's recent build and am interested in something that it slightly cheaper as I'll probably only use this system for Photoshop, don't need a hot-rod desktop, and will continue to use my laptop most of the time. My main interest in a desktop is to have something with a color calibrated monitor for Photoshop. If it's a little slow, no worries, but I just don't want to have to do a lot of technical work as my tech skills are lacking.
I'm interested in building a CustoMac desktop for around $600. I'm sure for Photoshop that an i3 processor will be fine as long as there's enough RAM and if it's a little slow, again... no worries.
Could someone on this board suggest a build- or a modification of one of the confirmed builds that will give me the least amount of problems. While I have built a PC in the past, I just want something that is confirmed to be fairly problem free. Perhaps it would be possible to take one of the confirmed builds from Lifehacker or here and simply put in a cheaper processor and cheaper case to get the cost down but as a newbie to the whole hackintosh thing, I don't know if certain processors will not work.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!