--- title: "The case against excessive tinkering on personal tech" date: "2016-07-03" author: Pixelated Thinker tags: [Apple,Archive,Fixing Technology,Hackintosh,Random Ramblings,] categories: [] --- > This is an imported post of mine from an older blog for historical purposes. So I recently realized I had an older tower that was decently speced, especially thanks to a GTX745 video card that I had laying around. My original goal was just to get it up and running with Windows and using it as a gaming machine. After setting everything up on my desk I realized I couldn't keep both that and the iMac that I currenty use there. Since I can't really handle having Windows as my main desktop machine, as I am wrapped up a bit in the Apple ecosystem, I thought about Hackintosh. Now I knew it wasn't the easiest endeavor going into it and there were going to be issues along the way, but I figured "Why not? I have the capabilities to do it". My hardware was more or less compatible with what was listed with the "requirements". I created the install USB and off on my way I was. I booted into the installer... ![](../../resources/images/img_1110.jpg) And was greeted with a wonderful error involing "AppleUSBUHCIPIC". (Sorry if you found this post by searching Google for "AppleUSBUHCIPIC Hackintosh error" - I don't have the solution posted here.) I did some research and found that it wouldn't be terribly hard to deal with, but it would have taken me some time. And once I had done that, I would have to deal with the probable iCloud and iMessage issues. Then when I wanted to update in the future, those issues I would have to deal with as well. So I realized this: at the end of the day I would just rather come home and enjoy technology, not have to continue fixing it. I just want to know the computer is going to work or just go play my Wii (more on that another day) with no hassle. Of course, there was a day when I had more time and didn't mind messing around with all the technology in the house; some days I would come home and not even have a bootable OS anywhere (more on that too another day)! Pretty much everyone was like that at some point in their early tech years of life. Just now that time is mostly over for me. Instead of the blazing fast, for me, PC I thought I was gonna get (Xeon W3520 2.67GHz Quad core, 8GB RAM, GTX 745 4GB VRAM) and being able to play the games I want at high settings and not having to worry about performance, I went back to my iMac. Only because of Windows. I really can't deal with it as my daily desktop driver. And don't get mistaken that this is some post about how you need an Apple to have that "it just works" feeling. Use whatever "just works" for you. Whether it be macOS, Windows, your flavor of GNU/Linux, BSD, Haiku, iOS, Android, or something else, just be sure it works for you. By the way, the iMac specs? It's from 2007. Model number [MA876LL](http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-2-duo-2.0-20-inch-aluminum-specs.html). It features the following "amazing" specs: Core 2 Duo T7300 2GHz, 4GB RAM, Radeon HD 2400 XT 128MB VRAM. Does it run all the great games that I want? No, but it plays Morrowind, Minecraft, Armagetron Advanced, and the various other short games I play and I always have that Wii sitting around too. See, it really is about what works for you. Maybe one day I'll max the iMac out at 6GB of RAM or put in an SSD. When I get the spare time of course.