Okay, wow. This has expanded a lot. I forgot to save a link to the topic so I didn't even think to check it until now. I'm going to answer the thread as a whole excepting in places where others have answered.
First of all, I need to say that I completely disagree with the moving of this topic to this sub-forum as the actual question has absolutely nothing to do with an operating system at all.
Okay, the only thing about my hackintosh in the post was explanatory only. This is why I disagree with this topics current location. The question had absolutely nothing to do with hackintosh. I have heard Linus and Luke discuss hackintosh in various videos (most recently in an old WAN Show), and (again) coupling that with the fact that it wasn't about hackintosh in the first place, I didn't think anything of adding in that bit of back story to my question. I know now, and will follow that rule. I apologize for bringing it up.
Then what exactly would you consider it? It is technology. No matter how simple or advanced it is: it is technology. The first obsidian tools were, in fact, technology. I genuinely am interested in what you would call what I'm asking about if not technology.
I'm the first to admit that it breaks the EULA of Apple to install OS X on non-Apple hardware. That being said, I am writing this on a Macbook which is the second one I've owned and I have paid more than once for an OS X install. I downloaded my copy of El Capitan form the App Store so, despite the EULA, I do not see hackintoshing as piracy in any way. I honestly don't care and if Apple wants to make a thing about it, they can. I know they won't though, because most of the "innovations" within their operating systems comes from people like me doing things that is against Apple's EULA. Most of OS X tweaks have come from within the Hackintosh community just like most of the awesome new features for the iPhone has come from the jailbreaking community (customizable keyboards and themes to name a couple). Had I not heard Linus and Luke mention it on an old WAN Show (they even mentioned tonymacx86 by name) I was watching the day I posted this topic, I wouldn't have mentioned hackintosh at all.
That would only play the sound while the system was booting which is not proper for an actual Mac.
The Mac ting plays at power on prior to Mac POST. I wonder if someone over at tonymacx86 would have a non-diy solution!? I should go look. Thanks for the unintended suggestion.
I normally wouldn't care but in this case, I found a PC that so closely matches a Macbook Pro that I decided to try an make it as close to one as possible. The Apple boot ting is one of only a few things that holds back the illusion. I have made custom keycaps to replace the windows logo key and a few others. I have even went so far as to cut out the ASUS logo and backlight it like the Apple logo on a real machine. If I weren't striving for OCD perfection with this build, I wouldn't care either. But for now, this machines perfection (in my eyes at least) has become my white whale.
Awesome.
Yes. It does, thanks.
Hey! Thanks you three for this information. I'll look into it! I'm getting that the answer is no: something like what I want doesn't exist that you can just buy and setup but it's an easy do it yourself thing. I know a few programming languages but I don't do much in the way of custom hardware so I'll have to figure that out.
So, thanks everyone for the input and conversation. It is much appreciated. And if a mod should happen by, I ask that you rethink the placement of this topic as it doesn't actually fit in the OS board, but whatever: it is what it is.
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