
However, not every computer will work with Mac OS X. If your computer already has Mac OS X Lion installed, Niresh will just update Lion to Mountain Lion normally, without deleting any of your apps or files. It can be the same computer as the one mentioned in the previous point. A Hackintosh-compatible computer with an empty hard drive: This is the computer where you will install OS X Mountain Lion.Make sure your computer has a DVD/Bluray burner (just about every DVD/Bluray drive nowadays can act as a burner, too). An existing Windows computer/Mac/Hackintosh: This is the computer where you will download and set up Niresh.Most notably, iAtkos includes built-in support for installation on RAID volumes and MBR partitions.


On the other hand, iAtkos offers a few key advantages over Niresh. However, Niresh includes experimental "patched" kernels that may allow Mac OS X to work with these processors regardless. Normally, computers that use AMD or Intel Atom processors are unsupported by in Mac OS X. To set up iAtkos on Windows, you have to use special software like Transmac. DMG files are rather difficult to work with, since they don't work with Windows by default. Meanwhile, iAtkos is distributed as a "DMG" file, which is a proprietary "disk image" format made by Apple.

iAtkos is the far more popular choice of the two. If you're interested in installing Mac OS X on your PC with a distro, then you'll have two main options: Niresh, and iAtkos ML2.

If you don't have any qualms with the legal issues regarding distros, they're actually the most convenient way to set up a Hackintosh. Distros are pirated copies of Mac OS X that have been modified to work with a PC.
