[SOLVED] The hunt for a cheap mac!

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artydp623

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Hi,
I am looking for the cheapest possible way to access macOS 10.12 Sierra. I have never owned an apple desktop and would like to have access to one for the fun of playing around with one. I currently have found the mac mini to be the cheapest desktop mac and was thinking of buying a slightly older one (2012ish models). I have also heard that there is a way to run mac OS on pcs. How do you do this, what are the required specifications and is it possible to use mac and windows together in dual boot?
My pc is intel and I have 500gb of free storage.
Thanks in advance!!
(If more information is needed just ask!)
 
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Yep Mac Mini is probably your best bet. A Hackintosh might be a bit too much work if you're just wanting to play around with macOS. And yes as Wups said, you can dual boot macOS and Windows using the Bootcamp utility within macOS, super easy to use.

Wups

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To make a hackintosh, there are a load of guides on this around the Internet.

Also, a 2012 Mac Mini will run MacOS Sierra. You could also run Windows on the Mac Mini using Bootcamp.
 

zahnib

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Yep Mac Mini is probably your best bet. A Hackintosh might be a bit too much work if you're just wanting to play around with macOS. And yes as Wups said, you can dual boot macOS and Windows using the Bootcamp utility within macOS, super easy to use.
 
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