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adium
Haven't people tried this before and Apple shut them down for infringement?
stephenr
Yes. Psystar tried this shit 8 years ago, and lasted all of 18 months: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psystar_Corporation

Edit: did some digging on what they're actually aiming to sell.

Also, regardless of their copyright/ip infractions against Apple, their marketing staff are taking pretty decent liberties:

> Looks like a Mac. Feels like a Mac.

From the images shown, it's a HP EliteBook 14". So, it's vaguely silver coloured.

From the FAQ:

> It's a like-new refurbished HP EliteBook

Given that, and matching the specs against what I can find online, it appears to be an 8460p, which from what I can tell, is at least 4 years old.

oofabz
Power Computing did it legally 20 years ago, licensing Mac OS, and Apple shut them down too:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Computing_Corporation

masklinn
That could hardly be more different than TFA and Psystar though, it was the official clone program which Jobs terminated, and Apple did not PCC down in the Psystar sense of legally killing them, it bought them out.
542458
Especially since they're using Apple's trademarks ("A fully-functional Mac"). These folks don't have a snowball's chance in hell.
joezydeco
Looks like HP might have something to say as well.
stephenr
They're refurbished HP EliteBook's - the HP badging is legit.
jsgo
"Looks like a Mac."

Come on now, no it doesn't. Looks like the HP computer remoted into a Mac, maybe.

tiles
HacBook isn't a new computer, but a service that takes the HP EliteBook line and loads Hackintosh onto them before resale.

Claiming equivalent specs as a MacBook Pro is obviously compelling, but that's more of an issue for Apple underspeccing its products per dollar than legitimizing macOS alternatives.

ethanbond
It's not compelling at all because it's not true.
Xorlev
Up to 8gb of RAM? Sandy Bridge? It's the same specs as 2012 MBP, except it allowed up to 16GB of RAM.
Aldo_MX
No, the 2012 MBP allowed up to 8Gb of RAM, the fact that too many people ignored the specs and installed 16Gb is a different story.
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stephenr
The hardware "allows" 16GB, but Apple officially support only 8GB.

I've had my 2011 MBP (also officially 8GB max) with 16GB aftermarket RAM go through the GPU-failure replacement TWICE, and the only question about the memory has ever been "this has upgraded RAM right? Yes, so please make sure I get the same RAM back with the new board. OK"

Xorlev
Sorry, I should have said MBP Retina.

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

This isn't modded, since it's not possible to easily swap the RAM.

stephenr
From what I can tell, it's a 2012 HP EliteBook, hence the 2012 specs.
zeusk
Place your bets people,

how many nanoseconds till this gets a C&D from apple?

udp
Ignoring the many, many reasons this is going to be taken down very shortly, the specifications are a joke.

The "HacBook":

    1600x900 display
    "Up to" 8 GB RAM
    Sandy Bridge i5
    "Up to" 1 TB HDD
My factory 2013 MBP, to which this is supposed to be equivalent:

    2800x1800 display
    16 GB RAM
    Sandy Bridge i7
    512 GB SSD
Come on [whoever is behind this]. If you're going to distribute hardware prepare a really nice laptop running Ubuntu or Linux Mint and sell it to geeks with hardware support.
2bitencryption
Looks like this is intended mostly for macOS developers on a budget.

And at ~$350, if you expect it to match your $2500 mbp spec for spec, you're crazy.

I would still never buy one in a million years, though.

udp
I wouldn't expect it to match my MBP for that price, but the webpage specifically says it does.

> HacBook Elite has the same hardware specs as a 2013 MacBook Pro, for 1/3 the price.

duaneb
It probably matches one of the lower tiers—note the indefinite article.
walrus01
cue the lawyers in 3...2...1....
philbarr
We used to call this a "Hackintosh" back in the day. Is that not a thing any more?
stephenr
The "product" is a refurbished HP EliteBook, so this name is a play on that name.
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bcpermafrost
They use the term Hackintosh in their FAQ.

Maybe they refer to hacbook to make it seem more like a brand of laptop/machine rather then just the general term hacintosh.

nickpeterson
The people building these must know that Apple will not stand for this, so I wonder if this is simply a way to point out the large price disparity between a MacBook and a reasonably specced laptop?

For the record, I don't think MacBook pros are as overpriced as some people do. They usually only create a large price difference by ignoring features they deem unnecessary (high dpi display, weight, and battery life come to mind)

oldgun
Wouldn't it be nicer to just load it with Linux?
runjake
I encountered this Hacbook earlier today. I don't have the URL handy (/r/hackintosh maybe), but it was apparently a website put up by a teenaged Redditor who's in no position to actually execute this.

I would suggest flagging this submission and moving on.

johnwheeler
If they put the amount of effort into their box as their website, I'm afraid I'll have to pass.
spaceflunky
Isn't nearly impossible to update these darn things? I mean it might work fine when it ships, but will it not become useless once an update is needed?
jordanlev
I like how the design of the website (non-retina images, etc) mirrors the rough look of the laptop itself. Gives off the proper "something's not quite right here" vibe that I assume the product itself has :)