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Base your business on it? No. However I did put a Hackintosh into mission critical use for a bit. The machine was a ~$300 Dell Mini 9 which remains one of th
by riprowan 10y ago
Base your business on it? No.
However I did put a Hackintosh into mission critical use for a bit. The machine was a ~$300 Dell Mini 9 which remains one of the all time easiest and most stable Hackintosh builds. To be fair it was a puny computer, but I upgraded mine with a larger SSD which made it pretty quick, and it was rock-solid stable. TBH I don't think it ever crashed or hang. And it was tiny.
I used this as my onstage computer for about a year running Reaktor and Sampletank. It took many falls. I never once had a problem with it. Its teensy size meant it could perch in a blank area on top of my keyboard.
However you're right about updates. They could be fatal and had to be well-researched and planned.
- applecore 10y agoWhy not get a refurbished MacBook Air 11"[1] which is guaranteed to work? [1]: http://www.apple.com/shop/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/macbook_air/11 http://www.apple.com/shop/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/macbo...
- CPLX 10y agoNot the OP but I am a musician. You'd fill up an Air drive in minutes with audio files and samples, presumably.
- riprowan 10y agoOP here, the thing I was working on was only 64GB, so that wasn't it. The real reason was price and size. This was even smaller than an Air at less than 1/2 the price.
- erikbye 10y agoGuaranteed to work, really? I guess no Macs are in for service, ever? My rMBPs, 13" and 15", have been in for service numerous times. I’m looking forward to see how many times my new pre-ordered MBP 2016 will need to be serviced. Meanwhile, I would bet good money that my two hackintosh systems will keep running.
- rcarmo 10y agoI ran a Dell Mini 9 too. An excellent little machine with OSX, wish mine still worked.