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This is fud - buying the right parts means you'll have a working Hackintosh within about 30 to 60 minutes from start to finish. I'm typing this from a Hackintos

by locusm 8y ago

This is fud - buying the right parts means you'll have a working Hackintosh within about 30 to 60 minutes from start to finish. I'm typing this from a Hackintosh, my very first actually. All I did was follow the https://www.tonymacx86.com/ https://www.tonymacx86.com/ guides. No issues through all High Sierra updates, the nVidia drivers have been generally problem free too.

nerpderp83 8y ago
The truth is between both of your posts. I 'toshed, I would still recommend it, but only for the kind of folks that would sign up for a one way ticket to Mars. They will absolutely love it.
sdnguyen90 8y ago
I built a hackintosh using the recommended build and had a mediocre experience. Things I take for granted like sleep and Bluetooth were broken. I ended up spending weeks trying to fix it. Eventually I gave up and bought Apple hardware which hasn’t been perfect, but it’s definitely less annoying than the hackintosh.
ageitgey 8y ago
I'm glad you had a good experience! But it's also true that the most recent random macOS update thread on tonymac86.com (10.13.6, a minor update) has 44 pages of user comments ranging from the update worked perfectly to the computer completely won't boot and kernel panics - and all manner of issues in between. If you are using the computer to do paid work and can't gamble like on every update, I think you'd be crazy to use a hackintosh. But if it works for you, sweet. Two people can both buy "the right parts" according to the site's myriad recommendations but randomly choose slightly different combinations of motherboards or video cards or wifi cards or whatever and have wildly different experiences overall with updates.
- pavs 8y ago
  Using Hackintosh as my primary driver for 3 years. no Issues. For every 1 person having vocally shared their problems, there are 100s who keep quiet, because of its working fine. Apple hardware also has problems, yet people use them as their primary computer all the time. Of course, there is a slightly higher risk with Hackintosh than a proper apple computer. But if your computer uptime and data is very important, the solution is having a proper backup. Having apple hardware won't make things marginally better.
  - King-Aaron 8y ago
    > Apple hardware also has problems, yet people use them as their primary computer all the time. I will be willing to bet that the ratio of apple hardware problems to general hackintosh problems is heavily geared in favour of opting for Apple hardware. When computer uptime is important, having backups is a non-issue in that conversation. It's the uptime that's important, and having non-genuine hardware will always raise a flag in this scenario.... The chance of your genuine mac not starting up after a scheduled update is far, far less likely than your hackintosh not starting up after the same update. Granted, it's awesome that you've had good experiences. But I feel that you need to consider that your use-case is possibly not the same as the vast majority.
- exadeci 8y ago
  > the computer completely won't boot and kernel panics - and all manner of issues in between. So like a linux dist-upgrade then? :)

by locusm 8y ago

nerpderp83 8y ago

The truth is between both of your posts. I 'toshed, I would still recommend it, but only for the kind of folks that would sign up for a one way ticket to Mars. They will absolutely love it.

sdnguyen90 8y ago

I built a hackintosh using the recommended build and had a mediocre experience. Things I take for granted like sleep and Bluetooth were broken. I ended up spending weeks trying to fix it. Eventually I gave up and bought Apple hardware which hasn’t been perfect, but it’s definitely less annoying than the hackintosh.

ageitgey 8y ago

I'm glad you had a good experience! But it's also true that the most recent random macOS update thread on tonymac86.com (10.13.6, a minor update) has 44 pages of user comments ranging from the update worked perfectly to the computer completely won't boot and kernel panics - and all manner of issues in between. If you are using the computer to do paid work and can't gamble like on every update, I think you'd be crazy to use a hackintosh. But if it works for you, sweet. Two people can both buy "the right parts" according to the site's myriad recommendations but randomly choose slightly different combinations of motherboards or video cards or wifi cards or whatever and have wildly different experiences overall with updates.

pavs 8y ago
Using Hackintosh as my primary driver for 3 years. no Issues. For every 1 person having vocally shared their problems, there are 100s who keep quiet, because of its working fine. Apple hardware also has problems, yet people use them as their primary computer all the time. Of course, there is a slightly higher risk with Hackintosh than a proper apple computer. But if your computer uptime and data is very important, the solution is having a proper backup. Having apple hardware won't make things marginally better.
- King-Aaron 8y ago
  > Apple hardware also has problems, yet people use them as their primary computer all the time. I will be willing to bet that the ratio of apple hardware problems to general hackintosh problems is heavily geared in favour of opting for Apple hardware. When computer uptime is important, having backups is a non-issue in that conversation. It's the uptime that's important, and having non-genuine hardware will always raise a flag in this scenario.... The chance of your genuine mac not starting up after a scheduled update is far, far less likely than your hackintosh not starting up after the same update. Granted, it's awesome that you've had good experiences. But I feel that you need to consider that your use-case is possibly not the same as the vast majority.
exadeci 8y ago
> the computer completely won't boot and kernel panics - and all manner of issues in between. So like a linux dist-upgrade then? :)