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Instead of wasting your time trying to get this to work (and maintaining it when it inevitably breaks after a macOS update), how about just buying a Mac and usi

Instead of wasting your time trying to get this to work (and maintaining it when it inevitably breaks after a macOS update), how about just buying a Mac and using the time for billable work (which would pay for the Mac and still leave a hefty extra)?

amingilani 8y ago
I usually try not to come across as condescending on HN, so I apologize in advance, but I'm only copying your tone to get the point across. Instead of wasting your time arguing with people that made the effort to document things, how about documenting your process on acquiring your first billable clients so that everyone else can reproduce that?
- Rjevski 8y ago
  No offense intended nor taken. I’m not actually arguing with whoever wrote this, however I’m advocating against actually trying this for anything productive, especially not your main machine - you don’t want your workstation to let you down because an update suddenly broke it and you have to screw around for hours trying to get it to work again.
  - kaolti 8y ago
    Worth saying if you actually do spend a couple of hours setting it up and disable updates it works great. Been using a hackintosh for work for 4+ years.
  - ryanmonroe 8y ago
    A Hackintosh is arguably more stable and requires less "screwing around" when something breaks, because often that something is hardware and iMacs/Macbooks are notoriously hard to repair yourself.
    - TwoNineA 8y ago
      Unless a random software update breaks it. A Hackintosh's Achille's heel is not hardware breaking down but software updates from Apple hosing it.
    - Kaspar0v 8y ago
      I have the high end model of the MBPr 15 2017 and since getting it I had around 3 months total of down time with several replacements and repairs, at this point I would have to argue that the whole reason for a hackintosh is so that I can "use the time for billable work". Not to mention that quite frankly my high end gaming pc running Mojave under KVM is a way more pleasant and smooth experience than my MBPr. There is not a single machine that apple sells today that is viable for a power user IMO.
      - briandear 8y ago
        The iMac Pro seems to be plenty viable for a power user. 64 core, 128GB RAM among other things.
        Kaspar0v 8y ago
        0 Upgradability, EXTREMELY thermal constrained, 0 self reparability. At least for me, that's not a power user machine.
        FireBeyond 8y ago
        I have seen this referenced multiple times. The iMac Pro doesn't have 64 cores. The highest end iMac Pro has 18 cores.

amingilani 8y ago

I usually try not to come across as condescending on HN, so I apologize in advance, but I'm only copying your tone to get the point across. Instead of wasting your time arguing with people that made the effort to document things, how about documenting your process on acquiring your first billable clients so that everyone else can reproduce that?

Rjevski 8y ago
No offense intended nor taken. I’m not actually arguing with whoever wrote this, however I’m advocating against actually trying this for anything productive, especially not your main machine - you don’t want your workstation to let you down because an update suddenly broke it and you have to screw around for hours trying to get it to work again.
- kaolti 8y ago
  Worth saying if you actually do spend a couple of hours setting it up and disable updates it works great. Been using a hackintosh for work for 4+ years.
- ryanmonroe 8y ago
  A Hackintosh is arguably more stable and requires less "screwing around" when something breaks, because often that something is hardware and iMacs/Macbooks are notoriously hard to repair yourself.
  - TwoNineA 8y ago
    Unless a random software update breaks it. A Hackintosh's Achille's heel is not hardware breaking down but software updates from Apple hosing it.
  - Kaspar0v 8y ago
    I have the high end model of the MBPr 15 2017 and since getting it I had around 3 months total of down time with several replacements and repairs, at this point I would have to argue that the whole reason for a hackintosh is so that I can "use the time for billable work". Not to mention that quite frankly my high end gaming pc running Mojave under KVM is a way more pleasant and smooth experience than my MBPr. There is not a single machine that apple sells today that is viable for a power user IMO.
    - briandear 8y ago
      The iMac Pro seems to be plenty viable for a power user. 64 core, 128GB RAM among other things.
      - Kaspar0v 8y ago
        0 Upgradability, EXTREMELY thermal constrained, 0 self reparability. At least for me, that's not a power user machine.
      - FireBeyond 8y ago
        I have seen this referenced multiple times. The iMac Pro doesn't have 64 cores. The highest end iMac Pro has 18 cores.