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I find these articles incredible, but then I remember I work and live on a Mac. And I can't wait to pay 5K for the content of one of those articles published 2

by keyle 7y ago

I find these articles incredible, but then I remember I work and live on a Mac. And I can't wait to pay 5K for the content of one of those articles published 2 years ago.

kbenson 7y ago
> And I can't wait to pay 5K for the content of one of those articles published 2 years ago. Err, "can't wait" as in "it will be awesome when it arrives" or as in "I'm not going to wait for that, stupid Apple"?
- kyriakos 7y ago
  I think the OP sarcasm was obvious.
  - kbenson 7y ago
    I thought it was likely, but I also thought the wording ("for the content of one of those articles") was weird enough that I was confused. I think what was meant was "And I can't wait to pay 5K for the hardware described in one of those articles published 2 years ago." Also, I would be a lot more confident in labeling it sarcasm if I didn't believe there were plenty of people actually eagerly awaiting new Apple hardware just like that. In any case, Poe's law strikes again.
    - keyle 7y ago
      It was sarcasm. Sorry for the confusion. English is not my native tong.
      - heyoni 7y ago
        It’s “tongue”! Just kidding...but it is :D
    - kyriakos 7y ago
      I think the 2 years ago was what makes it obvious for me. I'm not a native speaker either.
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thirdsun 7y ago
Same here. I'd love to build a Ryzen box, and actually I'll do so for gaming, but my primary computer has to run macOS and unfortunately that requirement comes with a significant price tag, in addition to outdated hardware.
- heyoni 7y ago
  Can’t you do hackintoshes with Ryzen?
  - unicornfinder 7y ago
    Not without a lot of messing around. With Intel you can pretty much just straight install macOS + Clover + FakeSMC and you're golden. With Ryzen you have to start messing around with custom kernels, which means updates will break things and also means a lot of programs won't work. Last I checked a lot of progress had been made, but you're unable to run any 32-bit applications and some software such as the Adobe Creative Suite simply won't run.
    - mrgreenfur 7y ago
      I too thought it was hard, but recently found this that supposedly makes it way easier: https://kb.amd-osx.com/guides/HS/ https://kb.amd-osx.com/guides/HS/ I'm considering a new ryzen hackintosh build in july!
      - andy_ppp 7y ago
        I worry a bit about stability...
      - tracker1 7y ago
        Going to give it one, single try... then I'm on to Linux as my primary. Will have a Windows VM for some work, and may keep a mac VM as well. Most of the stuff I do works fine in Linux, and it really looks like Manjaro and Pop_OS! have made a lot of progress beyond the general dev stuff I work on (mostly via Docker/Linux anyway).
nabla9 7y ago
Apple hardware functions as a software protection dongle. If you want to use Apple software you must buy a dongle.
- Synaesthesia 7y ago
  Except if you hackintosh

by keyle 7y ago

I find these articles incredible, but then I remember I work and live on a Mac. And I can't wait to pay 5K for the content of one of those articles published 2 years ago.

kbenson 7y ago

> And I can't wait to pay 5K for the content of one of those articles published 2 years ago. Err, "can't wait" as in "it will be awesome when it arrives" or as in "I'm not going to wait for that, stupid Apple"?

kyriakos 7y ago
I think the OP sarcasm was obvious.
- kbenson 7y ago
  I thought it was likely, but I also thought the wording ("for the content of one of those articles") was weird enough that I was confused. I think what was meant was "And I can't wait to pay 5K for the hardware described in one of those articles published 2 years ago." Also, I would be a lot more confident in labeling it sarcasm if I didn't believe there were plenty of people actually eagerly awaiting new Apple hardware just like that. In any case, Poe's law strikes again.
  - keyle 7y ago
    It was sarcasm. Sorry for the confusion. English is not my native tong.
    - heyoni 7y ago
      It’s “tongue”! Just kidding...but it is :D
  - kyriakos 7y ago
    I think the 2 years ago was what makes it obvious for me. I'm not a native speaker either.
- deleted 7y ago
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thirdsun 7y ago

Same here. I'd love to build a Ryzen box, and actually I'll do so for gaming, but my primary computer has to run macOS and unfortunately that requirement comes with a significant price tag, in addition to outdated hardware.

heyoni 7y ago
Can’t you do hackintoshes with Ryzen?
- unicornfinder 7y ago
  Not without a lot of messing around. With Intel you can pretty much just straight install macOS + Clover + FakeSMC and you're golden. With Ryzen you have to start messing around with custom kernels, which means updates will break things and also means a lot of programs won't work. Last I checked a lot of progress had been made, but you're unable to run any 32-bit applications and some software such as the Adobe Creative Suite simply won't run.
  - mrgreenfur 7y ago
    I too thought it was hard, but recently found this that supposedly makes it way easier: https://kb.amd-osx.com/guides/HS/ https://kb.amd-osx.com/guides/HS/ I'm considering a new ryzen hackintosh build in july!
    - andy_ppp 7y ago
      I worry a bit about stability...
    - tracker1 7y ago
      Going to give it one, single try... then I'm on to Linux as my primary. Will have a Windows VM for some work, and may keep a mac VM as well. Most of the stuff I do works fine in Linux, and it really looks like Manjaro and Pop_OS! have made a lot of progress beyond the general dev stuff I work on (mostly via Docker/Linux anyway).

nabla9 7y ago

Apple hardware functions as a software protection dongle. If you want to use Apple software you must buy a dongle.

Synaesthesia 7y ago
Except if you hackintosh