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Totally subjective opinion, but it seems like since ~10.8 the reliability of OSX has gone down substantially. I remember 10.5 and 10.6 being rock-solid on a hac

Totally subjective opinion, but it seems like since ~10.8 the reliability of OSX has gone down substantially. I remember 10.5 and 10.6 being rock-solid on a hackintosh, and now I have wifi / bluetooth issues all the time, sometimes the graphics go all 16-colors-only, consisting of bright red + black-only or a weird mix of like green, purple, orange (it's kind of trippy, but it requires a reboot to fix). Display mirroring / resolution switches goof up my jazz sometimes, unlocking can take up to ~ a minute (from just the lid shut state), browsers eat RAM like it's their job, etc etc. If this is the best we can do in a $2800 (late 2014 15" rMBP maxed out) computer where the company produces the hardware and software, color me unimpressed.

madeofpalk 12y ago
> hackintosh I get the sentiment of what you're saying and I agree with it, but I have to disagree with you - You can't blame the stability of your 'hackintosh', running the OS on a completely unsupported configuration.
- whatusername 12y ago
  That was OP's point... It was stable on even a hackintosh. And now is struggling on a rMBP.
maximilianburke 12y ago
I feel the same. For our build farm at work we have to reboot our Mac Minis every two weeks otherwise they just stop being able to talk to the network. This started when we updated to Mac OS 10.9 and hasn't been any better with 10.10. The lone circa-2006 Mac Pro we have in the farm has had no issues though.
wyclif 12y ago
I still have a Macbook running 10.6.8 (SL) and indeed, it's rock solid. Never crashes. Never an issue with wifi, either. It's a workhorse. I've replaced the battery a few times but I'm glad I've never upgraded the OS. And I use it for development from my couch and it never leaves the house. Of course, the caveat there is that I'm a Python dev. If I were a front-end dev (or, say, a mobile dev who needed the latest XCode to write iOS 8 apps) there's no way I'd be able to get away with this.

madeofpalk 12y ago

> hackintosh I get the sentiment of what you're saying and I agree with it, but I have to disagree with you - You can't blame the stability of your 'hackintosh', running the OS on a completely unsupported configuration.

whatusername 12y ago
That was OP's point... It was stable on even a hackintosh. And now is struggling on a rMBP.

maximilianburke 12y ago

I feel the same. For our build farm at work we have to reboot our Mac Minis every two weeks otherwise they just stop being able to talk to the network. This started when we updated to Mac OS 10.9 and hasn't been any better with 10.10. The lone circa-2006 Mac Pro we have in the farm has had no issues though.

wyclif 12y ago

I still have a Macbook running 10.6.8 (SL) and indeed, it's rock solid. Never crashes. Never an issue with wifi, either. It's a workhorse. I've replaced the battery a few times but I'm glad I've never upgraded the OS. And I use it for development from my couch and it never leaves the house. Of course, the caveat there is that I'm a Python dev. If I were a front-end dev (or, say, a mobile dev who needed the latest XCode to write iOS 8 apps) there's no way I'd be able to get away with this.