Mulling over a hackintosh

[slicedbread]

Apparently it does, right now, using drivers from 10.5.7 dev seed.
"We've heard from a reliable source that it has successfully run on the first generation Mac Pro. We'll be giving that a test and report next week."

We can only wait and hope...

 

[Macintosh¯Lover]

here is what you need to do for starters go to an apple store and look at some of the last gen macpro i think you will be happy with it. a hackintosh well that is just cheap

 

[nateDEEZY]

here is what you need to do for starters go to an apple store and look at some of the last gen macpro i think you will be happy with it. a hackintosh well that is just cheap

Practical, not cheap. I couldn't be more happy with the reliability and stability of mine, plus I can actually upgrade it.

I'm just waiting for the Q9650 to drop below the price of a 920.

 

[milo]

here is what you need to do for starters go to an apple store and look at some of the last gen macpro i think you will be happy with it. a hackintosh well that is just cheap

Unfortunately, apple doesn't seem to have many of these, and they haven't reduced the price much at all. Sure, you are guaranteed that it will run, but you are also guaranteed that it will cost way more and probably be outperformed by the cheaper machine.

 

[Softy]

Unfortunately, then it would be as problematic as Windows because it would have to support a vast array of hardware and software rather than a select few.
It's an illusion that OSX is any better written than Windows. It's able to appear that way because of its very restricted nature.
I suspect that, given Windows long experience with writing a broad-based operating systems, any attempt by Apple to do the same with OSX would wind up making it look incredibly inferior to Windows.

Well that isn't my take on it. I've been a primarily MS Windows OS user for decades, but have worked with Unix before, during and after that (I have almost switched entirely to OS X). I've done lots of different kinds of things in the computer industry, and consider myself to be more knowledgeable than most on the subject of OS advantages/disadvantages. For what it's worth, I consider OS X to be superior to Windows (in any form). I wouldn't be going through the pain of switching to OS X if that weren't the case. I'm also combing this forum (and many others) for information about building hackintoshes, because building them will enable me to run OS X on hardware that is superior and more tailored to my specific uses.

 

[thedude69]

way to go would be a tyan 2x1333 server board get yourself two 2,93 I7 and the rest of the stuff you can use what you like.

it will only take some weeks till snow leo is out till is ported.i am guessing a lot of poeple wont sleep until it´s done

performace should be the same as with the new mac pro 2x2,93 but for just half the or third of apples price tag

 

[Softy]

here is what you need to do for starters go to an apple store and look at some of the last gen macpro i think you will be happy with it. a hackintosh well that is just cheap

Not necessarily. The systems that I am building will be based on i7 motherboards that support fast multicores and lots of RAM. And by using them, I can get around speed issues that come up when using non-Apple, dual platform software packages on Macs (issues that don't come up when running those same software packages on Windows). Doing this will make it possible to switch those systems over to OS X. There's no other way to do it, and get the same performance as I can get running them on Windows.

 

[gugucom]

I wonder how a hackintosh based on this:

http://de.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=9&l2=39&l3=925&l4=0&model=2954&modelmenu=1

board would work out in terms of cost versus a Nehalem 2009 Octad.

 

[nanofrog]

I wonder how a hackintosh based on this:

http://de.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=9&l2=39&l3=925&l4=0&model=2954&modelmenu=1

board would work out in terms of cost versus a Nehalem 2009 Octad.

I've looked at that board before, and have been quite interested in it. Still hoping ASUS will come out with a Nehalem equivalent to the X7S WS though (enthusiast workstation 54xx board).

It didn't seem too terrible cost wise, but the processors are stuck at their set clock speeds, as there's no OC functionality on the board. Perhaps a CPU mod, but that still needs some research, and would be more involved than just some settings. It would be worth it though, if such a board isn't released.

Last I read, the Skulltrail II was canceled by Intel, and ASUS was on hold. There's since been a post somewhere in the forum that the Skulltrail II may be put into production though, and if it's accurate, I'd imagine ASUS would also put something out. The economy is picking up according to some news articles I've read, so maybe these newer bits of information are based on something real, rather than speculation. I've not seen anything to confirm this though.

Have you by chance?

 

[gugucom]

I have nor Idea. I was just looking for a dual CPU 5520 compatible board. There is the original Intel board but I thought that Asus would probably do something better. I have used Asus boards for 16 years and admire their competence.

 

[nanofrog]

I have nor Idea. I was just looking for a dual CPU 5520 compatible board. There is the original Intel board but I thought that Asus would probably do something better. I have used Asus boards for 16 years and admire their competence.

I like ASUS's boards as well, particularly the layout and voltage regs. I'm currently running the P6T6 WS Revolution. Rather nice board.