The Merged Hackintosh Thread

[redvettez06]

Running OSX 10.6.6 (not pirated! ) on a Dell 1525 Inspiron. Works pretty much flawlessly! I have had no problems other than re-learning the mac OS. Wifi, bluetooth, mute, volume, etc. all run great! Everything works so far except for the HDMI out. It's so stable I'm scared to update to 10.6.7, lol though I hear it's pretty easy to do and works great. OSX gave life to my otherwise lame vista laptop. Looking at buying a iMac and eventually having an iPad/iMac combo after this dies in the next year or so.

I'm wondering what a good way to benchmark this is. Should I use 3dmark06 + something else? Is there a website to compare numbers? I wonder how it compares (besides asthetics obviously) to a 2009 MBP. It's really easy to do and if you can't afford a mac yet it may be a good idea.

A lot of my friends (including those who work in the IT field) were impressed with how smooth it runs on my old Dell. That's OSX for you I guess

 

[nomar383]

Running OSX 10.6.6 (not pirated! ) on a Dell 1525 Inspiron. Works pretty much flawlessly! I have had no problems other than re-learning the mac OS. Wifi, bluetooth, mute, volume, etc. all run great! Everything works so far except for the HDMI out. It's so stable I'm scared to update to 10.6.7, lol though I hear it's pretty easy to do and works great. OSX gave life to my otherwise lame vista laptop. Looking at buying a iMac and eventually having an iPad/iMac combo after this dies in the next year or so.

I'm wondering what a good way to benchmark this is. Should I use 3dmark06 + something else? Is there a website to compare numbers? I wonder how it compares (besides asthetics obviously) to a 2009 MBP. It's really easy to do and if you can't afford a mac yet it may be a good idea.

A lot of my friends (including those who work in the IT field) were impressed with how smooth it runs on my old Dell. That's OSX for you I guess

I believe you are looking for this.

 

[redvettez06]

I believe you are looking for this.

Thank You sir

 

[nomar383]

Thank You sir

You can post your results here after you're done!

 

[redvettez06]

You can post your results here after you're done!

Any good? What would it compare to? I closed everything except for finder as far as I can tell. Is there a website for comparisons?

EDIT: Found this website http://www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench/mac-benchmarks/ that says that it is comparable to C2D 17' Macbook Pro from I'm assuming 2 or 3 years ago or an early 2008 Macbook. Very slow compared to some of the new stuff.

 

[nomar383]

Any good? What would it compare to? I closed everything except for finder as far as I can tell. Is there a website for comparisons?

EDIT: Found this website http://www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench/mac-benchmarks/ that says that it is comparable to C2D 17' Macbook Pro from I'm assuming 2 or 3 years ago or an early 2008 Macbook. Very slow compared to some of the new stuff.

Yeah, that processor is nothing to write home about. You could build a kick-ass quad core desktop for like $600-$700 that would blow this score away

 

[maflynn]

Any good? What would it compare to?

Here's mine a core i7 hackintosh

When I ran this, I had a bunch of stuff running, so the numbers are down a bit - its quick and dirty

 

[nomar383]

Here's mine a core i7 hackintoshy

Time to update from my Core 2 Quad!

 

[-Ken-]

Nice!

My Hackintosh has similar specs/score. I love it.

 

[redvettez06]

Yeah...it's time to update lol

 

[maflynn]

Nice!

My Hackintosh has similar specs/score. I love it.

I'm very happy with it. I've said this before however, I could have chosen a better motherboard. My initial research led me to the P6T as one that could easily handle OSX with a minimum of hassle. It was the P6T deluxe or the P6T SE.

The bottom line is took a little more research to find the automated install scripts, but I found them and installing Snow Leopard was a breeze.

I'm not sold on Lion as an upgrade, but if I choose to do that, I may take that as an opportunity to upgrade the motherboard. I'll wait and see - I'm in no rush.

 

[Mac7]

Whats a good PIC Card for wifi?

 

[msjones]

Buit another hackpro last night based on the Gigabyte G31M-ES2L motherboard with a core 2 duo & 4GB RAM.

Used the iBoot method and updated to 10.6.7 and everything is working perfectly.

 

[absurdio]

Used the iBoot method and updated to 10.6.7 and everything is working perfectly.

I know this is stupid...
I've had my hackintosh (essentially this build, done via iboot/multibeast) running smoothly for about six months now (hard to believe).

I'm still running 10.6.4, and I've never been brave enough to attempt the software update. As I've had a couple of little glitches with the system, lately, I think it's finally time to update to 10.6.8.

But I feel like I'm in a little over my head...
Can some kind person here - maybe you, msjones ? - explain exactly how the iboot+multibeast update process works? Or point me to the simplest step-by-step guide there is? I am signed up on the tonymac forums, but I find them a little daunting, so far...

Help?

 

[MacUser2525]

I know this is stupid...
I've had my hackintosh (essentially this build, done via iboot/multibeast) running smoothly for about six months now (hard to believe).

Not really my install has been going 3 and a half years through multiple hard drive, motherboard and OS upgrades, sadly just sitting there now I have finally broken down and ponied up the cash for a used Mac Pro.

I'm still running 10.6.4, and I've never been brave enough to attempt the software update. As I've had a couple of little glitches with the system, lately, I think it's finally time to update to 10.6.8.

But I feel like I'm in a little over my head...
Can some kind person here - maybe you, msjones ? - explain exactly how the iboot+multibeast update process works? Or point me to the simplest step-by-step guide there is? I am signed up on the tonymac forums, but I find them a little daunting, so far...

Help?

Best bet is do what I have always done have spare partition use diskutil to clone the existing partition to backup. Then if backup is on spare drive install Chameleon onto it although newer version of Chameleon will detect the new partition and allow you to boot it so may not be necessary if you have one installed. Now once you have cloned bootable copy boot into it and do your upgrade check for problems if any get them fixed once satisfied with your new install you have two choices either clone back or boot into old install and repeat all steps you did in spare.

Edit: Can be done with external USB hard drive as well so if you have one of them laying around and no room on the internal drive(s) can be option definitely need Chameleon installed to boot this option.

 

[DoFoT9]

Buit another hackpro last night based on the Gigabyte G31M-ES2L motherboard with a core 2 duo & 4GB RAM.

Used the iBoot method and updated to 10.6.7 and everything is working perfectly.

im fairly certain i have that motherboard, and i am running snow leopard server 10.6.4, i couldnt get it to go any higher for some reason

nice to know its working, what GPU?

 

[absurdio]

Best bet is do what I have always done have spare partition use diskutil to clone the existing partition to backup. Then if backup is on spare drive install Chameleon onto it although newer version of Chameleon will detect the new partition and allow you to boot it so may not be necessary if you have one installed. Now once you have cloned bootable copy boot into it and do your upgrade check for problems if any get them fixed once satisfied with your new install you have two choices either clone back or boot into old install and repeat all steps you did in spare.

Excellent advice! Thanks! A no-risk-at-all approach. Will a (bootable) Carbon Copy Cloner clone work as well as one created through diskutil? I'll give this a shot soon. I just wish I'd made the clone a little earlier, before everything started acting wonky. (I've got a time machine backup, but it isn't much help, if i can't identify the source of the wonkiness).

 

[MacUser2525]

Excellent advice! Thanks! A no-risk-at-all approach. Will a (bootable) Carbon Copy Cloner clone work as well as one created through diskutil? I'll give this a shot soon. I just wish I'd made the clone a little earlier, before everything started acting wonky. (I've got a time machine backup, but it isn't much help, if i can't identify the source of the wonkiness).

I would think it would work though having never used anything but diskutil to do this for the past 3 and a half years I can't say for certain the CCC will do as well but I don't see any reason why it would not, one thing if going stand alone drive you want to re-install Chameleon on there as none of these tools copy that over.

 

[meaty]

anyone know any good forums to get help building a hackintosh?

 

[paduck]

anyone know any good forums to get help building a hackintosh?

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/

 

[techfreak85]

anyone know any good forums to get help building a hackintosh?

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/
http://www.tonymacx86.com/

Tonymac is probably the best bet if you're a newbie to hackintoshes. if you are looking for a much more advanced forum, look at insanelymac.

Tony's method for installation is called iBoot+Multibeast. Look for that.

 

[absurdio]

anyone know any good forums to get help building a hackintosh?

If you're starting from scratch, there's this guide: http://lifehacker.com/5672051/how-to-build-a-hackintosh-mac-and-install-os-x-in-eight-easy-steps, which walks you through the iboot/multibeast method.

I followed that guide. The only problem is that the instructions are so good that I could follow them without learning anything.

 

[techfreak85]

^ nice guide

 

[absurdio]

Whats a good PIC Card for wifi?

There's this DIY version that some folks seem to have been successful with:

http://x86wifi.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-to-build-your-own-real-airport-card.html

[Edit: I am now one of the folks that have been successful with it.]

 

[XX55XX]

I am considering ditching my current 13-inch 2009 MacBook Pro and getting a Hackintosh'd HP ProBook 5330m instead. It would make for a lighter machine.

It might or might not work, but it's not like I hate Windows anyways. In fact, I think I use Windows more than Mac OS X on my Macbook...