The Gonif Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Hi everyone, So my original plan was to build a new PC to replace my old Pentium III machine and then buy a new Mac Pro to replace my old G3 tower. I build the PC, put Windows XP on it, and then with a spare drive started experimenting with getting OS X running on it. Well, it runs pretty well! It doesn't like to shut down, but boy is it fast! It works well enough that it made me reconsider buying a Mac Pro. So I was wondering something: all of us here have turned PC hardware into Macintoshes. And most of us have some quirks with it (won't shutdown, random crashes, inconsistent video card support, etc). So how many of you would trust your great, new OS X experiment enough to make it your primary computer? Keep all your documents on there, your resume, your taxes, your music, all your family photos? Has anyone actually lost any data due to an OS update gone bad or anything like that? What do you all think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomauty Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 I keep an image on a separate hard drive, so if anything goes wrong I just restore to the image. But I've had to do that tonight a few times because of this 10.5.3 update. I love my hackintosh but sometimes I wish updates were a little smoother. That's been my only complaint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 well alot of them shutdown, havnt had any random crashes, and my video card has GFX strings so its close to real but I still have my MAC PRO as my main pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik C Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 No, I do not completely trust it. I have mounted a 320GB drive, a 300GB drive and a 200 GB drive. The 300GB is backup of the 320GB drive, but all the information on those drives are also on my MacBook, which is my main computer. The MB has a faster processor, as well as Bluetooth for my wireless keyboard etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Dell Dimension 9200(XPS410) 10.5.3 - ONLY OS for 7 months - no problems! HP DV6716ez 10.5.2 - ONLY OS for two months(new notebook) - no problems! I'm upgrading as we speak! HP NX7010 10.5.2 - ONLY OS for 6 months - no problems! Sold it to someone in Basel, Switzerland with MacOS on it and he is still happy! SticMAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperNet33 Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 i trust mine 110%. I almost never touch my MBP any more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MjP99 Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 I switched from a Mini to my "Hack Pro". I love it and use it as my main OS. Just get the right components for the vanilla install and you should be fine. The small updates are no problems and the major updates are simple thanks to Netkas and Kalaway. I would suggest that it feels kind of like what it must be like to run a "borrowed" version of windows - sometimes you might have to think before you do a major update. My build is totally stable and I can't find a way to break it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kae Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 I trust mine 100%. Haven't had any trouble with it and haven't booted into windows since january or something. Its a dream to work with and beats the {censored} out of the G5 I have at work. I also use Kalyway 10.5.2 on my HEL80 laptop and it runs great & everything works except shutdown. Allthough it feels a little more sketchy on my laptop than on my desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knewsom Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 I absolutely trust mine, with a caveat: DONT LET ANYONE ELSE MONKEY WITH IT IN ADMIN MODE. Make sure you require passwords to wake from sleep, screensaver, etc, and have a guest login for anyone but you. My wife has her own login, no admin rights for her. I don't want anyone but me installing anything, because I need to keep my eye on everything going onto this computer in case something breaks. If I break something, I'll at least know what broke it. If someone else breaks something, I won't necessarily know what broke it. That's the rub. Backing everything up periodically (TimeMachine is AWESOME for this) is pretty standard for anyone using any computer these days, it's no special circumstance or requirement for a hackintosh. Once you lock down your security settings, it's really quite an excellent machine. I've got EVERYTHING working except sleep on S3. It's very nearly a real mac, and I've already used it on projects. (I'm an editor). My clients have been blown away by how fast it is. Granted, my wife resented not having admin rights for a brief moment, until I explained the situation to her, and she totally understood. best of luck, K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezoflip Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 if u can go for a mac pro, i would buy that over a hack. but i use my hack as my main machine. however, i have xp on my other drive just incase it {censored}s up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tha_toadman Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 trust it 100% - just by the *right* parts. ...been trusting it since shortly after I joined this place (it's been awhile). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lon36unn3r Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 same with tha_toadman ... with all the right parts i complete trust it.. i have 2 stable hackintosh to run cinema 4d and maya on. I work in interior and architectural design. 2 hackintosh notebook. My mom's and my brothers pc+notebook are all hackintosh. plus i pick a few notebooks to be most compatible with osx86. So far i had change my family from windows users to mac user now. It's too good to be true. With all the fun running hackintosh. I also a proud owner of a both the macbook and the 24inch IMAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschilling Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 I trust it as much as any computer. As said before the updates are so much easier on a real mac. I test out the updates on a similar install on a usb external hdd. What you save in cash, you spend in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsweeting Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Trust my "HackPro" 110% - is as solid as a rock, and super powerful. Agree with tha_toadman - get the right hardware, and it makes things a lot easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivdreamz18 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 well, i have a hacked pro running rock solid 100%... no problems whatsoever... upgraded to 10.5.4. i followed the guide of weaksauce12 (http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=112708&pid=797614&mode=threaded&start=800#entry797614) to build it. you can also check out the new kid on the block e-fix.. which is supposedly tinker free and natively installs retail leopard on your hackintosh. You can do all updates directly from apple update without bricking your system. But it only works with a very specific hardware.. so you'll probably have to do a proper research on it. The creators do claim that they have nothing to do with osx86 scene.. so i am not sure how stable is their platform. i will still stick with osx86 as they are the pioneers who started all this. so far i haven't had any issues with my system: Hacked Pro (Kalyway 10.5.2 updated to 10.5.4) Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 8 mb cache @ 2.4GHz Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P Ram: 4gb (2x2gb) 800 mhz DDR2 Transcend Graphic Card: Zebronics 7300GT 512mb Ram (Quartz Extreme is supported and vram is 512 mb) Case: Coolermaster Elite 330 with 390 Watt SMPS Hard drives: one 300gb, 3GB/s, Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm Hdd and one 160gb, 1.5 GB/s Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm(from my old extinct PC) Monitor: AOC 2216sw 22" widescreen TFT Dvd Drive: MoserBaer liteon 22X DVD writer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLanteigne Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Right now, yes. I'm in a transition between my old computer and this one hackintosh only machine. and shivdreamz18: you should overclock that q6600.. I mean.. you can easily reach 2.8-3.0 without stressing your parts.. you should do it. get some info on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyfer Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 The only thing that is keeping me from totally switching from the PC is this audio problem that plagues me at nearly every turn (posted in another forum and I use the PC for strictly playing WoW). With the exception of the audio the only other thing that I wish was different is I'd like the onboard LAN to work (I have a PCI thats better so I don't really care tbh) Keyfer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLanteigne Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 The audio is indeed a pain in the ass to patch. For me, there's one very last thing that makes me "need" windows. There's a software that I use that works on both os x and windows (it also works on linux.. sweet) but there are some plugins for that software that aren't compatible on os x. However, there are some equivalents, I will just need to time to find these... And right now, I have a few projects that use these windows only plugins.. so, until I finish them, I can't really be a 100% os x guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick14 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Mine was 5 times cheaper then MBP and everything worked exept the mic and i dont use the mic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox1100 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Trust my "HackPro" 110% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donw35 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I use my Hack for work and normal computer use, I use VMware Fusion to run my XP apps (Lotus Notes and Office 2007), no problems at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach-os Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 i trust in it 200% - got two of those "main computers" - and nothing else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HackMyTosh Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Its actually my production machine. I feel as if you keep the important stuff backed up theres really no reason not to use it for your regular machine.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBP Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I Started with pearPC, and I have had both Intel and AMD hacks, I currently only have OS X on my computer hardware. hope to be able to afford a real one, but college is Expensive and so is Gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I trust my Hack, it hasn't KPed or failed to boot for no reason yet *knocks on wood* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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