borisbadenov Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I am using Tiger (10.4.10) on my Hackintosh as my main OS. I still sometimes boot into Ubuntu 7.04 and for some video work (or gaming) I will use XP Pro. I had Vista Ultimate but I chose to dump it. Yeah, it looked great, nice eye candy butI just got so sick of it asking me all the time to verify this or that. I understand why but it just pissed me off how MS chose to do it. I have Leopard (build 9a527) on my test rig and I cannot wait to get the final edition installed on my main rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HackBook Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I'm currently running Tiger 10.4.8 (Semthex Kernel) as my main os on my "HackBook" (HP NX 6110). I have installed XP Pro on a separate partition , just in case I want to play a game or need to run a Windows - only program. It took me a while to get OSX configured properly, but I'm glad I put in the time to get everything working. It also seems pretty damn quick - faster than XP. Quick overview of my HackBook specs: 1.4 GHz Celeron M 360 768MB RAM 40GB HD Intel GMA 900 Graphics (QE & CI Working with Diabolik's GMA 900 Patch & Home-made VGA dongle) Broadcom 440x Ethernet (Works with 10.4.3 files) My experience using this is making me seriously consider getting an iMac or MacBook as my next computer. I may also try out Leopard on this once it is released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhsh8r Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 nope, i might be taking it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh.moebius Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Using it right now, MS operating systems are bloated and full of rubbish you don't need. Mac OS X does everything you need simply and easily with no nonsense. I love it and hope it gets better and better. I'm extremely excited about getting my Macbook Pro next month, hopefully with Leopard on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I'm currently running it as the only OS on my HackBook (HP dv6426us). Runs great and pretty much everything works. Only things not working are microphone & sound in/out jacks, modem, and media card reader. Any of those things I could take care of with USB accessories if I needed them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CogitoErgoSum Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I've only booted to Vista once this week, and only to show it off to someone who hadn't seen it. My Hackbook is extremely stable, unless its my fault. No crashes yet that weren't directly caused by fiddling where I shouldnt have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob356 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I use it as my primary OS everyday. As for stable... it's better than XP! I have not up to now gotten a kernel panic, and my only application problem so far is that Garageband '08 locks the system completely. Other than that it's great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajabug72 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 finally got around to getting it to work on my dell laptop about a month ago and love it. i rarely have any issues with it besides it not liking my wireless PC card. my desktop has run it for about 6 months now, but i dont use it much. it has problems and i just havent worried about it. i have a 1.42 PPC mini that hooked me on OS X and i hate Windows with a burning passion, altho i hated it before i used anything else. guys at work think im crazy. i do PC maintenence for a living and touch a Mac about once a month at certain clients and i love it when i do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintoy Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 yep!!! osx is my main os...i only boot to xp to do acronis backups ( dont have another hdd to make ccc work, till then ) and audio recording ( dont have external audio interface, im using on board auido, thats enough for me now ) somehow the current kext will not allow me to do mic input, sometimes it does but gives out a squeeking sound... i have AC97 via hopefully someone can patch the kext to have mic in working... edit: no mic in --- i take this back, the current kext works. i am able to rec from mic in using onboard audio thru the use of aggregate device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSn1™ Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Even that i'm on a hackintosh, it works great. Even better than Windows. Better, faster, smarter. I handles my hackintosh hardware even better than Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G4case Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Yes I do! I do surfing, video watching, typing, occasional movie editing (imovie) and photo editing. This Compaq v6314ea is my second Hackbook, I chose it because its hardware / videocard is close to a macbook, but with a bigger screen and all that for less than half the price. Only audio does not work properly, I am using an usb dongle The machine runs OSX fast and smooth, no crashes. Benchmarks same as macbook The computer came with Vista, but today I finally ditched that. Feels like throwing $100 in the dustbin. I only used Vista for office, since msoffice ran faster on windows than neooffice on osx86, espaecially copying and pasting was easier. I am an old time MS user (from DOS 4!) who came to MacOS in 1996 (OS 7). Worked with Macs till 2003 on OS 9, then switched to windows 98 and XP. I came back to Mac after finding an old G4 at the local recycling plant (!!!) which I took home. When I heard about running OSX on Intel, I immediately tried it on my laptop. I experimented a lot with Ubuntu, but it remains a hassle. I would buy a MacBookPro if I would have the money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Things change, I said that I was using more windows, but right now I'm using more OSX86 and OSXppc more than hideous Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockystar Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 i use osx all the time..very stable and no crashes,unless i casue them trying to tweak my sytem...lol..which is also the only time i boot xp to use vmware to fix it, and also to make backups with acronis. love my hackbook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryke Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 My little Hackintosh is running 10.4.10 as the main system and has Vista in Parallels - just like my MacBook. I bought it for this purpose. It's a backup machine to fall back on should my MacBook choose to strike or die. Also, it's the always-connected station at home when I'm out and about. Stability-wise it's been good to me in the days I've had it so far. It hasn't been through intensive testing, but I've already done some serious work on it, and I've never managed to crash it. (No, I don't need tips on how to do that.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brlock Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Yes it is my main OS. Installed I have Ubuntu and OSX 10.4.10. The only times I don't run OSX are: -At the university since my ZD1211b software does not support WPA enterprise, I use ubuntu. I ordered a 1490 to try to avoid this. -When I want to see football matches in p2p programs and use my very favorite CorelDRAW X13 i use parallels with winXP under OSX. System is very stable and the only hardware not working is the input of my conexant 5045 audio and the barely usefull Ricoh card reader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yangj08 Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I have a Panasonic T5 and dual-boot XP and OSx86. Up until recently, I was primarily using OSx86 (booted off an external drive due to some fear that I'll screw up the partition table if I try it on my internal drive) until updating to 10.4.10 slowed it down to the point where boot-up took about 3-5 minutes (on 10.4.8 it was about 1min). Almost everything works except for the headphone jack and the Intel wireless (the nice thing about Panasonic is that the wireless card is easily accessible and replaceable on their laptops; I'll get to switching it out someday). I don't run anything that won't run in Mac (conversely, there is no Windows version of iMovie or GarageBand, and I can't for the life of me get my cellphone to dial out in Windows whereas I instantly found Mac drivers for it). It's really stable, and I'll probably get to installing it on the internal drive eventually (not as a replacement to XP, since there are times when I need WLAN- I'd care less about that if my cellphone plan was unlimited). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conroe Mac Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I switch my main OS all the time. Right now I'm primarily running Gutsy, before that it was Vista, before that Tiger. I've been running Leopard mostly for the past couple days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JedixJarf Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I don't even have a windows install on my iHack anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangedaze Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 No crashes, Stable. Sleep works, Running lastest (who needs leopard ?) I use it as my main OS. But I boot windows for all my games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensuke Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 I just installed it a few days ago(FINALLY got it working after many months), and it's not my main OS yet, but it probably will be. I still need XP for Office/Gaming/Some other apps, though I'm going to try out Darwine and Parallels and see how that goes. It erased my Vista partition, so I'll need to reinstall that, too, only because I'm one of the few people I know who actually don't mind Vista. But OSX is quickly becoming my choice OS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSmokingBandit Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I've been using it 90% of the time for about 2 weeks now. Still need to fix some minor things, but as far as getting work done its great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Adams Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I just use OS X Primarily, not OSx86. Same here. Tiger for a year and now Leopard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
articquad Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I use OS X 10.4.11 daily. =) My iMac's been fantastic for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konami® Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 My main system and very stable, I hate windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flibblesan Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I run OSX full time as my only operating system. and, o/t, that signature above sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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