d3p0 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Yep and XP is only for HL2DM. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-310933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conroe Mac Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I am starting to use my windows partition less and less... if only Mac had a decent media center... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-313538 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin R. Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 It's good to see so many people using Mac as their main OS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-313569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Envying Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 (edited) Just built up myself a new desktop. OSX not networking! Still mostly on Winxp searching for my OSX network patches. Edited February 28, 2007 by envying Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-313589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I am almost completely switched to running OSX86 on my computer, and using Parallels for Windows XP. Just boot into windoze for the occasional game. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-313954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dice7 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 My system being a SS2 is not the fastest when it comes to anything graphical, Dont know if its my GFX card or what, but right now my MacPC is my prim. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-314259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatS Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I've been using OSX as my primary on my PC for a while now... Since the JaS 10.4.8 disc was released. Works better than XP ever did on my machine, and install's easier to. I have to install less drivers to get my video/sound/etc work correctly then I do with XP as well, so that's a big plus! Unfortunatly I don't know if OSX would work on my laptop so it's still running MCE2005. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-314317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prasys Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Even with 2 macs , My Hackintosh is my primary rig [because it has 2GB of memory , kick-ass graphics card and dual core] Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-316801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu.Walker Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Yes my hackintosh is my primary machine, but as much as I like my "Mac", I can't make my Avid work in it, and combustion installation is not behaving well. So it's pretty much a 50/50 deal between Mac and Win. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-316827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psygon Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Hackintosh is becomed my primary OS from 10.4.6 version. I've broken XP's CD-ROM when I've found in a Mac a seriously alternative to protect my personal documents and a new use of OpenGL, abandoned in windows what use DirectX. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-316965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret-Simpson Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Oh HELL yes! My main systems are as follows: Fujitsu-Siemens T4210 (Now fixed), Medion 1900 P4 1.9 Slackware workstation, Powermac Yikes! G4 400, iBook G3 700 14". The T4210 is obviously the main system, as the most recent by about 5 years. It has Linux on a partition that hasn't been used since I installed it, Windows on a partition that hasn't been used since I got the machine back, and Mac OS X on the second partition. It's also the OS I use constantly. Now that my Pen works, most of what I want to do can be done. I'll readily admit that ome of the mising hardware is pretty important to me, and getting it working will make my life easier - but the tablet is far more useable without Wifi, Sleep, Rotation or Cardbus than Windows ever was! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-317003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protagonist Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Mine isn't - just a week into Mac OS X. Yes, LOVE it. I have a small video editing box with Matrox Parhelia 2 screen + TV - now I did not see any support or info on this ANYWHERE on the net. I mean for OSX86. The USP Web Cam does not work and is not recognised, and other such plug-and-play things seem not to be working. Too much delving into the guts of definitions and drivers to get my test-bed Evo 510 (2GHz SSE2) graphics to switch to 1280x1024... the DVD would 'not initialize' and I cannot play DVDs... Still like it better than windows. yes, I accept being a hackintosh many things may not work... but as a taste of the OS, much that I like it, it does not inspire desire to fork out on proprietory Mac h/w to get 'the full monty'.no. deffinetely not. would LOVE to be able to BUY a copy of OSX that would work on the PC...any PC...Alas, that is not available... What to do? I like the flexibility and freedom for re-configurations, expansions and upgrades that a PC gives me. I would feel constrained if I depend only on Mac h/w - no competition, no alternatives for different h/w options - just Mac, and just at the price they decide to put... sux really... so for me the jury is still out... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-330001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratbert Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I use my hackintosh as my primary machine, the ONLY time I have to use windows is to play games, and when parallels has dx9.1 hardware support, then I will probobly delete windows. I develop with osx running, windows in parallels, and linux in parallels, that way, I can test websites in windows, linux, and osx, with all the browsers all locally, without a problem. It really is nice having 4 gigs of ram and a core2duo. =] Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-350654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjastance Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 im actually gonna dual boot with vista and osx this weekend. my hackintosh setup was buggin out, kept freezing up on me so i went back to windows. ive been missing osx ever since. how much more stable is jas' 10.4.9 release? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-350668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 yes,but i also use Xp sp1 for some of multimedia,producing and games Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-361823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OryHara Posted May 9, 2007 Author Share Posted May 9, 2007 im actually gonna dual boot with vista and osx this weekend. my hackintosh setup was buggin out, kept freezing up on me so i went back to windows. ive been missing osx ever since. how much more stable is jas' 10.4.9 release? I'm running the new kernel on 10.4.8 on my hackintosh. I couldn't say about 10.4.9, although it is on my G4. yes,but i also use Xp sp1 for some of multimedia,producing and games Why SP1, and not SP2? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-361987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dainix Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 I'd say both XP and OSX get used evenly. OSX has useful software (Maple 10, iMovie, XCode) and so does XP (Guilty Gear XX, MultiSim, Visual Studio). I use XP more often due to all the hardware being supported. If the 3945abg driver, Finepoint driver, and X1400 driver were up and running, I'd remove XP entirely. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-362181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2k. Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Why SP1, and not SP2? because i dont to on net from win,so i dont need firewalls and other sh**s,thats why is sp1 faster for use. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-362334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonMS Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 It was up until i plugged up my seconds moniter now its Vista Ultimate Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-362347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OryHara Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 because i dont to on net from win,so i dont need firewalls and other sh**s,thats why is sp1 faster for use. It depends, I can make a PIII running SP2 fly. Bootup in 15 seconds or faster. Take a look at this: http://www.nliteos.com/index.html It lets you strip stuff out of windows too. You can get XP Pro Sp2 down to about 200mb if you know what to take out. You can remove all IE, and ActiveX functionality too. I'm like you, I don't trust windows on the net either. I can't afford to. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-362526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyhighmac Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I'm using my hackintosh more than my windows partition. I dual boot. I've had this version (Used to be under VMWare) for two weeks and its seen more usage than my windows does in two months. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/24393-is-your-hackintosh-your-primary-machine/page/3/#findComment-363028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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