HotBreeze Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Primary System. After correcting Video Drivers to AGP all are working very good. Printers, pen-Drives, Sound 5.1 (DVD Player), mouse, keyboard (except with the interrogation point). All App are working fine, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash Pro, USB Modem not working on Mac because it doesnt has any Intel driver, but working in paralells. Webcam doesnt work because it doesnt have a driver. OSX86 are very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iRed Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I always had PC and MAC in my house.I was using PC and my father MAC. I was a child and i wanted to play every game which i liked of course as all planet.So Windows was my solution. In high school (3 years ago) I had bought my first MAC. It was G4 867Mhz with Cinema 17" TFT. Three months ago I have moved that MAC to my company. I am using Hackintosh right now and i dont wanna see XP in my house again. Real MAC is coming in september and it would be iMAC 24". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XanthraX Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Yes, OSX86 is my primary OS, from 10.4.1. The best OS for a PC (runs faster than Windows XP, double faster than Vista, drivers for peripherics that no way to find in Vista - e.g. Brother Laserjet 1260e printer (usb-parallel adapter), webcam Deluxe i don't remember now what, but it desn't matter - runs well in OSX with Macam, doesn't run in Vista). This is the most stable OS I had (BeOS is the second). I don't remember OSX to crash, except when I did some bad things on it. I keep Windows for CorelDraw only (many printing shops here have only Post Script Level 1 devices). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I've been using OSX86 as my only OS for the last few months. It's very stable, and as XanthraX said, it's actually faster than Windows. I booted into Windows yesterday for the first time since getting OS X working, and it was horrible. I couldn't do two things at once, let alone the 3-5 things I'm used to doing at once in OS X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquanutz Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 (BeOS is the second). I used to run BeOS back in high school. God I loved that OS. Anyhow, been using OS X86 as my primary since I got my first compatible machine, 10.4.3. Loved every second of it. Saved so much money versus buying an actual mac pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSXtasy Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I would, and in fact probably should use OSX as my primary since I bought a MBP and a MacPro within the past year, but since my career is supporting Windows based networks and databases, I'm usually in Windows. Now when I get home, I usually boot up the MBP, and then end up booting up Windows in parallels or bootcamp to be cozy in the safety of my "sandbox" so that if it crashes, I just copy the backup from my NAS and I'm back up again(I like to tinker and surf "dangerously"on occasion). I occasionally surf in OSX(opera 99%, occasionally camino/rarely safari) and chat on Adium, but thats about it. I like the OSX stability/safety net from virus/malware, but to be honest, Windows never crashes on me since XPSP2, and it's just more intuitive in my opinion. I hope to someday just cut loose and stay in OSX , but I don't see that for a while. I'm the classic case of buying not just one, but TWO "Pro" versions of mac's to mostly run windows on (and have a back door for OSX/Linux for when I get tired of dealing with MS product activation/DRM)....LOL. My money, my choice...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xplizid Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 upon first getting my hack to work i was obsessed with it - have used as primary OS for 8 months without booting into XP at all abondoning all games and software that i am so familar with - then about 2 weeks ago i got fed up with the slowness and clunkyness of the poker software that of fulltilt so i started running windows version thru parallels - after that i started using proggys that are unreplacable to me as ive used them so long (dvd decrypter, EAC/exact audio copy, pahud, and some games that i use play all the damn time and dont run under parallels well w2, w;a) and for good burning and functionality i have to native boot to windows drive so long story short i dont see myself in os x again for a while -- sad but true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
articquad Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I just use OS X Primarily, not OSx86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuhaK Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 I do not use OS X regularly. Everytime I try it, I mainly just want to cry. There are lot of little things I hate, for example OS X terminal tools sux compared to GNU tools. So first thing is to get working terminal (with tabs!) and get GNU-tools. Then next things is to install Firefox. And then get nice Rss-reader, but what the hell, those what seem to be ok cost something like 20 dollars.. Like almost half of OS X programs. So, I keep searching for GNU programs for this and that. So, after few hours I realize that I am using exactly same programs as with my Ubuntu.. that I just have stolen OS when I can one for free. Then I forget OSX for few months... and try it again with same experiences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 It's funny because I'm currently using OS X as my main OS because I screwed up my partition table (bye bye music ) Anyways, if I were to re-install Windows; it would be XP. I used Vista regularly, but it's just bloat. XP is for games, and OS X is for my daily browsing/eye candy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty geek Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I currently have both installed onto my computer, I used to use windows for gaming and 3d modeling. but I don't play games as much as I used to, but still like the 3d modeling. But Im going to be trying to get Maya working on my osx86 box, and if all goes well I will be reclaiming my disk space and working solely on osx86. My name is Scott and I use a hackintosh. commercial comming soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moduliz0r Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I do use OSX86 as my primary OS. I also have XP64 (yes, x64. thats why I don't go there often) and will soon have some Linux distribution, most likely Ubuntu or Ubuntu Studio. I use a bootable command-line GRUB floppy as my boot loader, because I am too lazy to install something to my HDD If/When I install Ubuntu it will come with GRUB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elRey Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 i'm a semi prof musician and use logic pro 7.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEHAWKs Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I said No just for the fact that i do more on Linux than on Windows & OSX But on OSX the only thing i Use it mostly for is Pro Tools LE and HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T. Firefly Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 there is only 2 things I can't do. I can't get my webcam to work I can't write or do anything with my SATA drives Other than that? I use it as my main OS, because I only have that installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benwinship Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 I have it on a Hackintosh box and its just as stable as a real Mac, although i would prefer to use my G3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mass_core Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 double booting XP n OSX still need XP for some apps but most of the time boot OSX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiap Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Yes I do... but i still use windows xp for some apps... specially Office cause mac office works really slow... still waiting UB version of Office Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onetrack Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 I sure do, my hack is my primary computer, although I'd really like a macbook pro just so I wouldn't have to use a horrific dell at work. Now that VMware fusion supports dx 8.1 I can run autocad at home and with hamachi I have full access to my office shares. My hack is definately my primary computer, for games I have an xbox.And really, I spend way more time playing with the hack and pushing it to see what it can do, thats more fun than gaming there is only 2 things I can't do.I can't get my webcam to workI can't write or do anything with my SATA drivesOther than that? I use it as my main OS, because I only have that installed.What motherboard? My 3 sata hd's are working great on my mobo, and as for the camera I have a usb logitech quickcam express which works flawless through maccam (its a pretty daff camera tho) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonestonne Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 although you will see me running OS X lots of times, i prefer linux. i have 64bit installed on this rig, and wifi working, so i can be upstairs rocking a 17" CRT across my room and get work done sitting on my bed using a wireless mouse/keyboard. for me, if i'm playing around i'll use OS X, but for the majority of my actual work, i'll pick Ubuntu or XP, because i use Adobe Audition [proudly so] in XP and GIMP in Ubuntu. although i have gimp installed in OS X, i see faster rendering and more stability from Ubuntu x64 than OSx86 or even Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 After the last install i made (Jas 10,4,9) it has becomed on my main OS .Windows just fro games , Adobe Audition Fruity Loops and Reason . Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I did, for about one year, but now (SUSE) Linux is my main OS again. Linux: Unmaneagable. (I have yet to see a linux package manager I can stand.) Obviously I have an opposite opinion. I find Linux+KDE a winning combo. Flexible and easy to configure, once you know what you are doing. Plenty of features as well. As to package managers, I find apt or smart the best package managers of any OS. In Windows or OS X I must download (often buy or pirate) and separately install each single application. In Linux start synaptic, for instance, mark for install everything you want, apply, and that is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveStar Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I don't use it as a primary OS because: -My graphic's card isn't supported by osx and it doesn't support quartz extreme; which I need for ilife and iwork and frontrow... -Also I wan't to play games but that doesn't work with OS X... I realy want to use OS X as a primary OS but till those things aren't supported I stick to windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpio123 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I have both Windows Vista and MAC OS X 10.4.8 JaS installed on my HP dv1000, and i have to say, OS X seems much more at home on my hardware than Windows does!! Its much faster (both booting and OS itself) - there's no reason i'd not use it as my primary OS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jabbasabba Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Nope, I´m running Vista, XP and Ubuntu on my computers. Maybe I will try OSX86 in the future?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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