osx86 as good as the 'real thing'?

[bartp]

hi,
great forum.
Is hacking your pc into a hackintosh as stable as a real mac or is it more a fun thing to do?
If i buy all the right parts , lots of info on this site, can i make and use a hackintosh as my primairy mac?

thanks

[Dies]

If you were to buy all the right parts and do your research before starting... then yes, it can be just as stable as the "real" thing. BUT it should really only be a fun thing to do.

I don't really think people should plan out and build something just to be a "hackintosh", I think it should be something you already have laying around or have other uses for.

But that's just me, if I was going to be running OS X full time I would just get the real thing, even I had to get a used one.

[bartp]

thanks for your reply,

but apart from the legal part, why wouldnt you build a hackintosh from scratch?
if it runs as good, that would be the smarter way. i guess. saves you a lot of money.

i am already running 3 real macs in my house. but need a macpro. which is very expensive. i would love to be able to buy the right parts and build one just for that. and running it full time.

[Ali C.]

If any planning should be done, it's to ensure you have a great system even if it were running Windows.
I, for one, was looking at a very nice mobo and processor, and decided what the heck, I'll see if this mobo is good with Hackintosh. And it is except for that stubborn video (though I read horror stories where you had to install to a USB drive) and thought "good, I can play with the Hack a little bit and see how it works".
Long story short, Windows went bust and now OS X is what I usually use in spite of the stretched out screen.

[Reinekis]

Well Zephyroth Leopard is more stable, more responsive and more quick than Win XP on my AMD computer. Soon it is going to be a year when I use it as my main OS. I had several kernel panics at the begining related to LAN intergrated in motherboard. After I changed network to separate Ethernet adapter Leopard didn't hung at all. It is just peace of mind for me after Windows :D

[Ali C.]

Yeah, it runs smoother than a fresh XP install on mine. Also a lot less downtime waiting for Time Machine and an audio kext than (in my case) restoring Windows from a disk image then reinstalling because the backup is from an old mobo.

[Kabooka]

works as good as a real machine in my case, been running office 2008, photoshop cs3, final cut pro all without any snags. so i guess i finally leave the painfull world of windows.

[HEYMANG]

If you were to buy all the right parts and do your research before starting... then yes, it can be just as stable as the "real" thing. BUT it should really only be a fun thing to do.

I don't really think people should plan out and build something just to be a "hackintosh", I think it should be something you already have laying around or have other uses for.

But that's just me, if I was going to be running OS X full time I would just get the real thing, even I had to get a used one.

Couldn't have said it better. Respect to all the real heads out there.

[bartp]

ill answer my own question..
ive got it up .running 10.5.3 and all works great.
using it mainly for graphic design. adobe/cinema 4d (running 64 bit)

the only thing that is not working right is my mouse.. it will freeze every time it wakes from sleep mode.
other than that, its just as good as the real thing.

[Aydinz]

if anyone can find the names and models of all the Mac hardware i would be very surprised. the reason people cant make it exactly the same is because they cant get enough info, i myself have tried and i was very close all i was missing was the motherboard model, and then i found out a Gigabyte P35 motherboard worked amazingly but unfortunently now it is a discontinued model with the P45's being built now so i cant fine the anyone selling a P35 anymore...

[manofmany]

My prebuilt HP Pavillion works just fine as my primary OS. I dual boot Vista as well but only use it maybe 20 minutes out of every week at most.

This is the real thing if you have the desire to make it work.

[NuhkaX]

I built a hackintosh. I was due to upgrade my machine so I made sure everything I got was OSX compatible. Been using a hackintosh as my main system since the deadmoo, maxxus days. Works great just have to be careful with updates but I have a second partition to test the update before I do it to my main working system.

[Ianxxx]

Question isn't, is it as good as the real thing, but is it better?
It's certainly cheaper, and most of the problems I get are ones that peeps get on real macs, the only difference there is that instead of waiting for apple to get it's finger out, one of our many genius friends in the osx86 community usually comes up with a fix.

[oneshot]

It a matter of getting the right hardware. If your like me and just try and pop in the disk you'll probably have problems. Luckily most problems are easy to fix. It seems like (for me) OSX doesn't run as smooth as on a real mac but thats because Im still trying to work around a couple glitches. One thing I really like is that I have a great video card that is probably 10 times better than a macbook. If you plan ahead you will definitely want to try and get a good Intel CPU instead of AMD because if you've been reading the forums you would know that Intel runs more like a real mac and installing updates is a lot easier.

[CyCLoBoT]

get a good Intel CPU instead of AMD because if you've been reading the forums you would know that Intel runs more like a real mac and installing updates is a lot easier.

Espcially with the release of Voodoo kernel, I don't think it matters if you have Intel or AMD. I have been running on my AMD machine and haven't had any issues so far. Yes at beginning, there wasn't much support for AMD hardware but in my opinion it doesn't matter if you have Intel or AMD.

[oneshot]

Espcially with the release of Voodoo kernel, I don't think it matters if you have Intel or AMD. I have been running on my AMD machine and haven't had any issues so far. Yes at beginning, there wasn't much support for AMD hardware but in my opinion it doesn't matter if you have Intel or AMD.

I agree. What I was saying was that it would just be less work to have an intel cpu instead of an amd cpu =) I see that I kinda exaggerated it though haha.

[gnalc]

there are still a handful of people selling gigabyte p35's in my country. most of them are ds3r's, and some ds3ps -- although people selling it are really hiking up the prices!

if anyone can find the names and models of all the Mac hardware i would be very surprised. the reason people cant make it exactly the same is because they cant get enough info, i myself have tried and i was very close all i was missing was the motherboard model, and then i found out a Gigabyte P35 motherboard worked amazingly but unfortunently now it is a discontinued model with the P45's being built now so i cant fine the anyone selling a P35 anymore...