InfiniteMac OSx86 - View Single Post - Reliability of OS X in a real production environment (on non-apple h/w)

uman · 06-17-2009, 03:29 PM

Beaver,

Some advice, take it any way you like

1. Look where Apple is going when choosing hardware. Since they've transitioned away from ATI, & Intel towards nVidia, you'll have much better luck getting the graphics going if the card is being used in a current Mac.

2. Wait a cycle or two on OS upgrades. Check the compatibility threads on insanely, here and elsewhere. You'd be surprised how subtle the breakage is on mundane upgrades. If you can live with [that is, you're in a secure environment] 6 month OS upgrade cycles, then do so.

3. Otherwise if you need shorter upgrade cycles, stick as close to a retail installation as possible. (I've actually had less problems on non-retail installations than on retail, although my situation may be different than yours since right now I'm working exclusively on several laptops.) If you've done good desktop component selection, than go retail install.

4. Buy better components. Yeah, you can go way cheaper than Apple for desktops, but don't go too cheap!

Lastly-- wow, some Amiga fans! I developed for the Amiga back in the 80s: Publisher 1000 & Publisher Plus. Least fun part: getting overruled on my push for a low pricepoint, so the publisher could take most of the sales revenue. Most fun part: a font scaling algorithm I did using the bitblitter, which really impressed a reviewer at Computer Shopper.... Ahh, nostalgia.