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Why not /g/? You just hate windows anyway, and since you're all hipsters it would be great alternative to linux on which you can't do shit.
Fuck it I'll take the bait. Mah Freedoms!
>osx bait
>>51841176
I actually really liked my Hackintosh build but ended up back in Windows because OSX has shit gaming performance and mousefeel.
>>51841437
doesn't hackintosh have shit performance over all?
>>51841192
Isn't osx more free than microsoft though?
>>51841467
They're both not free, so no.
>>51841467
>doesn't hackintosh have shit performance over all?
No, the Hackintosh process barely requires more than a bootloader and a proper config file for that bootloader these days. They run as fast as OSX would normally run on such hardware. The problem is that the OSX graphics stack has always sucked dick for games; installing Windows on a MacBook typically nets you like 30-40% more FPS in games.
>>51841689
What about anything else than games?
Like, let's say I want to dual boot on my new build; an i5 4460 (yes I know it's locked and not extremely future proof, I don't give a shit) and an r9 280x, some cheap samsung SSD. I want games usually, but I also work with adobe products which happen to be available on OSX. Would hackintosh lose performance there as well?
I just figured that dual booting with linux was kind of pointless considering that even when I'm not playing games I still need something that doesn't work well on linux (sucks to be a graphic designer).
>>51841784
this.
Would hackintosh performance suck in photoshop and after effects?
>>51841784
>Would hackintosh lose performance there as well?
No. Like I said, Hackintoshes run just as well as OSX would on the same hardware. Since Apple uses Intel's standard shit, it Just Works for the majority of post-UEFI Intel hardware. That setup would likely be 100% supported as long as there's a kext (driver) for the r9 280x. I'm not sure about that since I don't use AMD video cards. As long as you're willing to set up and maintain the install, you can build an OSX workstation for much cheaper than usual.
Again, that process is extremely simple these days. With the Clover EFI bootloader, you actually use the official Apple OSX installer as a base and only install additional kexts if your setup requires them. You tweak the configuration to match your hardware and boom, you're done. It's easier than most Linux installs and you get OSX instead of some butt ugly bullshit.
>>51842002
Hmm, sounds nice, but still why would anyone go for OSX if he could use windows and play games on the same machine? Basically why go for OSX?
>>51841176
reminder to all Hackintosh users:
If you aren't using clover EFI, you're doing it wrong. Having a bios is no excuse.
Hackintosh master race.
>>51841437
It's a game you're playing is old enough you could always run it inside of wine. this is how to play counter strike source. It's available on Mac but it doesn't play as well as it does in wine with DirectX 9
Hackintoshes are good middle ground for those not autistic enough to go full Linux but too autistic to want to stick to just be on the windows. I've been doing hackintoshing since it was first possible with Tiger and I've learned a lot about how OS X works and how to fix issues on even regular macs. I now work as a computer technician at a university and I'm the only one there that knows the ins and outs of both Mac and Windows. Would recommend 100%
>>51842437
>>51842328
convince me then, I use PC for graphic design, anime and to shitpost on 4chan. Though I like to play games occasionally. What now? Is hackintosh for me? Where to start if it's worth it?
>>51842285
OSX is a really nice UNIX environment and has things Windows doesn't have like quick view, an actual accessible cli behind the OS, better graphics api aside for gaming (dx is king there), and overall it looks alot better imo. IV used Windows all my life and instill do, but OSX works great as a Hackintosh barring any weird ass hardware (lol AMD)
>>51842495
>anime
Try Linux. You're too far gone
>>51842495
Whatever you can do all of those things and maybe even game on OSX depending on the game. If you don't won't to, I won't make an argument for it. You have to be willing to learn a new OS and not have baby duck syndrome about it.
>>51841437
>mousefeel
People talk about this all the time but I switch between OS X, Linux, and Windows on a regular basis and can't tell a difference at all. Either I insta-adjust or people overexaggerate the difference, I don't know which.
>>51842002
I haven't actively hackintoshed in a while but from what I gather, the 280/290 and 380/390 are supported by OS X, but the 290/390 and particularly the X variants have better support than the rest.
>>51842328
I haven't adopted Clover on my 2008 hackintosh laptop because it's literally impossible to know what combination of settings and incantations are "right" and "optimal" and that drives me nuts. Chameleon's switches are few enough in number to find a "correct" setup reasonably easily.
>>51841784
I wouldn't bother in your case. Hackintosh is kind of a pain in the ass with AMD graphics. I would recommend getting a nvidia card if you really want to, since nvidia makes OS X drivers that work perfectly, and Adobe software can really take advantage of CUDA.
Personally I use my Hackintosh for Final Cut Pro, it works fine.
>>51842637
The mouse feel I can vouch for in counter strike source. It's ACCELERATION is slugish, which in a twitch shooter is shit.
As far as clover, look up what others with similar hardware are using. Trust, f@m. Updating from appstore without having to worry about shit is fucking rad. Only time you have to modify is moving from major version to major version, 10.9 to 10.10 to 10.11 etc. And all that is is a copy and paste of files to their appropriatly named 10.10" or whatever folder.
>>51842746
That makes some amount of sense as I don't really play FPS games on my OS X machines, but instead mostly just Blizzard stuff, or maybe once in a blue moon a VN or some classic like Descent or Deus Ex. My PS4 takes care of any random FPS itches I get.
>>51841176
>eating shit from your hands
>why not /g/?
>>51842820
I never got this meme. Please explain why its funny, without repeating memes.
>>51842584
>uses osx
>calls someone else baby duck
How the hell do I read this? It says 91GB free, but the bar says something completely different. It's a brand new computer with only like two programs I installed myself. If the default apps really are taking up 77GB of space, this purchase was a mistake.
>>51842878
>using a mobile OS as a desktop
>>51842495
>graphic design and games
So your only options are os x and windows. Just use whichever you prefer, it's all personal preference
>>51842878
Right click your HD and do Get Info, it should paint a much more accurate picture.
Also, grab OmniDiskSweeper from https://www.omnigroup.com/more. It's a free zero nonsense app that'll show you exactly where all of your space is going.
>>51842930
Thanks, I'll try it out.
>>51842868
I dont think you've read the thread. I've used both windows and osx, and still do. Ive used windows all my life and when i switched to using osx, it was a big change but I learned it well enough to become a power user. baby ducks complain about whatever OS their using not being like their fave one and give up. also kill yourself, you are literally projecting baby duck by talking shit about an OS you've never used.
>>51843014
>uses osx
>calls himself a power user
>telling someone else to kill themselves
>>51841176
running hackintosh at work because boss bought a mac mini 2015 model, which is just awful compared to a 3 year old system.
so instaleld Yosemite and BOOM we now have a good RIP center.
the mac mini wont even do 4k60hz lol.
>>51843085
What do you use?
I know its hard answering without greentext, but give it a shot.
>>51843123
Everything except OSX, since it's the worst of both Windows and Linux with the advantages of neither.
I installed hackintosh to check it out but I will probably never use it. I rather stick to windows or boot into loonix.
>>51843157
Nice argument bro. Good examples. Go watch anime and playing tux racer.
>>51843222
Nice deflection and no argument bro. Go eat more shit from your hands.
>>51843253
I'm not the one making the case that "OSX is just bad"
Tell me HOW its bad you underage meganerd. all youve said is "Its bad, because linux and windows are better"
Sold case.
>>51843305
I'm not the one making the case that "OSX is just good"
Tell me HOW its good you underage meganerd. all youve said is "Its good, because linux and windows can't do anything"
Sold case.
>>51841176
Starting to consider having a disc with OS X on my PC, just to be able to properly work with Pro Tools. I hate how several DAW's workspace just disappear in windows.
Try harder OP
OS X has a nice subsystem though (the mach + bsd combination is delicious) if applel just open sourced the graphical subsystem (quartz) it would be purrfect
>>51843608
>if applel just open sourced the graphical subsystem (quartz) it would be purrfect
if apple did that every linux distro and its dog would look like an OS X clone overnight, it'd be branding suicide
>>51841176
>Why not /g/?
There's spyware in the custom kernel
Hackintosh is a broken unpolished hobbyist experiment just like Linux and BSD
>>51843658
Hackintoshes haven't needed custom kernels literally years as long as you're running intel. Only machines with AMD CPUs needs a custom kernels, and fucking nobody but like two guys in russia hackintoshes AMD machines.
I'd rather put Windows on a mac
>>51843565
worth it imo. Protools is running like a champ on my hack build
>>51843737
A+ great contribution to thread
>>51843644
then we would get rid of applel. everyone besides hipster kids happy. seriously though, i've been looking at puredarwin (dead for like 5 years) and it looks like we could build the non-proprietary part of Apple using the code they release open source, and since most of the kext files (drivers) besides nvidia are open source this could be something that surpasses lunix.
>>51843780
>i've been looking at puredarwin
Just use real BSD and not a shitty hobbyist clone.
>>51843705
Haven't Hackintoshed since Mountain Lion using iAtkos. It worked pretty well but my 660 Ti was stuttering.
Has that been fixed yet?
>>51843780
That would be awesome until the next generation intel chipsets come out and no one wants to do the shit work of writing stable drivers. From there it declines to shit.
We need paid developers. Loonix is what you get when everyone just works on what they're interested in and no one wants to do the shit work that would make it a polished complete product.
>>51843827
>I haven't eaten shit from my hands for years.
Relapse is a terrible thing.
Serious question.
How easy is it to install cracked office on osx?
I might just jump on it
Also weird res like 1680*1050?
>>51843891
>Serious question.
>How easy is it to eat shit from my hands?
It might be a bit hard to collect it, but the eating from your hands part should be easy.
>>51843909
>Using this meme as an argument
>being over 12
Pick one
>>51843928
it's probably OP samefagging fake drama to bump his thread
>>51843827
Dont use distro osx, use pure osx with clover EFI and read up on your gfx card. It should work fine with Nvidia drivers but there may need to be some initial flags to run install.
>>51841176
>spend weeks perfecting hackintosh
>apple releases minor update
>everything broken
no thanks
>>51843928
>eating shit from your hands
>being over 12
Pick one.
>>51843780
>>51843820
Unless puredarwin can eventually run osx binaries, its not worth the effort. OSX needs a reactos type os. But with actual development.
>>51843987
You literally made my argument for you being under 12.>>51843977
>>51843820
those complaints are probably valid but
>using an OS with shit hardware support and no proper bleeding edge package source
top cu.ck
>>51843851
there's already heavy work going into developing drivers by hackintosh faggots, using them it's a matter of dropping the kext in their right places. Using the gnu Cocoa / Carbon implimentations would tell OEM's "you don't have to do any extra work, just port your app with some small modifications". A man can dream.
>>51843977
didnt mean to quote you:>>51844011
Anwayway, With Clover EFI as the bootloader, you can update right from the app store and not break anything. Clover EFI Master race. Cham/Chimera are depreciated garbage.
>>51844011
>i eat shit from my hands
You literally made my argument for you being under 12.
>>51843891
Pirating Office on OS X is stupid easy. It doesn't use any of that KMS bullshit so cracking it is cake. You can also grab the volume license version which doesn't need a serial or activation at all. Just mount disk image -> copy to Applications folder. Done.
>>51844039
Open source Swift also gives hope, since it will include a complete Apple-written reimplementation of Foundation.
>>51844109
>eating shit from my hands is stupid easy.
thistbhfam
>>51844109
This
Pic related is the extent of anti-piracy on OS X
>>51843997
Puredarwin (or any other implimentation) can probably natively run ELF64 or Mach-o executable formats as long as they don't require quartz or whatever proprietary shit that is in Mac OS X (i.e you can just drop the node.js files compiled on OS X on puredarwin and it'll work)
>Hackintosh
>Being this poor
Might as well buy the hardware it's designed to work with and save yourself the headaches.
>>51844199
>paying money to apple for overheating foxconn trash
>>51841784
i got illustrator and photoshop working on linux
OSX lacks a lot of software so you will use a VM anyway, at that point you might as well use Linux since you don't have to worry that much about the hardware you use.
>>51844220
Gross
>>51844272
>this coming from someone who eats shit from his hands
>>51844249
Like what? I'm genuinely curious
>>51842437
do you mind if i save this pic? :)
>>51844249
Highly dependent on your field. If you're an EE for instance, yes there's a bunch of Windows-only stuff you'd run in a VM, but outside of a few hyper-specialized fields there's little that you'd need to run in a VM instead of in OS X.
>>51844213
They oddly last longer than any other brand. My school has 8 and 10 year old macs that run just fine.
>>51844220
wine is fucking terrible.
>>51844291
All yours my friend
>>51844319
Crossover works surprisingly well on the other hand.
>>51844319
A good OS with a terrible VM is better than OSX shit with a good VM.
>>51844290
CAD/CAE, data analysis, VS, Engineering software.
>I use OS X.
>>51844387
a child's meme.
>>51844407
This. OSX is a meme. Grow up and use a real OS you fucking children.
>>51844451
No, sir you misunderstood. But any 12 year old would given the circumstances.
>>51844451
lmao, well maneuvered
>>51844140
correct, and also some of the graphical parts in OS X already have open source crossovers (GNU Cocoa etc) which leave like only 100-200 lines of code for OEM's to change in order to adapt their apps to our darwin distro.
>>51843375
You're splitting my sides. Guy can't defend his own points and calls you out for not pulling out points. What a fucking child.
"it's good but if you say it's bad prove it" fucking prove it's good then champ. There are two states: of use and no use. You don't convince the opposition by saying the other choice is bad, you convince them your choice is good. Guy's gonna get eaten alive out there.
>>51844587
You're splitting my sides. Guy can't defend his own points and calls you out for not pulling out points. What a fucking child.
"it's good but if you say it's bad prove it" fucking prove it's good then champ. There are two states: of use and no use. You don't convince the opposition by saying the other choice is bad, you convince them your choice is good. Guy's gonna get eaten alive out there.
>>51844587
seems like you guys made the kid so butthurt he can't even form his own sentences, just copies yours trying to communicate. well done
>>51844109
i tried with 2016 but i got a activation needed.
please provide simple guide and link to which torrent i should use.
in return i can say i love you
>>51844886
Just get the volume license version. Can't spoonfeed you the torrent but I'm sure you can find it.
>>51844963
>Can't spoonfeed you
That's fine. I prefer eating shit from my hands anyway.
>>51841176
It doesn't work well on some hardware, and when an update comes out the OS is apt to shit its pants.
>>51844981
kek
>>51841176
Because I prefer to run my operating system on hardware it was made for. Besides, my use cases for my desktop aren't intensive, so I just picked up an old used Mac for cheap
>>51845042
>Because I prefer to eat my shit from the anus it came from.
That's nothing to brag about son.
>>51845098
>software runs on the hardware it was designed for
vs
>some basement dweller comes up with a mickey mouse solution that's buggy as fuck but "it just (barely) works!"
![s-l1600[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/sLVseTD.jpg "s-l1600[1].jpg")
>>51841176
Just buy a Mac. They're not that expensive.
You can get an old Mac Pro for under $500. It won't have the same performance as a Windows-based Workstation PC, but it's still pretty good and you will not have to fuck around with hacking the thing to get it to work.
The whole point of using OS X and Apple shit is it "just werx". A hackintosh defeats the point.
>>51845133
>>some basement dweller comes up with a mickey mouse solution that's buggy as fuck but "it just (barely) works!"
So OSX?
>>51841176
>Why not
I'll tell you: I'm coming from the Apple world, have been using their stuff for about 15 years now, maybe even longer. I was even one of the few first people in my country building a hackintosh, we were the true pioneers, good and useful information on how to install was rare and most often it could just be found on irc.
However, Apple fucked up pretty bad in my opinion. First they ditched carbon, whch killed a lot of my applications. Then rosetta was kill, another huge pile of stuff I even bought doesn't work anymore. Good/well known examples are Warcraft III or Diablo II from Blizzard.
With 10.7 (or was it 10.8?) they fucked up real bad with the virtual desktops (called spaces) and multimonitor setups, nothing really worked until they released 10.10. 10.10 however, is fucking incredibly s-l-o-w-a-s-f-u-c-k. I've 8 GB of RAM, and after a cold boot, about 3,5 GB are already in use. Normally that's no problem: RAM is there to be used and speed up I/O. But 10.10 is slow as fuck. Many applications/updates of applications need the latest versions of OS X though, because Apple switched the compiler (or just to kek, I don't know anymore). If that wasn't already enough, they fucked spotlight with a gay ass search field where the holy QuickSilver should be alone, they introduced online results in spotlight, even Facebook and Twitter got added to the context menu.
I don't use any of that nor do I want it. But guess what? I cannot unfacebook these machines, the entries are hardcoded and so far the hacks to remove them were all dirty.
Now I use Win 8.1 for muh few games and KDE for everything else. Mac OS X is still installed for managing my huge music library, but that's going to be it I guess.
It was a fun ride, keks were had because of the cheap prices of hackintoshes (I've had a few already) and the superb performance, but that shit now is just history in my eyes. The future lies in the Linux world. It's all due to steves death I guess.
>>51845174
Nobody complained when NeXT was doing it
>>51845149
>You can eat shit from your hands for under $500.
baka desu senpai
>>51845149
>The whole point of using OS X and Apple shit is to eat it from your hands
Sorry, fixed a few typos.
>>51845182
>Then rosetta was kill, another huge pile of stuff I even bought doesn't work anymore. Good/well known examples are Warcraft III or Diablo II from Blizzard.
A lot of OS X games are just Windows games in Cider wrappers anyway. Apple switching to Intel enabled game devs to hit a whole new level of laziness.
>le osx is good meme
>>51845149
I wish so much that Apple still made towers. I can finally afford one but now all they make are the cylinders which are a little too tilted toward industrial video work (dual FirePros).
>>51845206
The old Mac Pros are solid computers. I considered them when looking for my own computer, but I wanted Windows for muh gaymes and cheaper GPU upgrades.
Still, if you plan on using Photoshop or Maya or something like that an old Mac Pro could be a good choice.
This is an interesting listing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Mac-Pro-3-1-A1186-MA970LL-A-w-Xeon-8-Core-2-8Ghz-2TB-HDD-32GB-10-7-LION-/161916357105?hash=item25b2f789f1:g:1LoAAOSwv-NWbHv0
I'd offer $400 and see what happens.
>>51841176
>Why not /g/?
already have a $1100 linux tower and T400
I am considering getting a mac mini though just b/c they look like fun
>>51845285
>tilted toward industrial video work
>trashcan pro
ayylmao
>>51845312
>Mac
>solid computers
Pick one.
>>51845359
ok hotshot tell me what is wrong with a Mac Pro from a quality standpoint.
>>51845182
I don't know if you've tried 10.11, but it's getting back to 10.6 levels of speed. The reason it's taken this long is because from 10.7 foward, there's been massive churn under the hood (lots of changes and rewrites going on) with only a handful of developers to get the job done (most resources are focused on iOS these days). Naturally when anything gets rewritten it takes a while to get things running as well as they used to.
Also, it's pretty obvious that they're now optimizing exclusively for setups that include SSDs as a boot drive, which could also be responsible for the slowdowns you saw if you were still on spinning rust.
>>51845377
>100 degrees celcius
>tell me what is wrong
>>51845420
>OSX is just slightly less of a steaming pile of shit this year guys, we really mean it this time!
>>51845249
Well yes and no, I didn't really play these Windows games being ported to Mac OS X, I played real Mac OS X games, like Airburst Extreme etc. I've got a pretty big folder full of Mac games, but cannot play them anymore because their CEO is now a gay person. Literally.
Last time I checked my UT2k4 install that shit didn't even work and I went tableflip mode. If that's not even working anymore, why bother staying? They try to sell me Macbook Airs with 4 GB of RAM. I cannot even imagine how slow such a machine is when using 5 applications at once.
Thing is: Once you run out of memory with >=10.9, the kernel now compresses the memory instead of creating virtual memory (aka pagefile). They managed to do such a horrible job with this, that the whole machine stays slow when multitasking, unless you reboot completely. Even if you've only got a slow ass dual core with a blazing fast SSD, OS X will now compress and waste CPU cylces instead of putting it on the SSD.
They shill it to their gay ass Apple store kid iPhone users by saying that it saves battery runtime. Maybe it does, but I bet that the real batteryprofits were made on another level in the OS, I don't believe that wasting CPU cycles costs less power than doing disk I/O.
There is/was a shell command to deactivate the gay memory management, but that shit tends to make the whole machine unstable and I had to disable it.
I really loved their products, but nowadays so many apps of mine don't work anymore and I don't see spending a shitton of money in the app store for some swift-written-replica by some newfig iPhone-nigger-dev-monkey.
>>51845433
Never heard of any such issues on tower design Mac Pros.
Poor quality shitposting
>>51845501
>shilling macs
Poor quality shitposting
I gave up on it because you need a Mac or a virtual machine to do the unibeast shit and I got pissed because after downloading el capitan in my vm unibeast wouldn't copy all files to my usb stick. it would get stuck and wouldn't change at all. if someone could give 100% step by step process that works with a virtual box, I'm all ears. maybe I'll try again in like a week or something with a different OS X version
I did a Hackintosh a few years ago, but I couldn't get everything to work.
If I could get everything to work, I would consider it.
Just don't really see the point in OSX.
If I want non-free software support I use Windows.
If I want to tinker with stuff I use Linux.
What does OSX have over either? It looks good and works well as a facebook machine, but so does Linux with the right DE and themes.
>>51845420
It's funny you say that, I bought my first SSD when you still had to pay 3$/GB, so that wasn't really the problem. The problem is the memory management. You can disable it with a terminal command, but when updating you can run into weird problems and later on I also ran into kernel panics and had to activate RAM compression again.
Going for 10.11 wouldn't make any more sense to me I guess, I really love the look and feel of KDE 5 Plasma 5 and I'm looking forward to stay with it, heck maybe even port some stuff I want to see on Linux e.g. QuickLook (btw: all my quicklook plugins became broken with 10.9 too, e.g. webm preview - which annoyed so much that the sum of it all made me make the jump to the obese penguin OS).
>>51845587
Hmm, odd. I used hackintoshed 10.9 on a Dell workstation laptop (2.5Ghz C2D/8GB RAM/250GB 840 EVO) for several years before buying a 15" rMBP (2.5Ghz i7, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD) back in May, and I can't say I've had any of the trouble you've seen. Maybe it depends on frequently used applications or something.
If you're happy with KDE that's cool. I tried it for a while and the prevalent software design philosophy in KDE/Qt stuff of "cram in as many buttons as possible" really got on my nerves, and the system settings app drove me insane with how badly organized settings were. When I use Linux I typically go for XFCE, GNOME, Cinnamon, or a light custom setup with openbox/tint2. It takes me ages to get a Linux box tweaked to my liking though, and I'm never 100% as productive as I am under OS X. There's also always some little annoying thing that doesn't quite work right. That's what's keeping me away from Linux at the moment.
I would, if Apple weren't such dicks about it
>Linux tries its hardest to work on everything
>Apple tries its hardest to only work on Apple hardware and nowhere else
>>51845960
Well, it's really a choice of where and how to focus development resources. You can support a small subset of hardware, or support everything in a mediocre/inconsistent manner.
>>51845841
I know what you mean by that, but that was exactly what I was searching for a long time and with KDE Plasma 5 I finally found it. I've used KDE 4 for a few weeks and that really felt way too crammed and heavy.
Also I forgot to add that I'm having a super nice DAC on my mobo which is extremely loud when using Linux, with Mac OS X I can only use line out and also the maximum volume isn't as high.
There's always going to one thing that annoys me, no matter which OS. I love Windows 8.1 because it just werks, but it's just a babby OS really, no SSH, not even a bash. With Mac OS X I miss too much of the stuff I used to love and I'm tired of always having to look for alternatives for the software I'm using (e.g. there was an app (forgot the name already, soz) which allowed to route any audio in and output for any in or output. with 10.7 or something it stopped working and since then there is no system wide equalizer anymore in Mac OS X, not even a third party tool having that. It's just the sum of so many things ;_;)
Anyway: Enjoy you're Mac OS X, I loved it and still do, but something has to happen, and I know that KDE 5 Plasma 5 can bring more Linuxjoy to the masses with just a few tweaks. I feel like it combines the best bits of Linux, Mac OS X and Windows. I use the DEs you mentioned, but they aren't (yet) functional enough. Ez to use: yes.
>>51846145
*to be (to be or not be? well I am not and my computer is neither)
>>51841953
My Photoshop runs fasster on OSX then Win7
>>51841784
Hackintosh is cool and all if it's just a casual use machine but if you're working on it use a real Mac or a different OS
>>51846028
It's not just that. Some hardware causes it not to boot at all. OS updates might do the same. The yellow exclamation mark in Windows device damager is nothing compared to what Apple does.
>>51846028
>40 years focusing on ONE hardware platform
>still can't make an OS that isn't an unusable piece of shit
>>51846145
do you have any tips for making plasma 5 good?
>>51846249
It's been developed to make certain assumptions about hardware. What I've found in my hackintoshing ventures is that it mostly expects reference/stock designs on hardware, and anything that deviates gives it a hard time.
This is why workstation laptops (Thinkpad W series, Dell Precision, HP Elitebook) hackintosh pretty easily while cheap consumershit is a crapshoot - trashy consumer laptops have junk lowest bidder components that do all sorts of weird nonstandard shit which is worked around with manufacturer drivers.
>>51841176
before I build a fucking hackintosh who doesnt work 30% of the time I buy myself a fucking 5K iMac
#inb4brokefags
yeah okay but do you have gestures on hackintosh? do you have the godly macbook trackpad?
>>51846358
lol. enjoy that 30hz monitor and hardware that overheats and throttles like crazy and ends up breaking after a year because of 90 degrees celcius.
>>51846414
lelz
enjoy your low resolution virus bullshit.
macs are for real work you dipshit
>>51846347
Well, not really to be honest. But I also just made the switch from KDE 4 to KDE 5 and so far I am quite pleased.
I guess I'll rice a bit now, you reminded me of it.
>>51846406
>floppy diving board shit
>godly
Why are mactards universally mongoloid brain dead morons?
>>51846406
I've had mousegestures when Apple introduced two finger scrolling.
But no traditional gestures, no.
Reminder: You can still buy the trackpad and use it with a hackintosh.
ITS HAPPENING
>>51844296
tfw when my g5 died after 1 year from melting
Someone can teach me how to hack dropbox acc pls ?
>>51846553
isntall osx
get hacked
?profit
>>51841176
>that case
>that mouse
>OSX
The fuck?
Why do hackintosh users eat shit from their hands?
>>51846659
>what is a hackintosh
Also did you really think you could only use Apple mice and trackpads on OS X?
Already have a hackintosh. I will install it on a ssd, now.
>>51846743
how does it run? do you like it? any issues?
>>51841176
>be me
>2010-ish
>try hackintosh just for fun
>my PS/2 Keyboard doesn't work
Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
>there are people who actually take the time to go through hoops to install a shit OS
>>51846775
How does it run?
OSX? A hundred times better than windows.
>any issues?
Nope.
>>51846777
No mac has ever had a PS/2 port. Before USB they used ADB,. So why would they put PS/2 support into OS X?
>>51846836
There's kext for that.
>>51846802
>osx
You mean a hundred times worse.
Only applel could fuck up a *nix so bad it runs worse than Windows.
>>51842328
>If you aren't using clover EFI
This is very true. Clover is by far the way to go.
>>51841176
I just got done building a hackintosh for my parents for the first time, so I'll give you my point of view.
Okay, a lot of things that few people just getting into Hackintosh-ing tend not to know to even ask, and no one in this thread has mentioned.
1) iMessage/FaceTime - There are colossal threads on getting these to work. It's not simple. A lot of people simply give up and just say, "LOL I'LL JUST USE SKYPE." If you're replacing all the Apple shit with alternative shit, why bother using OSX? Because you're a fucking idiot, that's why. The whole point of the Apple ecosystem is integrated services that work seamlessly throughout all your devices. And I have to admit the whole integration with iMessage and your cell number and your appleID and FaceTime etc is pretty cool.
2. Sleep - A lot of mobos, especially H97/Z97/etc work quite well natively with power management and sleep, however not always. And when it doesn't work... shit sucks. Pick your mobo carefully.
3. Wifi/bluetooth - A dongle tends to be the easiest solution, but I went with an internal m.2 card, using an actual Apple card. It worked natively. Some/most mobos do not provide the necessary power through this port though and will require a separate plug. Mine just happened to.
4. El Capitan - You may want to jump right into the latest, but you may find that a lot of your problems with the system magically disappear if you just stick with Yosemite for now, especially power on/off/sleep functions. This isn't even Hackintosh specific. It could just be El Capitan. For instance, my brother has a macbook air, and it does not want to sleep half the time after "upgrading." So I suggest starting with Yosemite, getting it working, back it up, then trying El Cap. If you used Clover, it's a super easy upgrade (i.e. you copy a kext over, then you click install).
>>51846891
Bro, I don't have a mac. I have a hackintosh and OSX runs better on this machine than windows 8.1.
>>51846777
>ps2 kb/mouse does not work
>Whole os is bad
lmao wow you are the worst kind of nerd. The stupid kind.
>>51846891
>thinks osx is mac hardware
hungergamesgirl_oh_ok.gif
>>51846938
>need a billion bullshit chink hacks to get a shit OS to even boot
>whole os is good
lmao wow you are the worst kind of nerd. The retard kind.
>>51846960
Are we still talking about osx? or are we now on gentoo? I cant tell.
>>51846980
Ayy
>>51846980
>even macfags have come to realize osx is a piece of shit and a meme just like gentoo
topkek
>>51846905
Oh and I should mention, if your iMessage/Facetime is not working, you may have problems with the App Store as well. It's all tied back to your AppleID.
5. Try to get all your shit working before you even get the machine online. It's really tempting to setup your wifi right during installation, but don't. Persistent and consistent serial number, HUUID, SID, ROM, BSN before ever getting online will save you a lot of headaches. This is because Apple may automatically blacklist inconsistent shit.
>>51842878
>not clean installing your computer immediately after getting it
>>51844338
>2015
>using ABP
top cuk
/g/ is too poor for Apple
/thread
What benefits would I get from this? I have a spare SSD.
>>51841176
NO! Fuck this. I fucking did this and I can say from experience its a waste of time and parts.
>>51842528
> muh powershell
