Hackintosh works?

9livesto live · Post by **9livesto live** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:34 pm

Hallo everyone..

I'm a disillusioned Windows user who wants to try something new.. I've been having the usual unstability, crashes and heavyness problems most of the Win users experience for 2 years... So I turned to Linux, and came back to Win after some month since I was tired of tweakening and not having Ableton. Now I've been reading of people intalling OS X on PC, and getting the whole thing working.

Is some of you making music with hackened OS X? Are things satisfactory? Below you have my hardware configuration, do you think it's worth it?

Thanks everyone in advance!!

Asus A6Km,
AMD Turion 64, MT-34
BIOS: American Megatrend Inc. 300 05/07/2007
SMBIOS: 2.3
RAM: 1GB 2 slots 512 DDR
CD-ROM: Matshita DVD-RAM UJ 841S
Audio: Realtek AC'97 Audio (then, external Terratech PHASE 26 USB, but Mac drivers are not a problem)
Video: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 256 MB
Mouse: Synapsics PS/2 Port Touch Pad
Internal Modem: AC 97 Soft Smart Data Fax Modem with Smart CP
Ethernet: Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC
HDD: FUJITSU MHV2100AT PL 100 GB
Webcam: BisonCam NB Pro
USB: 4 hubs
Firewire: 1hub

Measax · Post by **Measax** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:36 am

I had a friend do it with os 9 but and early editions of 10 but as far as I know you won't find to much on tiger or leapord... it can be done and i saw it run ok but again older versions...

but my advice is to just get a mac.. you'll have a lot less do have to manage as far as hardware etc...

Martian Telecom · Post by **Martian Telecom** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:38 am

The hard part will be finding compatible drivers for the hardware. Start there and work your way forward.

I have seen stable hacks but it is not something for a casual user.

This is not the best forum for this, you really should concentrate on computer HW forums.

tone-def · Post by **tone-def** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:41 am

it didn't work very well.

thom · Post by **thom** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:46 pm

Don't waste your time if it's music you want to make.

Dedicate that pc for production, reinstall XP... remove/disable all the hardware (webcam???) you don't need to run your host. Disable all services not needed too.

You'll have a very stable setup I'm sure.

Buy a 30$ amd 900mghz for the internet.
Anyone serious about music production knows it doesn't make a fucking diff wether you're on mac or pc when producing. You want something that works well with the tools you need. PERIOD

clinc · Post by **clinc** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:49 am

http://lifehacker.com/348653/install-os ... g-required

this actually works quite well for what it is.

at least worth a try if you are considering changing OS platforms.

9livesto live · Post by **9livesto live** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:13 pm

thanks all of you...

adisquo · Post by **adisquo** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:11 am

buy a mac soo