My experience with Hackintosh

[bigmacattack]

Here is what I have done so far:

Used these instructions to load a retail version of Leopard. It is by far the best at getting things going: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=86167
LTL is the best!

Ran repair permissions like a million times. The only issues that show up are iLife or iPhoto crap. Not worrying about it. Got rid of the UUID error, I think. Will see tomorrow when I get back to work if Superduper is still having issues making the raid the start up device.

Did the 10.5.2 update using Devin's instructions here: http://forum.insanelymac.com/i...7078&st=0&#entry618748
Devin is also great!

Again, follow the directions to the "T" Got the usual issues afterwards. The about this MAC window was all goofy. If my feeble attempts at fixing it were not successful, I will go back and do LTL's 4a steps. That should take care of it.

Since I have DFI LanParty Dark P35-T2RS, everything is not all plug and play. However, with my drives all connected to the onboard SATA and AHCI enabled, I was able to set up RAID sets thru Disk Utility. That was pretty exciting. Currently I have 2 Rosewill RC-211 with the Sil-3132 chips and the drives connected to them.

So far, everything works except for restart and am uncertain about sleep. I don't let my machines go into sleep, so I probably won't worry about it too much. I Will continue to troubleshoot restart. I may not even worry about it. Time Machine works like a champ and backs up to my designated raid set. I have also have a 160Gb and 200Gb individual drives.

Gotta go for now. If you need help, drop me a line. Will do what I can.

 

[Phobic9]

Originally posted by: bigmacattack


So far, everything works except for restart and am uncertain about sleep. I don't let my machines go into sleep, so I probably won't worry about it too much. I Will continue to troubleshoot restart. I may not even worry about it.

I just made a miniHackintosh out of an Aopen Mini PC I literally had laying around. It pretty much has the exact same specs as an older Mac Mini (1.66GHz Core Duo, Intel GMA950, 1GB Ram) and restart just hangs while sleep mode does something completely odd. I'll be interested to see what you find for these problems.

 

[aphex]

Think I might try one out with the Abit IP35-e on sale at newegg.

 

[Tyranicus]

bigmacattack,
I just installed Leopard on the same mobo, and everything works for me except the audio. Did you have this problem? If so, how did you fix it? Forgive me if there is an obvious answer to this. I'm still a novice at this.

Edit: Nevermind. I found the driver dump on InsanelyMac.

 

[superstition]

Some of the components people are trying to pass off as Mac-equivalent are a bit amusing, like a Rosewill case for $30 with a PSU. I wonder how many components that will take out when it fries? Another example is non-ECC RAM being compared to FB-DIMMs as if they're the same. They aren't. FB-DIMMs are expensive and have error correction.

 

[superstition]

I'm running a dual boot XP/OS X system on a P35-DS3L. Sleep doesn't work, and shutdown doesn't always work (must hold power button). But, everything else runs fine. I built a new machine specifically to run OS X so I can use Garageband.

 

[fyleow]

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[bearxor]

Originally posted by: superstition
Some of the components people are trying to pass off as Mac-equivalent are a bit amusing, like a Rosewill case for $30 with a PSU. I wonder how many components that will take out when it fries? Another example is non-ECC RAM being compared to FB-DIMMs as if they're the same. They aren't. FB-DIMMs are expensive and have error correction.

The only problem I have with people that do this is when they go on about 'ZOMG! Macs are so overpriced!'

You can complain all you want about Apple's choice of Xeon processors. Fine. Hell, I'll even agree with you. But the second you choose to switch out the Xeon for a C2D, the price comparison goes out the window. Decent dual Xeon boards run upwards of $400 retail. The Xeon procs Apple uses run about $700 each. That's damn near 2000 right there before you've bought anything else.

Does Apple need a headless C2D based machine to compete in the 800-1000 price range? Probably. Is a MacPro overpriced? No, not really.

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: bearxor

Originally posted by: superstition
Some of the components people are trying to pass off as Mac-equivalent are a bit amusing, like a Rosewill case for $30 with a PSU. I wonder how many components that will take out when it fries? Another example is non-ECC RAM being compared to FB-DIMMs as if they're the same. They aren't. FB-DIMMs are expensive and have error correction.

The only problem I have with people that do this is when they go on about 'ZOMG! Macs are so overpriced!'

You can complain all you want about Apple's choice of Xeon processors. Fine. Hell, I'll even agree with you. But the second you choose to switch out the Xeon for a C2D, the price comparison goes out the window. Decent dual Xeon boards run upwards of $400 retail. The Xeon procs Apple uses run about $700 each. That's damn near 2000 right there before you've bought anything else.

Does Apple need a headless C2D based machine to compete in the 800-1000 price range? Probably. Is a MacPro overpriced? No, not really.

You know bearxor, I think this is the first time you and I will actually agree with you. I personally never saw why Apple decided to put Xeons into the Mac Pro instead of Core 2 Extremes or something, but the fact remains that if you actually build an equivalent system, you get roughly the same cost as the Mac Pro.

That is why I always get so pissed off by people saying that you can get Brand X for a third the cost of the MacBook Pro.... except Brand X is using slower Core 2s, doesn't have wireless-n, bluetooth, led backlighting, backlit keyboard, and usually uses a worse graphics card... they never actually do an even footing comparison. Now, it is true that you can get a Dell Inspiron for less than the MacBook Pro, and they will be awfully close in spec, but the Inspiron is a consumer machine, and the MacBook Pro is a Pro machine... plastic v aluminum, and it is Dell plastic at that.

 

[superstition]

And it's amusing when someone tries to spin the Mac Pro's use of FB-DIMMs as a good thing. Error correction is not needed for the majority of the Mac Pro's users. FB-DIMMs have lower performance and higher cost.

I said FB-DIMMS are more expensive and have error correction.

Show me where I spun anything.

 

[bearxor]

Originally posted by: TheStu
You know bearxor, I think this is the first time you and I will actually agree with you.

Awww, I doubt that.

The main problem with Apple's pricing is that it's unwavering.

For example, when my MBP came out last summer, I could not build an equivalent machine from Dell for less. The Dell was consistently a couple hundred dollars more. Even now, an equivalent M1530 is about $1800 bucks and doesn't have anywhere near the value in software that's included with the MBP (iLife!).

The catch here is that the M1530 will steadily drop in price month after month where the MBP will stay at the $2000 mark. You could build equivalent systems to previous-gen MBP's for about 1200-1300 before the new ones came out.

I think if Apple would just flex on their pricing so that in say 4 months the $2000 MBP costs like 1800, and then 1600 a couple of months afterwards before being discontinued and replaced and dropped to like 13-1400 it may go a long way towards removing the pricing stigmata.

On a brand-new refresh, a Mac is a great deal for the hardware and software included. 6 months after the refresh though, it needs to drop in price, not be stuck waiting until Apple decides they're going to release something new. And this goes for all of Apple's computers.