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0 pointsxaduha10y ago0 comments

> Have you ever personally run a Hackintosh, full-time for a prolonged period of time?

I did. But now I'm running Yosemite under KVM, VT-d motherboard, dedicated videocard and USB3 hub.

You can get to a point where "it just works".

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> You can get to a point where "it just works".

For months and months on end of heavy usage without a single restart or issue?

EDIT: to expand a little - I was developing/compiling all day long on my ~2008 MBP with it plugged into an external monitor, network, mouse, kb. I'd close the lid and walk home with it, then watch movies, torrent, develop some more, surf etc. Close lid, and repeat for months on end. The only time I ever restarted was for OS updates, I never had a single app even crash in ~2 years of doing that.

My hackintosh (and the windows 7&8 HP machines here at work) don't hold a candle to that.

xaduhaOP10y ago

> OS X and the Apple hardware work together and never, ever, ever crash, using a Hackintosh is an exercise in frustration.

Well all I can say that there are no crashes and no causes for frustration on my end.

"It just works" for me is - I don't have to think about it, it does not get in a way.

As a bonus: configuration of the VM can be put in a VCS, whole virtual disk can be snapshotted and reverted if needed.

tbob2210y ago

That is your experience. A properly set up Hackintosh (with a custom DSDT and the proper kexts as needed) can be as reliable as a genuine Mac.

Regarding Windows machines, I've had desktops that would be used for months at a time (mostly rendering) without a restart and never crash.

A pretty good way to test for reliability is to let Prime95 and Memtest86 run for a week or so and see if it fails somewhere along the line (obviously proper cooling is a must), many consumer machines will fail this test.

tcdent10y ago

You sound pretty confident in it, so here's a question from a perspective more relevant to the discussion:

Would you found a company and make your primary product hackintosh servers? Are you willing to stand behind your 'perfect' configuration and give those customers years of support?

These guys are running a real startup. A vendor with that exact promise and a failed delivery could tank them.

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