Non-Apple Hardware to run OS X

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Joe

March 04, 2013, 11:16:51 PM
Seems like someone else is giving this a go...

ProjectQ, the $799 Mac Pro replacement

and the actual website of the product...

projectQ

Interesting but I'll believe when I see Apple not sue their pants off.
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andyfest

#1
March 05, 2013, 06:26:43 AM
So there is still hope for a MacPro-type tower now that Apple has stopped making them....
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Farabomb

#2
March 05, 2013, 08:15:10 AM
My friend was building a hackintosh but I'm not sure how far he got.
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

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Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
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Joe

#3
March 05, 2013, 10:37:55 AM
Quote from: andyfest on March 05, 2013, 06:26:43 AMSo there is still hope for a MacPro-type tower now that Apple has stopped making them....

I think Apple still makes them don't they? I know it was rumored once they were going to stop but I thought Apple decided to keep making them.
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t-pat

#4
March 05, 2013, 12:16:21 PM
I'm posting from home on a HP Mini netbook I bought for $25. I remember hackintosh builds for this device, wonder if I care enough to try it. I doubt it, I have a mac and it doesn't get used nearly as much as this cheapo netbook or my phone.
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Farabomb

#5
March 05, 2013, 12:40:15 PM
What netbook is it? 311?
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear on April 06, 2016, 11:54:16 AM
Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
         —Benjamin Franklin
My other job

andyfest

#6
March 05, 2013, 12:46:47 PM
Quote from: Joe on March 05, 2013, 10:37:55 AM
Quote from: andyfest on March 05, 2013, 06:26:43 AMSo there is still hope for a MacPro-type tower now that Apple has stopped making them....

I think Apple still makes them don't they? I know it was rumored once they were going to stop but I thought Apple decided to keep making them.
Well I'll be damned - they do still make a Mac Pro. I thought they put them out with the trash a couple of years ago...
Retired - CS6 on my 2012 gen MacBook Pro

Joe

#7
March 05, 2013, 12:52:41 PM
There was a rumor but I think that is all it was.
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t-pat

#8
March 05, 2013, 01:32:04 PM
Quote from: Farabomb on March 05, 2013, 12:40:15 PMWhat netbook is it? 311?

110-1125NR

Maybe no hackintosh on second thought, it's an Atom with Intel 945 graphics. Kinda shitty actually but I love it for $25
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delooch

#9
March 05, 2013, 02:02:11 PM
i have a dell dual core laptop running some version of hackintosh os.. everything works well except the bluetooth, but i dont use it..
tried installing it on several hardware builds, the dell seemed to have the winning combo of crap installed.

other than dicking around and saying that a made it work, its pretty useless. i wouldnt dump any amount of effort into a pc build with a hacked OS..

since the tablet & xbox360, the 'ol PC is a dead horse. strictly workstation stuff and dvd ripping is about all that its used for. 

gnubler

#10
March 05, 2013, 09:02:33 PM
So would anyone recommend buying this? Or is it a rip? Will it run an older Mac OSX?
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So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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Joe

#11
March 05, 2013, 09:06:03 PM
Quote from: gnubler on March 05, 2013, 09:02:33 PMSo would anyone recommend buying this? Or is it a rip? Will it run an older Mac OSX?

Not me. It might be. Probably not.
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gnubler

#12
March 05, 2013, 09:22:34 PM
I like the way you talk.
Hicks • Cross • Carlin • Kinison • Parker • Stone •  Colbert • Hedberg • Stanhope • Burr

"As much as I'd like your guns I prefer your buns." - The G

Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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Farabomb

#13
March 06, 2013, 08:54:25 AM
If it's possible to multi boot the thing I'd consider it for my next computer. The price is right (there are other models too) and the ablity to load any OS, OC the chip and upgradablity sure sounds like a decent product.

It says any OS so I don't see why you couldn't load a older version of OSX on it. I don't see a floppy so I guess Win 3.11WG is out of the question. Hmm, it says any OS but what if the OS doesn't support all the new fancy architecture? If it could it can replace my NT box I have here that I'm just waiting for it to shit the bed.
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear on April 06, 2016, 11:54:16 AM
Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
         —Benjamin Franklin
My other job

gnubler

#14
March 06, 2013, 10:05:00 AM
Could you partition it to run both Linux & Mac?
Hicks • Cross • Carlin • Kinison • Parker • Stone •  Colbert • Hedberg • Stanhope • Burr

"As much as I'd like your guns I prefer your buns." - The G

Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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