Anyone running a Hackintosh?

[WiT8litZ]

Where do you live?

 

[Peder]

i am interested in trying this i just have no idea how i am going to make the install file. :/

 

[LazyLion]

Actually, it's really easy.

Yay!

For Leopard, I used the boot 132 method and had to physically install kexts for lan and audio. Graphics on Geforce 9600 gt using efi strings.

Snow Leopard is a little trickier. You have to compile a DSDT.aml in Leopard. DSDT is so important as Apple now use this as a standard to get your hardware info for SL (Same as BIOS). Without it you will get kernel panics pre-installl; or during install.
I used the Boot-think method on usb. All you have to do is copy DSDT.aml and com.apple.Boot.plist from Leopard to the usb drive's relevant directory and you can boot and install from the retail DVD. ( you have to enable cd boot install option using the command in the .pdf that comes with boot-think) Only kexts needed are also copied to the Boot-Think relevant directory. This bootloader also gives you the option of booting into XP or 7 if installed on seperate HD's.

Unfortunateley, Insanelymac have way too many install methods that are not correct. The method where you install SL from L is incorrect. It's like installing Windows on one PC to be used on another. The other thing is that they are obsessed with the chameleon method which forces you into 64-bit mode resulting in driver and software failiure. The Boot-think method is standard (vanilla). SL in 32 bit runs 64 bit kexts anyway,

I thought you said it was easy. I only understood about three words in there.

 

[Synaesthesia]

Ha ha it's not so simple installing from retail!
What IS simple is installing a prepatched Leopard DVD, like iAtkos or xxx. You need to do this first before you can install snow leopard retail on your pc, unless you have a mac.

Insanelymac is the place to go though (you can look me up there). It is a good ideas to search for your hardware first there to see if it works. I use google to search it by appending "site:insanelymac.com"
I have never booted from a retail DVD, I always use a 8gb flash or hdd partition or direct install. It's faster and more flexible.

I find it slot of trouble bit always worth it ifthe hardware is compatible.

 

[Shardie]

Yeah the easiest is downloading a patched Install DVD. I had the best success using Jas 10.5.2 and then up[grading upto 10.5.8, but now I'm running Snow Leopard using a Retail Install DVD. I made my own boot disk using BootCDMaker 1.1 from Leopard - Google it.

 

[Tsponge]

My current Hackintosh builds:

Hp Mini 311
Chameloen Triple Boot. Mac OS, W7 Ultimate, Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Snow Leopard 10.6.2
Intel Atom N270 1.6Ghz
3GB DDRIII 1066
320GB WD Black Scorpion 7200RPM HDD
Nvidia ION - 256MB - HDMI Working!
Apple Wireless Card with Wifi(draft N) + Bluetooth working
External Samsung DVD writer working out of the box!
Battery life: Mac OS - 2Hrs, W7 - 3 to 5Hrs, Ubuntu NBR - 8Hrs.
Everything is working 100% - Guide - http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=195381


The Irony with the above config is that is ended up costing me close to what a Macbook would have cost...

Then the config I am currently trying to get right:

Asus p5n7a-vm
Attempting to get SL working - If anyone has this config working, please help
Intel C2Q Q9550 2.8Ghz
4GB DDRII 1066 Kingston Hyper X
500GB Seagate barracuda HDD



Glad to see that there is some local actively with the Hackintosh Machines

 

[semiautomatix]

I have a check bugger of a Leopard system purely for testing. The OS irritates me to no end, so I wouldn't personally use it.

 

[Synaesthesia]

@Tsponge, where did you get your HP 311? If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for it?

As for your desktop PC, do you have a graphics card on it? It won't work on onboard graphics?

 

[d0b33]

Anyone running a Hackintosh?

Nope, I prefer my macbook.

 

[phiber]

Nope, I prefer my macbook.

Haha, same

 

[Tsponge]

@Synaesthesia

You are going to laugh... But after much searching and calling HP/Compaq, it came out that DION's was the only people who were going to be keeping the Mini 311...

I paid R5000 for it with the following spec:
N270
1GB Ram
160GB HDD
ION LE
Windows XP home...

As you can see I have upgraded the ***** out of it... and there is a huge community out there with these units.... Have only found one other person locally though

To my knowledge netbooks with the ION chipset ( its a 9400M minus the dedicated memory) are the only netbooks in the world that can play 1080p streams flawlessly.. and I can confirm that... I have tried on the Samsung N130, Sony Vaio W series, Vaio TT series and the new R20K Viao X series (X118, 11" LCD, Atom Z550 - 2Ghz, 2GB RAM,128GB SSD, GMA500, 13Hrs Batery, 780g total weight!!!!)... they ALL failed epically...

And the Irony of it is.... and you going to laugh at this.... my mini 311 even plays 1080p Movies better under W7 ( +- 40fps, MPC-HC, DXVA enabled) than it does on my Macbook pro 13" 2.53Ghz under OS X SL ( +-22fps, lots of tearing, Using VLC). though in all fairness I am not sure if VLC takes full advantage of video acceleration, because my mini also fails epically playing 1080p streams under Linux and Mac OS. As did an iMac 21.5'' with C2D 3.06Ghz + 9400M.. though admittedly I only noticed the occasional pause on the iMac

and for interest sake I was using LODR - Return of the King as a reference file. Size is 11GB, and format is .Mkv playing at 38Mbps if I recall correctly.


Also I am using the onboard GFX card on the desktop.... You think that could be were my problem lies??

The reason I have not "converted" fully to Mac is for the simple reason that it incapable of playing Blu-Ray via my external BD-Drive under Mac OS... I have tried everything! and the only way I can do it is by "bootcamping" into W7 and they told me Apple hardware/software is ahead of its time????

 

[Sackboy]

@Synaesthesia

You are going to laugh... But after much searching and calling HP/Compaq, it came out that DION's was the only people who were going to be keeping the Mini 311...

I paid R5000 for it with the following spec:
N270
1GB Ram
160GB HDD
ION LE
Windows XP home...

As you can see I have upgraded the ***** out of it... and there is a huge community out there with these units.... Have only found one other person locally though

To my knowledge netbooks with the ION chipset ( its a 9400M minus the dedicated memory) are the only netbooks in the world that can play 1080p streams flawlessly.. and I can confirm that... I have tried on the Samsung N130, Sony Vaio W series, Vaio TT series and the new R20K Viao X series (X118, 11" LCD, Atom Z550 - 2Ghz, 2GB RAM,128GB SSD, GMA500, 13Hrs Batery, 780g total weight!!!!)... they ALL failed epically...

And the Irony of it is.... and you going to laugh at this.... my mini 311 even plays 1080p Movies better under W7 ( +- 40fps, MPC-HC, DXVA enabled) than it does on my Macbook pro 13" 2.53Ghz under OS X SL ( +-22fps, lots of tearing, Using VLC). though in all fairness I am not sure if VLC takes full advantage of video acceleration, because my mini also fails epically playing 1080p streams under Linux and Mac OS. As did an iMac 21.5'' with C2D 3.06Ghz + 9400M.. though admittedly I only noticed the occasional pause on the iMac

and for interest sake I was using LODR - Return of the King as a reference file. Size is 11GB, and format is .Mkv playing at 38Mbps if I recall correctly.


Also I am using the onboard GFX card on the desktop.... You think that could be were my problem lies??

The reason I have not "converted" fully to Mac is for the simple reason that it incapable of playing Blu-Ray via my external BD-Drive under Mac OS... I have tried everything! and the only way I can do it is by "bootcamping" into W7 and they told me Apple hardware/software is ahead of its time????

They lied to you. The hardware is pretty average and the graphics card is nearly always listed on the reviews as "not for graphic intensive software and only for beginner games".

OSX is nice, as is some of the exterior styling. Unless you buy a Mac Pro, the rest of their lineup is not worth the outlay.

 

[Synaesthesia]

I disagree, the Macbook Pro range is excellent. The HP 311 looks like a super Netbook, I really want one, but that price is a little too high for me at the moment.

OS X is a great OS but it does lack in those two areas compared to Windows namely hardware accelerated video playback and Blu-Ray playback. Hardware acceleration is available only on the 9400m, using Quicktime Player X. Try Perian

 

[Sackboy]

I disagree, the Macbook Pro range is excellent. The HP 311 looks like a super Netbook, I really want one, but that price is a little too high for me at the moment.

OS X is a great OS but it does lack in those two areas compared to Windows namely hardware accelerated video playback and Blu-Ray playback. Hardware acceleration is available only on the 9400m, using Quicktime Player X. Try Perian

So how is it "ahead of it's time"?

 

[Synaesthesia]

Well it has a lot of features that Windows doesn't have. It's very nice to work with. I predominantly use OS X and only resort to Windows if I have to.

 

[Adenoid Hynkel]

Someone here that can hook me up with a SL Hackintosh version?

 

[Shardie]

New Hackintosh (2010)
Intel 3.06 Core 2 Duo
Inno 3D 9800GT 1GB VGA
Gigabyte GA-G331M-ES2C Motherboard
1.5TB Seagate
4GB KingMax DDR2 800
Snow Leopard Server 10.6.2

 

[Smiley_lauf]

I have failed on 2 occasions to get the hackintosh going on my acer travelmate 6292 and Lenovo X200 TP; it is a true hack this, I must admit. I think I must hook up with someone who has done this and is a master at troubleshooting driver issues. I would very much like to run the mac os on a pc--it is a *nix, with a lot of finesse.

 

[Flashgear]

I got one up and running yesterday with Ikatos v7, I had issues with the graphics drivers and then I read that we must do graphic drivers after the installation, tried it and it worked like a charm Don't really know the specs as it was for a friend.

 

[Synaesthesia]

I have failed on 2 occasions to get the hackintosh going on my acer travelmate 6292 and Lenovo X200 TP; it is a true hack this, I must admit. I think I must hook up with someone who has done this and is a master at troubleshooting driver issues. I would very much like to run the mac os on a pc--it is a *nix, with a lot of finesse.

It won't work really on the X200 because it has Intel X4500 graphics, but you could almost certainly get it working well on the Acer since it has X3100.