Ask HN: Anyone here use a Hackintosh as one of their main machines?

Re:Ask HN: Anyone here use a Hackintosh as one of their main... by creshal on Friday August 12, 2016 @10:21AM (#12275846)

The Mini hasn't been updated in 2 years, and was already slow on release. For normal users it's the better option, but if you're a developer and need to actually get something done, a hackintosh is a very attractive alternative to $4k or more for a similarly beefy iMac / Mac Pro.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone here use a Hackintosh as one of their main... by tostitos1979 on Friday August 12, 2016 @03:52PM (#12278302)

Sad that this is what Mac users have to resort to now.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone here use a Hackintosh as one of their main... by 56k on Friday August 12, 2016 @04:08PM (#12278415)

So true.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone here use a Hackintosh as one of their main... by baron816 on Friday August 12, 2016 @04:52PM (#12278713)

I have a mini and after upgrading to an SSD (the HDD was a terrible terrible mistake) I'm happy with it. For just coding, torrenting, and movies, it's great. Picking my own monitor was a huge plus. I went with a 34" ultra wide screen, which is perfect for coding and movies look amazing since they fill the whole screen without any letter boxing. No problems with my current setup.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone here use a Hackintosh as one of their main... by creshal on Friday August 12, 2016 @05:14PM (#12278857)

It always depends on what you do. If you do graphic/GPGPU intensive processing, the Mini just won't cut it, and my own Go projects would need over a minute for every compile pass.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone here use a Hackintosh as one of their main... by tedmiston on Friday August 12, 2016 @06:44PM (#12279312)

A docked rMBP was the best compromise for me as of two years ago.

Personally I'm going to hold out for the new rMBP with the touch bar function keys.

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