Re:Ask HN: Anyone here use a Hackintosh as one of their main...
by fernandomm on Friday August 12, 2016 @12:59PM
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I've been using a Hackintosh as my main machine for more than 4 years. Mostly for Ruby on Rails and Mobile development.
The "secret" is to get a hardware that is supported ( http://www.tonymacx86.com/buyersguide/july/2016 ) and wait a few months before upgrading when a new OS X versions comes out so that all upgrade bugs are fixed.
When I started I had a graphic card that didn't worked well. Every 5 or 6 days, the UI would freeze completely. I simply got a graphic card that is supported and the problem went away.
My current uptime is 183 days and I only had to reboot because I decided to add a new SSD. I also have a mac mini but almost never uses it as the Hackintosh hardware is far superior.
The "secret" is to get a hardware that is supported ( http://www.tonymacx86.com/buyersguide/july/2016 ) and wait a few months before upgrading when a new OS X versions comes out so that all upgrade bugs are fixed.
When I started I had a graphic card that didn't worked well. Every 5 or 6 days, the UI would freeze completely. I simply got a graphic card that is supported and the problem went away.
My current uptime is 183 days and I only had to reboot because I decided to add a new SSD. I also have a mac mini but almost never uses it as the Hackintosh hardware is far superior.