QEMU on Linux does work as it solves the driver issues with virtual hardware. The 2008 Dell XPS runs Mojave fine except for one problem - YouTube stutter. I am not sure if this is due to audio issues but I suspect that it's due to the network. There is a network performance improvement called bridging that's recommended but it's a moderate amount of work to do. Everything else that I do on this system is fine. It would be ideal if I didn't have to run through QEMU but I only got that to work once and haven't been able to replicate that. I will keep working on that system though. I just need this as a reference - if I can get it to work well, then a lot of options open up for used equipment.
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Actually, the entire TonyMacX86 site made building a hackintosh painless for me. I built my first Hack mini for less than $300, on a Core I3. took no more than an hour. If it weren't for that I wouldn't have gone full in on Macs again.
Nowadays, seeing that it would take more to get MacOS to run on anything AMD, it would be more feasible for me to wait a couple more months and see what they come out in the MBP line with M1/M2.
But as far as Hackintoshes go, tonymacx86 and their build guides can't be beat.
BL.
Which HOWTO or guide did you use? I'm half tempted to try a Ryzen build before I go W10 on it..
BL.
My current main Hack/Desktop is a Dell Optiplex 7010:
3.4 i7 3770 Quad
16GB DDR3 Crucial Vengeance
Samsung Evo 870 2 TB storage/Time Machine
1TB Rocket Q NVME Boot disk
BCM94360CS2 Bluetooth/Wifi in a NGFF adapter in a PCI adapter
2GB GT 710
10.15.7
Clover 5111
This machine has been fantastic. I dug it out of a dumpster at work. Runs Catalina very well. Although I am not the biggest fan of Catalina I do appreciate that major updates are over and less chance of anything breaking. I am tempted to go the OC route and try Big Sur, but this machine is so stable and is 100% working that I don't want to mess with it.
3.4 i7 3770 Quad
16GB DDR3 Crucial Vengeance
Samsung Evo 870 2 TB storage/Time Machine
1TB Rocket Q NVME Boot disk
BCM94360CS2 Bluetooth/Wifi in a NGFF adapter in a PCI adapter
2GB GT 710
10.15.7
Clover 5111
This machine has been fantastic. I dug it out of a dumpster at work. Runs Catalina very well. Although I am not the biggest fan of Catalina I do appreciate that major updates are over and less chance of anything breaking. I am tempted to go the OC route and try Big Sur, but this machine is so stable and is 100% working that I don't want to mess with it.
I'd say so as you have to circumvent Apple's checks and you usually have to use software or tools to do so.
No ! A hackintosh is when you install OS X, any version of OS X on a PC.. Windows machine.
An x86 Mac is a PC and a Windows machine.
thanks, just a quick patch download and re-install can modify anyone's older intel Macbook to this decades standards.
And now they are all Linux machines:And an M1 and PowerPC Mac are real Macs
Apple M1 hardware support merged into Linux 5.13
The merge is exciting, but don’t rush out to buy an Apple M1 for Linux just yet.
arstechnica.com
I see that.. I am waiting to get an M1, but when the MacBook Pro screen is 15 inch. 13 inch is too small on my eyes.. right now trying to figure out how to install Linux on my PowerBook G4, but with no real success..And now they are all Linux machines:
Apple M1 hardware support merged into Linux 5.13
The merge is exciting, but don’t rush out to buy an Apple M1 for Linux just yet.
hi amgff84, I have 2 M93P one with i5 (quad core) and one with i7, I installed Catalina with Gigamaxx perfect drive and pretty much everything works, even sleep, I am in testing and I have tried Opencore but, I am frustrated, or one thing or another does not work, sleep absolutely does not work, wifi works but not bluetooth, it is detected but does not find anything, with clover it works well, I was wondering if I could share the EFI to see if I can get the things working, thanks and good weekend everyone
It is really great when it works but I will admit spending a lot of time on Hacks with only a Virtual Machine to show for it. I really do like the Virtual Machine but it has these problems:
- Slight video lag
- No sound
But I'm typing in it right now.
I'm looking at an 11th Generation Intel iMac instead. It's just a rumor but would be cool if true.
- Slight video lag
- No sound
But I'm typing in it right now.
I'm looking at an 11th Generation Intel iMac instead. It's just a rumor but would be cool if true.
And now they are all Linux machines:
Apple M1 hardware support merged into Linux 5.13
The merge is exciting, but don’t rush out to buy an Apple M1 for Linux just yet.
Not really with all these missing drivers.
https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/Tasks