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Yeah I tried that and it didn't work. Weird.

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Yeah I tried that and it didn't work. Weird.

You broke your own forum  :D Good job mate.

 

EDIT - Also, why didn't you go for a 840 PRO series samsung SSD as there for 'enthusiasts'which is what the Mac Pro would cater for right?

 

 

Looks way better IMO.  Apart from the those bloody noctuas it is colour coded very nicely and with an NZXT water cooler on the GPU it would like sexay.  If you liked OSX then I reckon this would be the way to go. Got basically everything you need and want if you like to customize stuff and doesn't look like a rubbish bin. How great.  But damn, with all that worrying about parts, ill be good with linux or windows. Each to the own i guess.  I'd also like to see a couple of FirePros in there to see how acoustics go.

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Make a video about your experience with OS X after using it for one week casually. Put your pictures and music from your iphone and back it up there. Or maybe try to get one of your slaves, *cough, I mean employees to try editing with it and then give their experience with using OS X instead of Windows.

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How much is this baby worth?

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Not gonna lie.. This video felt a bit.. off. like it was missing something.

 

I'm not sure why but it felt a bit vague and lacking in content? Essentially it was just a build and slick's instructions to install OSX on it. Maybe it's just that I already know a little bit about this and didn't feel like I learned much?

 

Still a great looking build. :P

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text in OP unreadable in night theme

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I'd like to see an iSwitched follow up by you and hear what Edzel, Brandon or Taran think about using OS X for work, since it performs better with multitasking and doesn't completely slow down under high load like Windows.

 

@Slick you dragg the .app file to the applications folder, not the shortcut.

 

Couple good articles to read regarding OS X and different OS's if anyone's interested in the differences between them.



 

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@LinusTech

 

You make it sound like it is very difficult to build a hackintosh, although if you have an LGA1150/1155 motherboard from Gigabyte it is almost easier than installing Windows. Also almost any other LGA1150/1155 can be hackintoshed fairly easy.

 

 

Also graphics compatibility? flashing? special rev.? firmware problems?

BULLSHIT!

 

You don't even have to install ANY drivers (unlike with Windows) with MOST modern graphics cards

 

GPU support changing frequently?

Yeah, more and more GPUs are supported natively ...

 

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I really don't get it. Why don't make a hackintosh guide the easy way (LGA 1150, Multibeast, etc.) which probably interest much more people? Why a X79 board?

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the SSD ad is wrong, it's Order now not pre-order now

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I have no idea right now, but I'll look into Niresh and make a thread tomorrow or Saturday. Thanks!

Check out tonymacx86.com as well. They have a pretty good site when it comes to information on building a Hackintosh.

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Do you need an intel CPU for hackintosh?

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Do it

 

do a 30 day apple switched!!!

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+1 for iSwitched. I'd like a focus on positive and negative differences and ux choices in general.

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What about the legality and licensing with this? IIRC, Apple states somewhere in the EULA that you can't install thier software on anything that isn't an Apple product. Is there a loophole in here that allows this?

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@LinusTech  I'm feeling an iSwitched to OSX is needed :D

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@LinusTech

 

You make it sound like it is very difficult to build a hackintosh, although if you have an LGA1150/1155 motherboard from Gigabyte it is almost easier than installing Windows. Also almost any other LGA1150/1155 can be hackintoshed fairly easy.

 

 

Also graphics compatibility? flashing? special rev.? firmware problems?

BULLSHIT!

 

You don't even have to install ANY drivers (unlike with Windows) with MOST modern graphics cards

 

GPU support changing frequently?

Yeah, more and more GPUs are supported natively ...

 

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I really don't get it. Why don't make a hackintosh guide the easy way (LGA 1150, Multibeast, etc.) which probably interest much more people? Why a X79 board?

 

I agree on all but the last bit. The whole point of the video was to create a pc that is similar in parts and performance of the Mac Pro. Not how to create a general hackintosh, but a powerful one. Thats why the x79 board and all of the other stuff is included.

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YES. Thank you Linus.

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Fun fact for those who don't have a mac and would like to try this out. Find a VMWare image and run the VM. And them make the image on the USB drive using the Vmware. 

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Do an iSwitched to OS X!

 

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Wow. Had no idea it was that sorta difficult and long to make a Hackintosh.

Try the tools on tonymacx86. Way better. Like seriously, they have everything you need <3

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id watch a an iSwitch review. great guide btw. 

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