Mac Pro or Hackintosh?

[LordHood77]

I'm looking to get a dedicated Adobe workstation to set up for things such as video production and photo editing. I was wondering if the cheaper 2006 Tower edition Mac Pro fully upgraded (the best Xeon for it, 16 GB of DDR2 and such) would work, or if it would be worth the extra money for the investment in "future proofing" Also, I'm slightly more biased towards just the old Mac, as getting a hackintosh running seems like a lot of coding. 

[thatguyyouknow75]

Better off with a hackintosh assuming you're capable of picking the compatible components and setting it up. You'll get more value from your money that way and will be able to use current components 

[LordHood77]

1 minute ago, thatguyyouknow75 said:

Better off with a hackintosh assuming you're capable of picking the compatible components and setting it up. You'll get more value from your money that way and will be able to use current components 

Okay thanks. My worry with the old one is buying used and having something crap out, and having to use old components.

[thatguyyouknow75]

3 minutes ago, LordHood77 said:

Okay thanks. My worry with the old one is buying used and having something crap out, and having to use old components.

Not so much parts giving out as much as being dated.... Ddr2..... Picking a motherboard but reference 780s and 980s(pretty sure)  are compatible. Just do a bit of research, you'll end up with something you can be proud of

[LordHood77]

Just now, thatguyyouknow75 said:

Not so much parts giving out as much as being dated.... Ddr2..... Picking a motherboard but reference 780s and 980s(pretty sure)  are compatible. Just do a bit of research, you'll end up with something you can be proud of

Will do. Thanks for the tips.

[PawaYuza]

I've given a Hackintosh a go in the past. Worked great. Would recommend, if you like MacOS. Would not recommend buying from Apple. My only concern is support. But, you give that up the moment you go Apple not through Apple. Just be ready to do some software tweaking every now and then. Hardware isn't really ever a problem nowadays, considering that all the hardware is the same these days.