My Hackintosh... and what are you using? |
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 Jul 1 2008, 09:06
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage  |
Regulars will know i'm something of a Mac fan, unfortunately however from a power perspective my current MacBook wasn't really cutting it for some of the stuff I wanted to do. A Mac Pro is well out of my price range, so i've built my own Mac! Although the EULA suggests this is questionable, I've done the best I can by a) having a legal copy of Leopard and
 sticking an Apple sticker on the case. So, it's all fully working and I have a Quad Core, 4GB RAM beast for a shade under 400 quid. Awesome! I'm selling my MacBook to be replaced by a MSI Wind (variant) as my portable machine, and i'm well happy! I'm interested to hear about what kit other people are running as their tech tools? So mine is... - Home built Hackintosh (Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, 4GB RAM, 1.5TB storage (2 x 750GB)) - Advent 4211 (aka MSI Wind), 2GB RAM + 250GB HDD Of course we can expand this to other gadgets too, e.g. - HTC Touch Diamond - Red Zune 80 - Ultimate Ears super-fi 5 Pro They're the gadgets I wouldn't go without...  Care to share? P 
-------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Jul 1 2008, 09:18
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 Hardcore Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 2,733 Joined: 4th November 2003 From: London Member No.: 20,052 Device(s): HTC Diamond |
You must be unique... a mac and a zune!
I have a Sony Vario SZ71wnc laptop Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9300 2.5GHz 2Gb Ram 3.6mb mobile broadband built in A MacbookPro 2.2gb processor 2gb ram and a light up apple on the lid. (I only have the macbook pro to support one client who has 15 macbookpro's on a windows network!) A Tytn2 - being replaced this week with a diamond and a raphael coming in september. -------------------- HTC Diamond running Dutty's V1.6 rom.
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Jul 1 2008, 09:21
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
All my music is in WMA and i'm a Napster subscriber, so an iPod is useless!
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Jul 1 2008, 10:37
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TOMnia ! Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,049 Joined: 26th November 2007 From: Right Here, Right Now! Member No.: 326,361 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia |
Paul, you must give me more info on how to do this!
I've been using a 10.4 variant within VMWare Player which is nice, but a little sluggish (mainly due to the laptop!). However I'm keen to build a mac, but without the price tag! If I can do it on a laptop too, then even better! And Wow ... the MSI Wind ... how did I let this little beauty slip by me. It's like an EEE ... but usable! With the Atom processor too 
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My Toys: Omnia: Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia - 8GB SD HC O-SeXy Advent 4211 - 2GB Ram - 250GB HDD - Running OSX Leopard like a dream! Doris She has bewbs! (Not her real name tho!) |
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Jul 1 2008, 10:38
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TOMnia ! Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,049 Joined: 26th November 2007 From: Right Here, Right Now! Member No.: 326,361 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia |
Oh with regards to tech, I'm embarking on building a home NAS, to store all of my digital media. I'll document and post when I get started on it. But otherwise everything at home is generally connected via lan or wifi.
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My Toys: Omnia: Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia - 8GB SD HC O-SeXy Advent 4211 - 2GB Ram - 250GB HDD - Running OSX Leopard like a dream! Doris She has bewbs! (Not her real name tho!) |
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Jul 1 2008, 10:44
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Here's what I bought from eBuyer (i've now added a second 750GB drive so I can keep a carbon copy backup before I 'tweak' (and risk breaking) the setup)...
 If I built it again i'd probably swap the video card for a 256MB or 512MB GDDR3 (but still 8600 and about the same price) one. P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Jul 1 2008, 10:45
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
I have WiFi at home (for laptops etc.), but otherwise 2 Gigabit Ethernet 'islands' (one in the living room with Media Center, NAS and other bits) and one in my home office. The 'islands' are connected via Homeplug, which also has the 360 upstairs and the Orange Livebox on it in various places.
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Jul 1 2008, 12:05
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TOMnia ! Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,049 Joined: 26th November 2007 From: Right Here, Right Now! Member No.: 326,361 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia |
Blimey your place sounds same as mine!
Lounge: Media PC - Gigabit wired PS3 - Gigabit wired Apple Airport Express Devolo Homeplug - Mains connected 150 Mbps Hallway: Devolo Homeplug - Mains connected 150 Mbps Netgear DG834N router - connected to engineering socket for best throughput, and with wifi enabled Office: Devolo Homeplug - Mains connected 150Mbps Windows 2003 Server - File/Print/iTunes Library/Media Library/Azureus - Gigabit wired Desktop PC - Running TVersity streaming to PS3 - Gigabit Wires HP Printer - Gigabit wired Otherwise TyTNII, EEE PC, Work Laptop and Home Laptop all using wireless. Netgear Skype Phone ... just couldnt get on with it on the TyTNII. Use the EEEPC in the car with movies, internet and wifi (from the TyTNII) Upcoming changes: Plan to make server much bigger with RAID5 and about 5TB capacity. Server to be stored in garage at new property ... it's cooler and dont have to worry about the heat generated or the noise. Plan to change the wifi router for a Draytek Vigor 2080VN and utilise the two VOIP sockets too. -------------------- --
My Toys: Omnia: Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia - 8GB SD HC O-SeXy Advent 4211 - 2GB Ram - 250GB HDD - Running OSX Leopard like a dream! Doris She has bewbs! (Not her real name tho!) |
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Jul 1 2008, 12:06
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TOMnia ! Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,049 Joined: 26th November 2007 From: Right Here, Right Now! Member No.: 326,361 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia |
So Leopard can now run on any intel hardware?? So if I buy Leopard, I can install it onto this for example:
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.203-6345.aspx Or do I need to be aware of certain hardware limitations? -------------------- --
My Toys: Omnia: Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia - 8GB SD HC O-SeXy Advent 4211 - 2GB Ram - 250GB HDD - Running OSX Leopard like a dream! Doris She has bewbs! (Not her real name tho!) |
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Jul 1 2008, 12:11
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
This is a good start...
http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.5.2 It's VERY picky about hardware! P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Jul 1 2008, 12:21
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TOMnia ! Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,049 Joined: 26th November 2007 From: Right Here, Right Now! Member No.: 326,361 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia |
... or I could copy your hardware list above (since you say it works)
I don't mind building my own, but would have been cool if I could have just installed it on a standard box. Re: The wind, you planning on keeping XP on it? -------------------- --
My Toys: Omnia: Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia - 8GB SD HC O-SeXy Advent 4211 - 2GB Ram - 250GB HDD - Running OSX Leopard like a dream! Doris She has bewbs! (Not her real name tho!) |
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Jul 2 2008, 09:07
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 Addict  Group: Posters Posts: 854 Joined: 26th November 2002 Member No.: 140 Device(s): VARIO III |
Hi Paul,
Are you running with a vanilla kernel or patched one? --------------------  |
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Jul 2 2008, 09:11
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
The Wind, i'll run XP unless I can get OSX working!
Shuflie: Vanilla Kernel... P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Jul 2 2008, 09:34
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TOMnia ! Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,049 Joined: 26th November 2007 From: Right Here, Right Now! Member No.: 326,361 Device(s): Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia |
Sounds good to me \o/
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My Toys: Omnia: Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia - 8GB SD HC O-SeXy Advent 4211 - 2GB Ram - 250GB HDD - Running OSX Leopard like a dream! Doris She has bewbs! (Not her real name tho!) |
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