Why yes, this is the successful Hackintosh build thread!

[spenner]

So, I wanted to try this on an older build first... It worked and installation was easier than I thought. I followed this method for SL. Got a dverb test of 225 on this old workhorse. Everything is solid so far. Sidebar: I noticed that PT goes down to 32 buffers with the 2626 on OS X (64 is the lowest on Win 7).

FWIW, here are the specs just to see what's under the hood:

Intel DP45SG
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz
8G Corsair XMS3 DDR3 TR3X6G1333C9
GeForce GT220
2x WD Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB SATA 6.0Gb/s
OS X 10.6.8
PT 9.0.5

[Dism]

Originally Posted by spenner

So, I wanted to try this on an older build first... It worked and installation was easier than I thought. I followed this method for SL. Got a dverb test of 225 on this old workhorse. Everything is solid so far. Sidebar: I noticed that PT goes down to 32 buffers with the 2626 on OS X (64 is the lowest on Win 7).

FWIW, here are the specs just to see what's under the hood:

Intel DP45SG
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz
8G Corsair XMS3 DDR3 TR3X6G1333C9
GeForce GT220
2x WD Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB SATA 6.0Gb/s
OS X 10.6.8
PT 9.0.5

Good to hear!

OSX does have a few advantages for Pro Tools, like lower buffers and Aggregate I/O. I wish Apple would release it of its bonds so we can stop feeling like criminals with paid software.

[bacchus40]

Originally Posted by Dism

Ha, no worries dude! Was just messing around. Gotta keep up the grind!

yah man... i wish i could get it going on my laptop though.. that would be fun... hahah...

mind you, according to the guide above, it has been reported to work on core2DUOs!! hmm.. maybe i will be testing it out then...
my G2S will be demoted to a glorified internet hub anyway... lol


interesting news for those looking into this at this point in time!! actually EXCELLENT NEWS!

OS X Mountain Lion Will Cost $19.99 - Shipping in July

1. Buy Snow Leopard Retail DVD: $30
2. Install Snow Leopard and upgrade to 10.6.6
3. Buy Mountain Lion App: $20

Total Cost: $50

http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=170&t=63689

[Dism]

Originally Posted by bacchus40

interesting news for those looking into this at this point in time!! actually EXCELLENT NEWS!

OS X Mountain Lion Will Cost $19.99 - Shipping in July

1. Buy Snow Leopard Retail DVD: $30
2. Install Snow Leopard and upgrade to 10.6.6
3. Buy Mountain Lion App: $20

Total Cost: $50

http://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=170&t=63689

Ya man! OSX keeps getting cheaper... but I hope it doesn't mean it is at the expense of performance. I find it's starting to hide a lot of system features like Windows started doing with Vista and on. I want OSX on my phone, not iOS on my computer.


By the way... check this out! (and no it's not photoshop'd )

[guitardom]

Originally Posted by dave911

be fair, avid's working hard on this.
They just qualified a bunch of pentium iii systems

[CME]

Yep osx 10.6 should work on most systems core duo or later. I think 10.7 requires (64-bit) core 2 duo procs. The issue with laptops can be the chipsets and video card. There hasn't been very many mobile cards used by apple so there are very limited kexts for them.

So if you wanna try if go 10.6.8 and pro tools 10.2. Works great on mine. And let's be honest. Pt and Mountain lion probably won't work until pro tools 11 lol.

Fwiw I'll try a dverb test and get some screen caps. However I still need to buy a better case before I take pics of the rig. Put all the parts in an old one I had lying around. Not very pretty but surprisingly quiet.


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[bacchus40]

Originally Posted by Dism

Ya man! OSX keeps getting cheaper... but I hope it doesn't mean it is at the expense of performance. I find it's starting to hide a lot of system features like Windows started doing with Vista and on. I want OSX on my phone, not iOS on my computer.


By the way... check this out! (and no it's not photoshop'd )

hah!! wtf... looks awesome... early 2008 though? hahahha... thats classic...

how'd you get the pic on there? lol...


btw, glad you figured out the ram speed.. it does affect your o.clock ability... funny story, i actually started out
building a pre lga2011 system back in december, once i was ready to drop coin i realized you couldnt purchase 1333Mhz ram
any more so I quickly started research on the new lga2011 i73820... low and behold.. it actually saved me 2-300 bucks in the long run,
spring time sales & my local NCIX wanting to move the SABERTOOTH as a viable media production package... smokin' deal!! and i get
to hop on the hex core in six months.!! woohoo!

[bacchus40]

Originally Posted by CME

Yep osx 10.6 should work on most systems core duo or later. I think 10.7 requires (64-bit) core 2 duo procs. The issue with laptops can be the chipsets and video card. There hasn't been very many mobile cards used by apple so there are very limited kexts for them.

So if you wanna try if go 10.6.8 and pro tools 10.2. Works great on mine. And let's be honest. Pt and Mountain lion probably won't work until pro tools 11 lol.

thanks for that, yeh my G2S core 2 duo is 64bit ready... 2.4Ghz

do you know if this is compatible?

*edit.. yup.. looks like a couple mac book pro's run the very same processor... nVidia chip is pretty common
as well... wooohoo! alright... fack it.. give me a month... i'll have Snow Leopard running on this suckah.!

ASUS G2S-B1 NOTEBOOK! soon to be HOBO-MAC PRO!

• Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 / 2.4 GHz
• Mobile Intel PM965 Express
• Intel Centrino Duo
• NVIDIA GeForce 8600M

i've got 4GB ram on there, and will probably get an ssd at summer's end...
should be plenty to take out on location and track guitars with my Eleven Rack i figure...

actually.. funny enough.. its designed specifically for it!!! hahahah, except mine has a 17" display & 7200rpm hdd!! hahah.. eat your heart out Kasper.. hows that for computability! lmao...

Apple MacBook Pro T7700 2GB Notebook Intel Core 2 Duo T7700(2.40GHz) 15.4" Wide XGA+ 2GB Memory 320GB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

[propower]

DISM

Have you ever tested running mirrored monitors with this system? Does it work??

Thanks,
-Lee

[Shan]

Originally Posted by Dism

At this point the only bottleneck seems to be OSX itself. It won't recognize a clockspeed of ANYTHING over 4.30, and I mean ANYTHING. I tried bumping it up another 100MHz, but because it goes to 4.31 (which it actually sees in Hardware Overview, but only shows up as 4.30 on About This Mac...), it doesn't seem to accept that it's even at 4.3.

This indicates that the OS may be storing the speed in a 32-bit word, which is why 4.3 is showing as the limit. A bit of a shock if they are actually, but not too surprising.

Are you running the 64-bit kernel in OSX? I would suggest trying that and take it from there.

Originally Posted by Dism

By the way... check this out! (and no it's not photoshop'd )

Looks like you got ahold of an early prototype by Sir Ive himself! I knew you had connections.

Shoot me your email, you have no contact info in your profile?

Shane