First hackintosh, need true reliability, are any builds without problems?

Bottom line is probably that Apple could shut down hackintoshes if they wanted. But I guess they are aware that a hack user becomes an Apple customer soonner or later. Before dealing with hacks I personally didn't have anything from Apple. Now I have two notebooks, two iPads and AppleTV. I also bought MacOS twice separately. Not to mention accessories like keyboards, cables, trackpads, power supplies and other stuff. Pretty good deal for Apple so far having nothing else to do than their job. Why should they stop us from hacking?

Going back to the OP's question, they have the quick answer from @pastrychef in Post #2.

Would you expect the same of a Windows or Linux PC? Maybe, but would you get it? As with a real Mac, probably only if you buy a complete set-up from one of the big companies where they've tested it into the ground. Build-it-yourself Windows PCs can be problematic too.

The problem is not necessarily stability. My systems are stable. I keep my systems up 24/7 and have had uptimes of over 2 months.

The problem is loss of features. DRM. SideCar. "Hey, Siri" when systems are asleep. HEVC acceleration. As I said, as the T2 becomes standard on all shipping Macs, I'm sure macOS will rely more heavily on it. Some features will probably be emulated and/or worked around but how do you emulate hardware acceleration without losing a ton of performance??

Some may say they can live without some of these features, but you can't say that "everything works". "Everything works except DRM, SideCar, and HEVC acceleration" means "some things don't work".

One more thing I want to add...

Apple has stopped using the Broadcom Wi-Fi chipsets in Macs for quite a while now and has moved to Universal Scientific Industrial Wi-Fi chipsets. I have not seen this chipset used in any other PC (desktop or laptop). In fact, PCs have pretty much standardized on Intel CNVi on latest models.

I believe the last Macs that used the Broadcom chipsets were the previous generation MacBook Air.

Therefore, when Apple drops support for the Broadcom chipset, hackintosh users will have no easy way to get Wi-Fi working unless someone writes macOS drivers for Intel CNVi or someone starts manufacturing and selling USI based PCI-e/M.2 Wi-Fi cards.

pastrychef said:

One more thing I want to add...

Apple has stopped using the Broadcom Wi-Fi chipsets in Macs for quite a while now and has moved to Universal Scientific Industrial Wi-Fi chipsets. I have not seen this chipset used in any other PC (desktop or laptop). In fact, PCs have pretty much standardized on Intel CNVi on latest models.

I believe the last Macs that used the Broadcom chipsets were the previous generation MacBook Air.

Therefore, when Apple drops support for the Broadcom chipset, hackintosh users will have no easy way to get Wi-Fi working unless someone writes macOS drivers for Intel CNVi or someone starts manufacturing and selling USI based PCI-e/M.2 Wi-Fi cards.

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Have no fear it will be integrated into the T2 chip in the near future. ;-/

pastrychef said:

One more thing I want to add...

Apple has stopped using the Broadcom Wi-Fi chipsets in Macs for quite a while now and has moved to Universal Scientific Industrial Wi-Fi chipsets. I have not seen this chipset used in any other PC (desktop or laptop). In fact, PCs have pretty much standardized on Intel CNVi on latest models.

I believe the last Macs that used the Broadcom chipsets were the previous generation MacBook Air.

Therefore, when Apple drops support for the Broadcom chipset, hackintosh users will have no easy way to get Wi-Fi working unless someone writes macOS drivers for Intel CNVi or someone starts manufacturing and selling USI based PCI-e/M.2 Wi-Fi cards.

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I could care less about wifi working. I just use a DD-WRT router set up as a client bridge when I need wifi. The big thing for me is Bluetooth. It's nice to have handoff working.

antieatingactivist said:

I could care less about wifi working. I just use a DD-WRT router set up as a client bridge when I need wifi. The big thing for me is Bluetooth. It's nice to have handoff working.

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Yes, carrying around a freakin router with you to Starbucks makes a ton of sense.

And, good luck getting Continuity working.

LookingForMac said:

Im building my first hackintosh soon. i9.

But I'm wondering if there are ANY builds that are without problems. I want a machine that is truly stable. Meaning NO problems at all. Can hackintosh provide this?

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If you don't want to spend time fixing things, keeping up to date, etc, buy a Mac Mini, new specs are not too bad.

OR in you must Hackintosh, then consider an install of an older version of everything, where it's all stable. You won't get updated software from Apple, but maybe you don't care? I've got a very stable machine that's run Mavericks, and only Mavericks, for years and years. But there are downsides to that, obviously.

You'll want to find components that are still on sale, but a generation or so back. Beyond that, it's a problem. The stock starts to get squirrely, as it is not in the mainstream sales channel anymore.

I'd like to upgrade my old motherboard, for various excellent reasons. But it's more expensive to get a (likely reliable) old part for it than to buy brand new. So I'm just going to jump several generations ahead and do a current golden build.

pastrychef said:

Yes, carrying around a freakin router with you to Starbucks makes a ton of sense.

And, good luck getting Continuity working.

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When did this turn into a discussion about Laptops?

antieatingactivist said:

When did this turn into a discussion about Laptops?

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Isn't this a discussion about Hackintosh with no problems? When was it specified to be desktop only?

How do you get Continuity working with that router?