windows 8.1

Hello, Hackinitosh users. I need an advice. I need OS X for my school, but Macbooks are too dang expensive, and their gaming capabilities... well not so great.So i would like to buy a laptop and install windows 8 and OS X Mavericks but as you know, not all procesors, motherboards, GPUs ETC. are...

Hello, I had 10.9 and W8.0 in two different SSDs. The first one to boot contained 10.9, with Chimera 3.0 I could choose to continue on the same SSD (10.9) or to boot Windows 8.0 in the other SSD. I tried to update W80 to W81 but I was getting a recurrent error, and I learned it was caused by...

Hello everyone. So today I got a copy of Windows 8.1 because I really needed to do something on the opposite operating system. I went and created a separate partition on the boot disk (SanDisk SSD) for Windows and installed it on that. OS X has its own partition. After a successful install, it...

Hey guys, I know it's been a while since I was here, but I am exhausted. Since 2 days I am trying to install Win8.1 and MacOSX on my (now not working) hackintosh. I tried to follow this guide: http://www.tonymacx86.com/multi-booting/96000-guide-dual-booting-mountain-lion-windows-8-a.html but 2...

Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H, Windows 8.1 USB port problems I am having issues with my USB ports on the Gigabyte ZA87X-UD5H in both Mac and Windows. I'm trying to get this to work in Windows 8.1 first, to make sure it's not a hackintosh related problem. I have a total of 8 USB ports. The 2 Front USB...

Hi I'm just about to order a second SSD for the latest version of mavericks so I can create my hackintosh. I have learned how to make a dual boot hackintosh from the tutorials in the forum. I just want to make sure all the steps are correct as I am having a little trouble convincing myself. If...

Well the title is quite descriptive. I looking forward to build a machine with these 3 OS. Mavericks for frontend dev, W8.1 for gaming and Arch for backend/system dev. I need to know if Im going too crazy with this triple boot. If I am not going so reckless can you help me and point out any...

Hello, So I recently finished installing OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 onto a 240gb hard drive, everything works like a charm, no problems with audio, wi-fi, video, etc.... However there is a problem when initially turning on the computer to load into Mavericks. For the past 3 hours I have been using my...

Hi, I'm in the process of buying all the parts for a pretty kickass Hackintosh that I want to duel boot for gaming on windows. All the major parts have been purchased, but coming to the storage my funds are beginning to dwindle slightly. I have two 3.5" 500GB HDDs already to use as storage...

Hello people from tonymacx86 I have this computer wich have Windows 8.1 installed on it, and I want to dual boot with OS X Mavericks, here is the specs: Intel Core i5 2400 MB Asus P8H67 8GB RAM 320 HDD GeForce GTX 460 SE v2 1GB I've been looking around YouTube, Google and many other...

I've been getting really loud fan noise in Windows 8.1 on my MacBook Air 13" 2012, sometimes even in idle...no matter what I'm doing, from time to time it just starts to spin like crazy, and when i check Task Manager, CPU usage is usually singe digit number, just a few %... but still fan is...

Hi everyone, I am very excited about my upcoming hackintosh build and I am trying to figure out the best setup for dual booting OS X 10.9 and Windows 8.1 Pro Student. This is going to be my first hackintosh and I have little experience - I will procede exactly as explained in the guides on this...

Do I have to remove my Win8 installation? Hi, I recently bought a GE70 2OE laptop and I want to run dualboot on it, but I would like to know if I have to reinstall my windows partition? I have a MSI GE70 2OE laptop that has a RAID0 128GB SSD (2x 64GB mSATA) and a 1TB rpm5400 WD Caviar. My...

I have been going thru the site and trying to find out if its possible to have the ability to boot Mavericks and Windows 8.1 on a single ssd. I can't seem to find a guide that shows me how to do it. The closest I have found is the this...

Hello, I've a dual boot win 8/ Mavericks working perfectly. Whenever I boot to one of the OS's the on board clock changes to to a very weird time. I tried to sync it with the internet but it didn't work. When I boot up again the clock issue returns. Please help. Thank you

Hello, I'm new to the Hackintosh world but I'm very interested in having the OS X on board. My motherboard is the GA-Z87X-UD5H. I already have Windows 8 installed on an SSD but I'm planning to install Mavericks on my second SSD. How do I install Mavericks on my second SSD? Do I follow the...

Almost a year after the initial release of Windows 8, the next big update Windows 8.1 should be available starting October 18th. There has been a preview version which is still available for free to try out which features some new improvements to IE 11, built-in apps, improved Windows store...