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to all new users. As a second step, please read our Forum Rules and Posting Guidelines, it is very important!!! Also, as members of 'Joined Group', your accounts will be very limited and we explained here the reason(s) of.  Just remember the hackintosh is not an exact science, so some things will or will not work for you. As solution, reading a lot.  We hope you'll enjoy your stay here at IM.     Good Hack (signed artur_pt) BR   fantomas  

To all the new members, please read the following statement by fantomas.

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JasonM71
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I just signed up too. And although I failed test #2 (I never studied computer science), I do have experience building a system--I did it 3 years ago. I'm a 14-year Mac user, having bought my first one, an iMac G4 800MHz 17" in the summer of '02, a beautiful machine I still have in a closet, regrettably. I haven't been without a Mac since, though only MacBook Pros since 2008, and I'm wanting to build a Hackintosh so I can have a powerful desktop . . .

 

Oddly though, I've only ever edited video on Windows, in Sony Vegas, and it's all I know (the friend who taught me how to edit video is a Win user), so to that end, I built my first PC in July '13 (4770K, GTX660, 16GB RAM, etc.) strictly for editing video in Sony Vegas, which is only a hobby for me. Since I do it only intermittently, in hindsight, building that machine was kind of a waste of money because I rarely use it and am generally always on my MBP, even though it was a process I enjoyed and learned a lot from

 

Now that I feel the urge to do a build again, I'd like to do it as a Hackintosh, for two main reasons:

 

1. I am on a Mac 99% of the time, so why would I build a Windows machine? Especially when I already have a good one.

2. I've really just always wanted a powerful Mac desktop and could never bring myself to dropping the cash to make it happen, especially after having coughed up for several of Apple's more expensive, high-end laptops.

 

So I'm hoping to build a dual boot setup this time so I can just do everything on the one new desktop. I'll boot in to Windows when I want to edit a video in Vegas and I'll be on the Mac side all the rest of the time. And I'll get rid of my old system.

 

I won't start for a few months just because I want to take the time to read everything I can to feel like I know how to do it, so I'm here to learn, but I hope to contribute at some point too.

 

But first thing's first; I need to pay that darn quiz #2. :lol:

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surfinchina
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Hi from New Zealand, the bottom of the world. I'm Pete

I'm an old man (57) who likes a challenge. Architect by trade and I've been hackintoshing my work computers instead of drawing for the last 2 weeks.

So far I've done the laptop (easy), got my X99 Xeon 2690 (12 core) working but only in safe mode. I think it's the R9 390x so I might get another card just for the install.

Finally, I.ve nearly got my X99 5960x to boot to install, but again, the GPU - R9 Nano is definitely not helping.

 

Anyway, insanely mac has been a huge help! Thanks guys.

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mendietinha
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Hi from New Zealand, the bottom of the world. I'm Pete

I'm an old man (57) who likes a challenge. Architect by trade and I've been hackintoshing my work computers instead of drawing for the last 2 weeks.

So far I've done the laptop (easy), got my X99 Xeon 2690 (12 core) working but only in safe mode. I think it's the R9 390x so I might get another card just for the install.

Finally, I.ve nearly got my X99 5960x to boot to install, but again, the GPU - R9 Nano is definitely not helping.

 

Anyway, insanely mac has been a huge help! Thanks guys.

 

hey there, mate! welcome!

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Mr. Xtreme
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Hello @Allan, welcome to InsanelyMac. :P

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Mr. Xtreme
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I want to say all here. I'm new to hackintosh, and built one thanks to member's posts here.

Weclome to InsaenlyMac.  Have a good stay, and remember to read the rules, and pass both quizzes. :)

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Nicodo
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Hi all

 

I bought my first Mac, a Mac 512, in 1987 and had a score of different Macs since then. Currently I have a Mini which is extremely disappointing. There is no Mac corresponding to my needs in Apple's line and I doubt there'll be any in the foreseeable future.

I just built a hackintosh, what else to do? The hardware side was just a breeze, well, sort of. But on the software side it's a disaster. It won't even boot on the USB stick. I'll create a thread to find some help.

 

Nick

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