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It's been years since I built a Hackintosh, so overall I'm extremely impressed at how well this thing is working! I've been using it for a few days to do all the work that I normally do on my 2016 MacBook Pro 16. In benchmarks it tests as slightly faster than my MacBook for CPU, quite a bit faster for disk (using m.2 nvme), and _much_ faster for graphics, now that I upgrade to an RX580. However, I've also found a few problems, so I figured that posting my experiences might help someone else. First of all, the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 I started with (trying to be cheap) was a waste of money. It was noticeably slow in just basic stuff like scrolling and moving windows around. I'm not going to be gaming, so I thought I could cheap out on the graphics. I mostly went Radeon as the cheaper option, but proved that if you want a cheap Hackintosh you have to go with an Intel processor that includes supported, built-in graphics. Secondly, I didn't do quite enough research. My Ryzen 3 3200G works very well, except that I later found out the G processors have audio problems. I've tried several things and confirmed nothing helps. With this processor, audio is always more or less "scratchy," or "crackly." Now I'm going to have to upgrade to a non-G processor, because my USB video camera works, fine, but I can barely do a Zoom meetings with the awful-sounding audio. Next there's the fact that using and AMD processor does result in some software incompatibility. It seems like, if you can the OS up and running, cleanly, then software that runs on top of that OS should be fine. But I found theres a certain program I have to use, for work, that actually uses Wine to work on a Mac, and it won't run on my Hackintosh. Finally, I've given up on trying to dual boot with the one NVME drive. I can "sort of" do it by using OpenShell to find and start the Windows boot loader, but then Windows ends up with some strange ideas of what the hardware is, and that causes subtle problems as I try to use the system. I've ordered a second drive, so I can just install Windows on it, and avoid any interaction with OpenCore. Overall, this has been a fun experiment, and I'm truly amazed that something this far removed from any computer Apple has ever sold can work, at all. It's a testament to the enormous amount of work and talent you all have put into this! If I was starting again, though, I'd go with an Intel processor. [link] [comments] |
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