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Ask HN: What is the best Hackintosh laptop for ios app developers?
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Re: Ask HN: What is the best Hackintosh laptop for ios app developers?
#2I would say a good start is tonymacx86 - Hugely valuable resource fro all things hackintosh:
Re: Ask HN: What is the best Hackintosh laptop for ios app developers?
#3If you are a professional app developer (you make a living out of it) then Hackintosh is a bad alternative. It can get your developer account, and apps, banned by Apple. On top of that, you can get sued.
Re: Ask HN: What is the best Hackintosh laptop for ios app developers?
#4If you are a professional app developer (you make a living out of it) then Hackintosh is a bad alternative. It can get your developer account, and apps, banned by Apple. On top of that, you can get sued.
I could imagine having a Mac Mini to do the publishing and the rest of your development on a more powerful Hackintosh. In fact I'll probably end up in that boat myself.
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#5I've compared a load of new laptops on my spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nnmI9pN9rBMBJHE1gqYA...
Compares CPU Passmark score, GPU Flops, Display gamut Rec 2020.
Might be of interest.
Hackintosh laptops though are hit and miss. I'm not sure if Apple even have kexts for modern Nvidia GPUs?
EDIT: There are no Macs packing Nvidia 10xx GPUs. So yes, there might be a problem.
Re: Ask HN: What is the best Hackintosh laptop for ios app developers?
#6I'm getting a Dell XPS 13 9350 and will replace the wifi card with a DW1560.
The guide that explains the details about installing macOS on this machine is at https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-dell-xps-13-9350-si...
Re: Ask HN: What is the best Hackintosh laptop for ios app developers?
#7I've compared a load of new laptops on my spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nnmI9pN9rBMBJHE1gqYA... Compares CPU Passmark score, GPU Flops, Display gamut Rec 2020. Might be of interest. Hackintosh laptops though are hit and miss. I'm not sure if Apple even have kexts for modern Nvidia GPUs? EDIT: There are no Macs packing Nvidia 10xx GPUs. So yes, there might be a problem.
NVidia has kexts available for Mac that support pretty much all of their modern cards.
Re: Ask HN: What is the best Hackintosh laptop for ios app developers?
#8If you are a professional app developer (you make a living out of it) then Hackintosh is a bad alternative. It can get your developer account, and apps, banned by Apple. On top of that, you can get sued.
Provide sources.
Multiple acquittances have been working on custom built Hackintoshes for years without _any_ issues from Apple.
Re: Ask HN: What is the best Hackintosh laptop for ios app developers?
#9I've compared a load of new laptops on my spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nnmI9pN9rBMBJHE1gqYA... Compares CPU Passmark score, GPU Flops, Display gamut Rec 2020. Might be of interest. Hackintosh laptops though are hit and miss. I'm not sure if Apple even have kexts for modern Nvidia GPUs? EDIT: There are no Macs packing Nvidia 10xx GPUs. So yes, there might be a problem.
Nice spreadsheet.
Will you also list the MBPR13 with 16GB RAM (BTO)?
What's the difference between the Dell in row 26 vs row 29? They seem to be the same model (different price). Is the Dell XPS 13 with the i7-7500U already in the list?
The MBPr13 doesn't even have an nVidia or AMD GPU, just the Intel GPU that's part of the CPU.
As a developer I do not care about the color gamut that much, that's more for the designers.
Re: Ask HN: What is the best Hackintosh laptop for ios app developers?
#10I've compared a load of new laptops on my spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nnmI9pN9rBMBJHE1gqYA... Compares CPU Passmark score, GPU Flops, Display gamut Rec 2020. Might be of interest. Hackintosh laptops though are hit and miss. I'm not sure if Apple even have kexts for modern Nvidia GPUs? EDIT: There are no Macs packing Nvidia 10xx GPUs. So yes, there might be a problem.
NVidia has kexts available for Mac that support pretty much all of their modern cards.
There are no Macs packing Nvidia 10xx GPUs.
I had problems in the past because I was using a Hackintosh with an AMD card that didn't work with OSX at the time.