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Topic: Question on running mac OS on my pc laptop....

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I know its possible, but is it worth looking into? I mean, I would never use a mac for my everyday computer use, but for a purpose built laptop, i'm thinking maybe the mac OS will run more reliable>??

the 3 gigs that I have done so far with my averatec laptop and vdj, i've had issues of freezing (The program freezes, but music still plays, gives me enough time to put on a record) and, my latency went from like 4-9 ms to like 60 ms for no reason in the middle of a set, scratches were impossible, and sometimes i'd have to enter a bpm like 4 times, for the software to remember the bpm of a song (Very annoying when your dubbing vocals over instrumentals)

So, i'm thinking that maybe I might look into running a mac os. Right now I only have a maya 44 usb, and the (esi?) x-sessions pro, witht he 16 knobs and 10 buttons as a controller. I may be looking into xp10s for more portability over my TCVs that I use now, cause carrying around turntables is becoming a bitch!

I know conquest has something for me lol, so lets hear it people....

any one install a mac os on a pc and run vdj?
 
Posted Thu 14 Jun 07 @ 8:38 pm
it wont be more stable it will be less stable if any thing

none of ur device drivers where designed for mac so it will be like running windows with no display drivers in 400x600

dotty screen in b/w
 
yeah, running OS X on a computer other than MAC is not easy. It can be done, but you need to be quite knowledgable with computers, and since every computer needs different drivers to work with MAC(due to variations in hardware) it's not easy to find any good guidelines on the web either...
 
skyfxl wrote :
it wont be more stable it will be less stable if any thing

none of ur device drivers where designed for mac so it will be like running windows with no display drivers in 400x600

dotty screen in b/w


That's just not true. Any SSE3 compatible CPU and modern ATI card (X1600 for example) will do a great job. Particularly if you build a hackintosh ;-)

Apple do not build thier hardware, the hardware side between macbook pro and new (yr plus, maybe 2) laptops are extremely similar.


http://www.osx86project.org/
 


Its a pain to install though ;)

I tired 4 times without success ...hehehe
 
dj-in-norway wrote :


Its a pain to install though ;)

I tired 4 times without success ...hehehe



Ditto Here. I go the text mode to boot on my HP with an AMD processor, but I wanted a Mac that "just works" so I bought on. Glad my HP laptop died!
 
dj schmidty wrote :
I know conquest has something for me lol,...any one install a mac os on a pc and run vdj?


Seamless integration between the hardware and software is what makes a Mac a Mac, AND provides the "Mac experience" where everything "just works".

"Hackintoshes" (Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware configurations) are just as vulnerable to generic pc problems as anyother pc.

Don't. Do. It.

- VT ConQuest
(Visual Turntablist)
 
The whole point in the term Hackintosh is it is MAC hardware, from the motherboard chipset to the graphics card. It's not like Apple really manufacture much other than their displays and mice. The only thing missing is the bios identification chip or something along those lines.
 


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