The Last Hackintosh?

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  • Опубліковано 10 гру 2021
  • Snazzy Labs explains why the hackintosh is on its way out-and why it might be okay.
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    The hackintosh scene was on fire for a while but it has since calmed down a bit considering the launch of Apple Silicon, the M1, and Apple's move from x86 to ARM. In this video, we build an Intel hackintosh and we see if they're really worth building any more or if Apple's machines have gotten too good.
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  • @cyclonous6240
    @cyclonous6240 2 роки тому +804

    I found your channel while searching for Hackintosh for my R5 1600 four years ago. I'm still subscribed because of quality content.

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  2 роки тому +111

      Thanks so much!

    • @AJ_UK_LIVE
      @AJ_UK_LIVE 2 роки тому +13

      I'm pretty sure I found this channel because of hackintosh searches also.

    • @gillesvanleeuwen
      @gillesvanleeuwen 2 роки тому +2

      Same. Stay snazzy

    • @ChristianRogersMoneyBruh
      @ChristianRogersMoneyBruh 2 роки тому +2

      @@AJ_UK_LIVE yeah the Mac mini hackintosh for me

    • @AJ_UK_LIVE
      @AJ_UK_LIVE 2 роки тому +3

      @@ChristianRogersMoneyBruh It was a really fun time. I loved trying to get things to work that really shouldn't have worked.

  • @ansonx10
    @ansonx10 2 роки тому +612

    If anyone is curious, TRS stands for "tip, ring, sleeve" referring to the 3 conductors on a headphone jack. If it has an in-line mic, it will have a 4th connector which is a 2nd "ring" and it's called "TRRS"

    • @BryceCassagneres
      @BryceCassagneres 2 роки тому +28

      And then TRRRS connectors exist for balanced L/R signals

    • @mikeschmitty4438
      @mikeschmitty4438 2 роки тому +3

      not all hero's wear capes!

    • @JB-fh1bb
      @JB-fh1bb 2 роки тому +23

      Also: Because Apple is Apple, a TRRS headset may not work in a TRRS jack. Apple has their own custom TRRS spec. 😑

    • @5urg3x
      @5urg3x 2 роки тому +25

      If anyone is curious, "CRS" stands for "Can't Remember Sh*t" and it's a very common disorder that I often suffer from

    • @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep
      @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep 2 роки тому +9

      There's also TS when there aren't any rings. For unbalanced mono signals, like a guitar cable.

  • @sssloe
    @sssloe 2 роки тому +745

    The new OpenCore (0.7.6) is said to bring support for the 12th gen CPUs, even the efficiency cores. So probably one last iteration of support over there.

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  2 роки тому +233

      No iGPU support, however. Just like AMD chips.

    • @aksting
      @aksting 2 роки тому +3

      @@snazzy 😥😪

    • @avieshek
      @avieshek 2 роки тому +37

      @@snazzy Then don't use an iGPU ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ pair it against the Max-variant then.

    • @mau5atron
      @mau5atron 2 роки тому +70

      lmao nah, you’re forgetting there’s 50k Mac Pros out there from 2 years ago that run intel + millions MacBook pros running intel as well. I’d say another 6-8 years of support. Otherwise you’re just supporting e-waste.

    • @mau5atron
      @mau5atron 2 роки тому +25

      You’re also forgetting it’s just a heavily modified BSD under the hood anyways. As long as there’s developers that can figure out workarounds, Intel/Amd should be supported go forward.

  • @addisoncox5960
    @addisoncox5960 2 роки тому +110

    I started watching 4 years ago when I was obsessed with the idea of building a hackintosh. You gained a lifelong viewer through the quality and comedy in your videos!

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  2 роки тому +15

      Thanks so much, Addison! Glad to have you!

    • @sauravchhabra840
      @sauravchhabra840 2 роки тому +1

      @@snazzy hey, why didn’t you try to use the ryzen 5 5600g ? As you said, open core works better on ryzen right?

    • @BryceCassagneres
      @BryceCassagneres 2 роки тому

      @@sauravchhabra840 But he also said that AMD-Hackintosh builds suffer from more day-to-day feature problems that often get left out of build guides.

    • @empedance1933
      @empedance1933 2 роки тому

      @@sauravchhabra840 itd probably work if you had a dedicated pcie AMD gpu, but unfortunately none of AMDs built in APU graphics work

  • @george.austin.miller
    @george.austin.miller 2 роки тому +473

    That fold yourself computer case is a super cool concept! It's a shame it's so flimsy and overpriced.

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  2 роки тому +91

      Indeed.

    • @linkndark
      @linkndark 2 роки тому +13

      Yes, indeed a shame. But I would anyway not have the use case for a small PC case.
      However…. if they would make a similarly designed case specifically for the Raspberry Pi and the space for 2 or 3 hard disks and add a bit more options for modularity, that would be really sweet! I am planning to build a Raspberry Pi NAS at some point, but I am not very happy with the case options already there. Teenage Engineering coupled with Raspberry Pi ecosystem would be a match made in heaven.

    • @patrickdoty5534
      @patrickdoty5534 2 роки тому +9

      @@snazzy If you are just folding it the same way they instruct you to do so, how are buyers any different then sweatshop laborers? Except they paid 200$ for the privilege. Maybe if I could send them specs for the case, then I build something new according to my design, it would be worth it. They could have an online case designer with template parts that would make it easy and personal.

    • @BryceCassagneres
      @BryceCassagneres 2 роки тому +2

      @@linkndark TBH, it probably wouldn't be too hard to make one yourself. Just get some thin aluminum and an angle grinder and you could fab your own.

    • @JB-fh1bb
      @JB-fh1bb 2 роки тому +5

      @@snazzy Maybe buy two of them and fuse the panels together so they’re double thick? 🤣😭

  • @MrJonas2255
    @MrJonas2255 2 роки тому +340

    That case is such a "great idea, awful execution" scenario

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  2 роки тому +75

      It is.

    • @chrisva4268
      @chrisva4268 2 роки тому +31

      @@snazzy Teenage Engineering constantly amazes me with their ability to go with aesthetics based off simplicity that end up just coming off as cheap, then charging an arm and a leg for them. The Pocket Operators are an excellent example of this, they're super simple but end up looking more like throw-away packaging from Five Below. It's a shame because some of their stuff truly follows classic aesthetics like those from Braun and Dieter Rams, but is let down by its quality.

    • @firesurfer
      @firesurfer 2 роки тому +4

      @@snazzy They need to redo the folds. Too many holes too close together. Also make a couple of sizes that can take a GPU.

    • @red13emerald
      @red13emerald 2 роки тому +7

      @@chrisva4268 But, unlike this stupidly bad case, the pocket operators are very well thought out and have a great price point, too. Same for the OP-1. OP-Z is a different story, I don't know if they fixed their manufacturing problems there, and the PO Modulars are quite shitty as well.

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz 2 роки тому +2

      I'm not convinced that the idea is great enough to warrant a good execution. The idea that you should be able to fold it together like papercraft is very much at odds with the idea of it being robust and conveying trustworthiness.

  • @vmpgsc
    @vmpgsc 2 роки тому +234

    I converted my Hackintosh to Win10 a couple of years ago. I've thought about making another one but Apple silicon is too compelling and Hackintoshing is too complex.

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  2 роки тому +54

      Yep.

    • @futur3sn0w
      @futur3sn0w 2 роки тому +3

      This sums it all up pretty much.

    • @R.e.o584
      @R.e.o584 2 роки тому +3

      Not too complex if you build a pc with an hackintosh in mind

    • @NoobixCube
      @NoobixCube 2 роки тому +20

      @@R.e.o584 Tracking down specific Hackintosh compatible parts in this current market is a hell of a task, though. What do we give it, another six months? A year? When will the chip shortage and supply chain issues end? Will prices ever fall again, or have we just given Intel and NVidia proof that we'll pay anything they ask?

    • @vmpgsc
      @vmpgsc 2 роки тому +14

      @@R.e.o584 Oh I did that. But kext updates, USB mapping, system updates, etc, were a pain the a$$. I am not a coder nor do I want to be. I want my systems to work so I can work.

  • @krebsgewehr
    @krebsgewehr 2 роки тому +187

    It makes sense that these were going to start going away. Just for ease of use, size, pretty much everything, the mac mini is crazy awesome right now.

    • @FlorianWendelborn
      @FlorianWendelborn 2 роки тому +18

      Not just that, it’ll also be very hard to hackintosh once ARM is the only supported architecture.

    • @HearMeLearn
      @HearMeLearn 2 роки тому +6

      @@FlorianWendelborn at least until Qualcomm starts making chips competitive with desktop Apple silicon. Whether they’re there yet or not you know they’re working on it

    • @chickenpasta7359
      @chickenpasta7359 2 роки тому +8

      @@HearMeLearn maybe but I'm pretty sure because of Apple's T2 nonsense being integrated into their ARM chips it may take a lot longer

    • @eloiseallaway4928
      @eloiseallaway4928 2 роки тому +6

      @@HearMeLearn Apple is changing the kernel to not be dawin based for arm, making it very difficult to hackintosh as no open source base exists to use. Hackintosh projects use this heavily because you need something that can be modified to work with other hardware that interfaces with the closed source OS.

    • @krebsgewehr
      @krebsgewehr 2 роки тому

      @@FlorianWendelborn It's one of those "benefits" of making the hardware and the software people keep talking about.

  • @J.Millhouse
    @J.Millhouse 2 роки тому +59

    I love Teenage Engineering’s synths. They’re robust and beautiful and chock-full of great features. Shame the design arm seems to cut corners like this :(

    • @made.online2149
      @made.online2149 Рік тому +3

      just wait until you learn how much of a markup you're paying on an op-1

  • @whateverrandomnumber
    @whateverrandomnumber 2 роки тому +20

    Apple's pricing on memory and storage is ridiculous. And remember neither of those are upgradeable anymore in the M1.
    I built myself a hackintosh "the easy way": with a VM and pass through VGA and a discrete USB card. Apples to apples (core count and frequency, memory, GPU etc) it's an iMac Pro for one third the price.
    It still has a few unfixable issues though, like minor issues with sound (even with a USB speaker), keyboard and mouse never worked in bootloader unless plugged in and so on.

  • @TaureanSmoke
    @TaureanSmoke 2 роки тому +2

    Wow literally the only person on UA-cam that will give an honest review about Apple products nobody talks about any of the shortcomings Apple has and they're very many of them.

  • @Christopher-pe6zj
    @Christopher-pe6zj 2 роки тому

    I subscribed bc I know that hackintosh struggle... 2-3 days is not a joke.. and you end up with something that barely boots! Love it!

  • @AJ_UK_LIVE
    @AJ_UK_LIVE 2 роки тому +14

    I have to say, using that SSD without TRIM will be an absolute disaster.

    • @MadMaxBLD
      @MadMaxBLD 2 роки тому

      OpenCore can enforce TRIM on any SSD. Before OC we could enter a terminal command in macOS to enforce it.

    • @AJ_UK_LIVE
      @AJ_UK_LIVE 2 роки тому +1

      @@MadMaxBLD Interesting. TRIM is an absolute must. I remember not understanding SSDs at all in the early days. This was a rather surprising thing to learn.

  • @Rockband2991
    @Rockband2991 2 роки тому +9

    You can enable trim with a terminal command

  • @ankurthakur6424
    @ankurthakur6424 2 роки тому

    The best outro (ending) of any video I have recently watched on any channel. You are very comfortable and awesome in front of the camera. It is not irritating or embarrassing but just right and lovely.

  • @cakec9
    @cakec9 2 роки тому +1

    Wow. This is the end of an era. Awesome content man. Love love love it.

  • @MauriceMercado
    @MauriceMercado 2 роки тому +7

    My 2009 iMac just died...can I have that one?

  • @Twi66e
    @Twi66e Рік тому +3

    I wanted this case so much when it was announced! I currently use a fractal R4 case and this would of looked so cool on my desk instead of hid underneath it 🙁

  • @HiiipowerdanniRuns
    @HiiipowerdanniRuns 2 роки тому

    this is a great video. I really love how objective you are with your vids. I am going to binge watch the channel.

  • @WillCodeForViews
    @WillCodeForViews 2 роки тому

    Yep, i followed you originally because of the hackintosh content YEARS ago. Keep up the great work!

  • @DMS3TV
    @DMS3TV 2 роки тому +6

    As cool as teenage engineering is, their crazy design oversights don't really surprise me after experiencing the ear(1) >__>

    • @phenixnunlee372
      @phenixnunlee372 2 роки тому

      I was like yeah teenage engineering is always form or functions and they have to make them sleek for whatever. I personally think they are way overhyped.

  • @deurkl
    @deurkl 2 роки тому +23

    I just put an external SSD next to the Mac mini. Is this strange? Quinn makes it sound like you really need to upgrade the internal storage, but so far it's working fine for me.

    • @Bleachanna
      @Bleachanna 2 роки тому +3

      exactly what I do. I got a returned 512 model for the price of the base model though.

    • @CocoaEm
      @CocoaEm 2 роки тому +1

      Well, that would be slower than the internal ssd.

    • @Bleachanna
      @Bleachanna 2 роки тому

      @@CocoaEm it is but it's not enough to notice at all when running an app off it.

    • @SimmySaiyuki
      @SimmySaiyuki 2 роки тому +1

      256GB isn't quite convenient when you do adobe creative cloud , 3d modeling and Xcode in one computer

    • @volvo09
      @volvo09 2 роки тому +2

      Guess it depends upon your use case. Average use like i'd be doing, external wins.
      I can see where someone would need the onboard storage, but a nice fast external SSD would be my choice anyways, it isn't soldered to the board.

  • @dennis288
    @dennis288 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent video! So well presented and technically Snazzy! cheers from Downunder..

  • @jesselioce
    @jesselioce 2 роки тому

    Your hackintosh vids are what lured me to your channel

  • @bradhaines3142
    @bradhaines3142 2 роки тому +15

    id rather have 16gb ram than upgrade storage. can always plug in external if you want more, cant plug in external ram

    • @CookieMonster-gg1ks
      @CookieMonster-gg1ks 2 роки тому

      I'd rather swim than have a boat. Can always swim off the coast, can't do the same with the boat. Does it make sense? No cause althou both are inside the water they are for different things.

    • @bradhaines3142
      @bradhaines3142 2 роки тому +2

      @@CookieMonster-gg1ks thats why i had a 2nd sentence there that you clearly didnt understand with youre completely off comparison

  • @Garrettdx1988
    @Garrettdx1988 2 роки тому +65

    Quinn's an excellent presenter. He's like a cool college professor that you look forward to listening to.
    Which feels odd to say because I think I'm older than him lol

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  2 роки тому +6

      Haha thanks, Garrett!

  • @mikaelhuostila4005
    @mikaelhuostila4005 2 роки тому

    That was a really great intro Snazzy, good job 👍

  • @ToadyEN
    @ToadyEN 2 роки тому

    Great choice for music, happy Christmas to you to dude

  • @G87
    @G87 2 роки тому +59

    I built a “Nuc Mini” whenever that video came out and I’ve been enjoying that on MacOS since, IMO, the first time set up was a pain, but since, I’ve had minimal issues

    • @deepzone31
      @deepzone31 2 роки тому +4

      How is the OS upgrade process? Are you able to scale up as new ones come out or are you limited to a certain version of OSX?

    • @richardwaters9284
      @richardwaters9284 2 роки тому +1

      I also built a nuc mini due to that video, over the ensuing time I have moved it from clover to Opencore and am running the most recent release of Monterey. I cant say any upgrade was difficult and so far no issues.

    • @G87
      @G87 2 роки тому

      @@deepzone31 able to update fairly easily, just need to update plist, opencore version, etc. it’s more work than a stock Mac for sure, but not terribly difficult. I’ll say, the first time setting it up is a pain because you’re going in blind, but after that, you really start to understand what’s going on and there’s a very helpful community over on Reddit.

  • @justfortier
    @justfortier 2 роки тому +11

    I think I've built my last one too. It boggles my mind a bit since I've been doing it since about 2012, and honestly I'm still not sure I can dedicate myself to Apple that hardcore. I may switch back to linux since most of what I do is via terminal and browser these days. We'll see, my current hardware is not going anywhere for a couple more years, I guess we'll see how badass the M2s might be by then. :)

  • @AndrewNation13
    @AndrewNation13 2 роки тому +2

    This has to be one of the most enjoyable and, dare I say entertainingly educational bit of content I've seen in tech this year... I subscribed, totally looking forwards to what this fellow has for us next.

  • @tienenaar2295
    @tienenaar2295 2 роки тому +1

    The level of dedication you go trough, putting a snow filter layer into the windscreen :p
    Another great video like we get used to!

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  2 роки тому

      Hahahahaha thank you!

  • @martinjoyce779
    @martinjoyce779 2 роки тому +11

    I got a reasonably specced PC from my internship this summer and I spent HOURS trying to hackintosh it. I couldn’t get it. You’re right, it’s a nightmare.
    Also, you’re my favorite UA-camr. Quality content as always.

    • @LasstUnsSpielen
      @LasstUnsSpielen 2 роки тому +3

      Hackintoshing is not a nightmare. It just does not work the way you have tried it. If you buy compatible and tested parts, installing OS X on it is pretty straight forward.

    • @BBWahoo
      @BBWahoo 2 роки тому +1

      Why not do ProxMox?

    • @martinjoyce779
      @martinjoyce779 2 роки тому

      @@BBWahoo what’s that?

  • @MartinPittBradley
    @MartinPittBradley 2 роки тому +27

    If people managed AMD Hackintoshes, it seems like someone will figure this out

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  2 роки тому +22

      Graphics are hard. No AMD APUs work and only supported GPUs by Apple work.

    • @firesurfer
      @firesurfer 2 роки тому

      Not gunna happen. Too much proprietary information about the raw software gpus use.

    • @raycert07
      @raycert07 2 роки тому

      amd cpus can be used, one small issue though. no drivers for integrated graphics exist. a vega 11 in a hackintosh would be great, but will never happen.

    • @dyingwillowtree
      @dyingwillowtree 4 місяці тому

      dang these comments aged like milk

  • @ksav89
    @ksav89 2 роки тому

    Quinn - it is a joy to watch your content. You are unique and please stay this way - Humor, professional, practical and with imagination. And those tune you ar using! Keep it rolling ;)

  • @Amdrag161
    @Amdrag161 2 роки тому

    Congratulations on 1 million 🚀🚀

  • @DeLewrh
    @DeLewrh 2 роки тому +4

    Teenage, my local homeboys. The design is almost Portal-esque - as in Aperture Science - with that orange

  • @iSamYTBackup
    @iSamYTBackup 2 роки тому +4

    just shove a m1 mac mini in that case and boom hackintosh

  • @Werdna12345
    @Werdna12345 2 роки тому

    Congrats on 1 million!!!

  • @riodweber
    @riodweber 2 роки тому +1

    I hope you keep making Hackintosh videos!! Don’t let this be the last. (Daily Hackintosh driver)

  • @frankov_83
    @frankov_83 2 роки тому +9

    You should have gone for more RAM instead of a 1TB SSD, you can always add storage later. I bought my mac mini in early 2021 with 16GB and man... haven't looked back since.

    • @ExactApproachLOL
      @ExactApproachLOL 2 роки тому +8

      Yeah, I couldn’t help but notice that he increases the storage twice to hit the $1100 mark instead of increasing the RAM and the storage just once. 512 gig ssd is reasonable for plenty of folks. The fact that the benchmarks looked this good for the M1 with 8gigs of ram vs an i9 casually given 32gigs… that’s all the praise I needed to hear for the M1.

  • @charlesjmouse
    @charlesjmouse 2 роки тому +109

    The move to 'Apple Silicon' certainly seems to be a mostly good thing. Of course soldering SSD's direct to the main board is a crime against humanity Apple persists in committing, and there can be no doubt Apple's habit of skimping on cooling persists...
    ...in 1-3 years when these machines are full of dust-bunnies it remains to be seen if old problems resurface: Horrendous throttling, chronic overheating resulting in damaged silicon, and the old favourite - overheated IC's de-soldering themselves.

    • @SailBuddha
      @SailBuddha 2 роки тому +8

      How do they get dust in them when the fan never turns on, lol

    • @klausstock8020
      @klausstock8020 2 роки тому +10

      How do they get dust in them if Apple insists that you have to upgrade to a new machine every 18 months?

    • @fila1445
      @fila1445 2 роки тому +7

      Non upgradable ram in PRO line of laptops is a crime as well
      But they’ve been doing this for almost a decade now…

    • @klausstock8020
      @klausstock8020 2 роки тому +14

      @@fila1445 It began after Steve Jobs found out that people performed RAM upgrades on the Apple 2, without his approval. Never ever again would an Apple be upgradable.
      The engineers at Apple found that disturbing. What if the user needs more RAM than Apple offers? Jobs replied something along the lines that they should throw their Apple into a garbage bin and buy the next model.
      Regardless, an engineer snuck in a secret RAM upgrade option onto the first Macintosh's mainboard. Jobs found out, bit the engineer lies and told him that it was some 'interface for testing'. Oh, these snraky bastards!
      Well, Jobs is dead now, but his spirit definitely lives on

    • @raycert07
      @raycert07 Рік тому

      @@SailBuddha the fans do turn on, just not very fast. Even no fans in a chassis with vents will get dusty, and these things SUCK to open. Most would rather get a new device than risk breaking an old one to clean it.

  • @a88pockets
    @a88pockets 2 роки тому

    congats on 1 Million bro !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Evie0133
    @Evie0133 2 роки тому

    This actually brings me tears, I found this channel 4yrs ago from Quinn's Hackintosh video, and now the age of Hackintosh is basically dead. RIP.

  • @ephemer
    @ephemer 2 роки тому +14

    Appreciate the bonus review of the teenage engineering case for this. I had seriously considered checking it out but it seems like a total disaster.

  • @blakryptonite1
    @blakryptonite1 2 роки тому +15

    Should have gone with the 512GB and saved $200. External SSD's are a good choice for Mac mini because you don't have to move it as much.

  • @Slurkz
    @Slurkz 2 роки тому

    Fantastic video, thanks man! ♥️

  • @James.Buchanan
    @James.Buchanan 2 роки тому

    Looks like it's snowing like crazy behind you, happy holidays!

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  2 роки тому

      It is! Indeed. :)

  • @ShinyTechThings
    @ShinyTechThings 2 роки тому +8

    Intel MBP's were originally designed as lap warmers.

  • @amoenus_dev
    @amoenus_dev 2 роки тому +3

    I would be curious to see a Hackintosh build using virtualisation as a base. i.e. Proxmox with MacOS on top, as opposed to bare metal. I am under the impression that the compatibility and overall setup process is much better

  • @counterstrikelord
    @counterstrikelord 2 роки тому

    I subbed to you back in the day from your Hackintosh videos

  • @roocrew86
    @roocrew86 2 роки тому

    def agree, your hackintosh vids were my fav and how I found you

  • @tiqo8549
    @tiqo8549 2 роки тому +4

    I've been hackintoshing for the last 12 years or so. I bought a M1 mac mini a while ago, i guess hackintosh days are over for me. ,,

  • @MarcosRavena
    @MarcosRavena 2 роки тому +6

    I just love the shape of the Obscene Tangerine. It seems like those machines found in sci-fi/dystopian future movies from the 80's. Which I call the old future.
    It's very good to see your honest opinion about Macs and their new future with Apple silicone. Not so bad opinion, but not so fanboy opinion. Even as an Apple fanboy, I like it!
    Thanks for sharing this experience with us!

    • @lefizz55
      @lefizz55 Рік тому +1

      You didn't realise we are living in a dystopian future? Certainly feels like that to me

  • @ferretrayn1903
    @ferretrayn1903 2 роки тому +1

    Hi @Snazzy Labs, Just wanna say I gasped when you pushed over the hackintosh. Thanks. haha!

  • @AhmedEsslaoui
    @AhmedEsslaoui 2 роки тому

    this Outro Music should be on all Snazzy Labs videos, it is Perfect!

  • @toseltreps1101
    @toseltreps1101 2 роки тому +19

    You know Quinn, as a seasoned Hackintosher, i have to say while the process was quite full of new experiences each and every time, Hackintoshes are not for people who need to 1. Get stuff done and/or 2. Have a family/friends/life. A Hackintosh is an enormous time sink and sadly i don't believe we have any of that to waste on endless tinkering.

    • @RLfilmz
      @RLfilmz 2 роки тому +3

      Our business has been running hackintoshes as our main servers, render boxes and edit machines since 2013. If you do your research, it’s really not much different than any other computer. Even my fiance, who until recently couldn’t figure out use time machine, dailies a hackintosh and has had no issues in over a year. But yeah if you just slap together whatever parts and update the OS without knowing whats changed, then yeah, you’re gonna have a bad time.

    • @mau5atron
      @mau5atron 2 роки тому +3

      This is easily one of the worst takes on hackintoshes. I personally got drawn to MacOS for productivity purposes and continue to do so as a developer. Windows for gaming, Linux for server stuff, and MacOS for development. That’s my workflow and building a high spec hackintosh (I’m not talking about the gamer CPUs, i’m talking about anything with more than 40 pcie lanes and 64GB of ram) ensures I do it without compromises and easily upgrade able/replaceable components. A hackintosh can be a one and done deal, you have the freedom to tinker and waste time if that’s what you want or build something reliable. That’s up to you.

  • @slippydouglas
    @slippydouglas 2 роки тому +3

    So I guess we know why Amazon finally pulled the trigger on M1 Mac minis on AWS. Hardware cost may be higher, but not terribly so; will be paid back in time. Electricity costs & cooling costs, which are the real recurring costs for data centers, are super-cheap.

  • @paolopetrozzi2213
    @paolopetrozzi2213 2 роки тому

    Absolutely enjoyed the video, thanks.

  • @Thomasjcolbert82
    @Thomasjcolbert82 2 роки тому

    Very cool video! I see it's snowing like mad outside behind you lol.

  • @CalebKussmaul
    @CalebKussmaul 2 роки тому +8

    Hackintoshing will return when actually usable windows machines start shipping with arm processors.

    • @benjaminlynch9958
      @benjaminlynch9958 2 роки тому +1

      This is true, but sadly this is years away. nVidia will probably be our best hope for ARM powered Windows PC’s, but that’s a long term aspirational project for nVidia. Hard to see where this goes now that the nVidia-ARM acquisition is as good as dead. Plus, desktop ARM machines will be few and far between until Windows 11 has been ironed out with regards to ARM, and that’s not going to be quick or easy. Lastly, if we’re ultimately going to be dependent on nVidia for desktop ARM CPU’s, the cost-benefit equation supporting Hackintosh probably goes out the window. 👎🏼

    • @spencercarruth9706
      @spencercarruth9706 2 роки тому +4

      @@benjaminlynch9958 If regulators in the US and UK continue going in the direction they are going, then the NVIDIA/ARM merger will not be allowed to happen, and for good reason.

    • @andynormancx
      @andynormancx 2 роки тому

      That is by no means guaranteed. Hackintoshes work now because macOS has support for the hardware or hardware close to the stuff on the Intel/AMD side. Those theoretically future ARM based non Apple machines won’t have the Apple GPUs and other hardware that the Macs will have and making macOS work at that point may not even be possible at all.

  • @icantgivecredit871
    @icantgivecredit871 2 роки тому +7

    Before M1, I built a budget Hackintosh containing a quad-core i3. (Yes, I know...) To my surprise, its single core speeds made it feel incredibly snappy; it felt entirely unlike any i3-based machine from Apple. Now that M1 is here and covers the low end, however, I no longer see any reason to build a low-end PC: one cannot beat the value of a $700 M1 mini. In fact, last I checked, a GPU with equivalent horsepower to that integrated into the M1 chips is already nearly $200 of that $700. It's a moot point, though, because it's true that the Hackintosh is on its way out - unless maybe we begin seeing ARMackintoshes popping up. (I'm proud of that name I coined.)

    • @raycert07
      @raycert07 Рік тому

      I don't know about your cpu claim here.
      My old i3 pc about matched the cpu performance of the m1, he spent way too much money on the cpu and no money on the gpu. He needed to get something like a rx 580 and an i3, 16gb of 3200 mhz ram, and it would easily beat the m1 mac in most cases.
      He could have saved a ton of money by not using gen 4 since 10th gen doesn't even use gen 4. He made a ton of mistakes in order to try and "match" the m1. It's obvious he's not a pc pro and never claimed to be, but I definitely think the budget of this could be lowered and the specs could be better matched.

    • @icantgivecredit871
      @icantgivecredit871 Рік тому

      @@raycert07 With used parts, you could definitely make a faster (albeit less efficient) computer. Maybe the moral of the story is to not buy a GPU or CPU at MSRP.

    • @raycert07
      @raycert07 Рік тому

      @@icantgivecredit871 not even used. Built my pc for well under 500$ with me providing storage and a case.
      Cpu is easy, 10th gen i3 matches the m1 or beats it. Gpu not sure but it's not actually that powerful, only compared to the Intel hd that's been used on the Intel cpus from 2015 to early 2021.

    • @icantgivecredit871
      @icantgivecredit871 Рік тому

      @@raycert07 On paper, the integrated GPU in the base M1 chip supposedly beats an RX 560. The CPU portion also definitely beats the 10th-gen i3, and the TDP is 39W.

    • @raycert07
      @raycert07 Рік тому

      @@icantgivecredit871 the i3 uses about 40 under load, ans the igpu is not as powerful as a 560. 560 as in gtx, but not rx.

  • @jahpinkman3043
    @jahpinkman3043 2 роки тому

    Love the snow in the background

  • @taylorb2783
    @taylorb2783 2 роки тому

    Great video, always good content 👌

  • @abavariannormiepleb9470
    @abavariannormiepleb9470 2 роки тому +62

    Let‘s “thank” Apple for the not-that-great Mac Pro, this means Apple has to go on supporting an x86 variant of macOS for quite a few years to come.

    • @StevePringle
      @StevePringle 2 роки тому +2

      Awesome. Features will be missing, right?
      Monterey *limited features on Intel/AMD*

    • @Dave102693
      @Dave102693 2 роки тому

      I give it 4 more years.

    • @kirbycube
      @kirbycube 2 роки тому +1

      give it less

    • @snintendog
      @snintendog 2 роки тому

      @@Dave102693 yup Arm is headed right for PowerPCs fate already seeing the death throes that it started having. RISC just isnt made for long term performance. Its perfect for the 1 year and done crowd though.

  • @sazman69864
    @sazman69864 2 роки тому +14

    They just used sheet metal screws, you don’t need to tap sheet metal if using sheet metal screws (if they gave you machine screws that’s a different story). That’s not to take away from the obvious issues this case has, which sucks because TE usually does great things and I like the look of the case.

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  2 роки тому +9

      Their screws provided sucked. Threads were too tight to be workable as sheet metal screws.

    • @MiIIenia
      @MiIIenia 2 роки тому +4

      Having used teenage engineering synthesizers, namely the OP-1 which is still a wonderful tool that commendably still gets important upgrades a decade later, and the pocket operators, while I like their designs still I feel like TE has been moving into a bad direction with overpricing and form way over function items. Even their merchandising has insane prices and I hope they move back into making useful items rather than cool to look at items

  • @TheLukemcdaniel
    @TheLukemcdaniel 2 роки тому +2

    The case was made for form not function.
    I love the idea of the aviator switch for power. So much mine has one for power, and one for restart, with a key switch in series with the power so both have to be used. Starting up(on the rare occasion it's shutdown so that I have to start it up...) feels like sending off a nuke.

  • @MondstaubMusik
    @MondstaubMusik 2 роки тому

    The way i found your channel was indeed when i was checking for Hackintosh builds. Now i will ride out my Hacky i9 9900K until hopefully a Mac Mini with the Pro/Max chips comes along. What i will do with the Hacky remains to be seen. At the very least it will serve as a very good retro gaming/ gaming rig. Or i might as well scrap the GFX Card out & sell it for some good profit. I was aware of the shortage in GFX Cards, but i was quite surprised how severe it is. Thanks for that info Quinn!

  • @vshnv_c
    @vshnv_c 2 роки тому +7

    the lengths people will go just to avoid using Windows OS

    • @gtPacheko
      @gtPacheko 2 роки тому +10

      Yes, because it's shit.
      Linux is better than MacOS, but MacOS is still nice.

    • @vshnv_c
      @vshnv_c 2 роки тому +6

      @@gtPacheko linux lacks support for any major software used by 90% professionals in the industry. Its good for a programmer or a developer, but practically useless for a designer or an editor. It lacks any utility features that’s gonna be used by mass public and requires an extensive crash course to execute some of the most basic tasks. Its not an OS that can be used easily by mass public, so I don’t know how is it better than Windows, let alone MacOS?

    • @pupperemeritus9189
      @pupperemeritus9189 2 роки тому

      @@vshnv_c someone has to jump ship first for linux to get noticed on the consumer stage. only then software support will come. and linux ecosystems as a whole will have far better longevity due to the open source nature of it. once linux gains dominance it'll be impossible to any other company to trump their success without they themselves making an open source OS since nothing beats the development rate of a large open source project.

    • @vshnv_c
      @vshnv_c 2 роки тому

      @@pupperemeritus9189 Android is an Open Source project, built on linux, and it is far from perfect. The only reason it has market dominance is because it comes pre installed on cheapest hardware you can find. Open source is terrible for targeted optimisation, personal security as the entire code of the OS is available to the public its also much easier to exploit it. Linux has been around as long as any other OS, yet its not even catching to a fraction of the mass user market, and no stat shows it’s otherwise growth. I feel some people just unnecessarily advocate Linux just to sound edgy 😂. It sure has its perks, but jesus f christ it is far from an ideal OS for a mass market. It’s practically the Windows Mobile Os of the desktop market.

    • @pupperemeritus9189
      @pupperemeritus9189 2 роки тому

      @@vshnv_c i wasn't saying linux is good for mass market right now. but if and when linux gets better for mass market adoption, it will be very hard to displace since it will evolve at a pace that no single company can replicate. open source projects work very much like natural selection in that if it doesnt solve the problems of atleast some people, that project will either be something like a personal project or evolve very quickly into a flourishing project that is developing at rocket speed.

  • @mitchjames9350
    @mitchjames9350 2 роки тому +4

    Even with ARM I still see hackintosh still going on strong. Able to upgrade your storage and memory with out the Apple Tax is a blessing.

  • @vvMathematicalvv
    @vvMathematicalvv Рік тому

    You really do make the best videos

  • @davef1731
    @davef1731 2 роки тому

    Love the case, just ordered one

  • @Alexlfm
    @Alexlfm 2 роки тому +6

    I really like the OpenCore approach but I’m sure it’s a PIA to get running. Years ago in the Z97 days I went hard and used Ozmosis which was an efi boot loader that you would custom build for your exact board and then flash directly to the motherboard. It gave essentially 100% compatibility including thunderbolt on my gigabyte board and would run incremental dot releases no problem but it was a massive pain with setup. After that machine essentially reached EOL when OpenCore released instead of doing it again and hoping I could find another nice German fellow to help me out, I bailed and switched to a 2011 MacPro.
    The EFI approach works fantastic and is rock solid once done (because it’s not really emulation but rather translation) but it’s too much work for me, even as a CS grad. In some ways I’m sad to see the end of the intel and subsequently the hackintosh days but at least Apple is making reasonable hardware again with distinct advantages.

    • @raycert07
      @raycert07 2 роки тому +1

      so you downgraded cpus? Z97 is a 2014 platform, 2011 mac pros were a 2006 platform. it might have more cores depending on your config, but they were slower per core. how was that machine at EOL when opencore released? you can probably transfer your install to opencore, and your machine wont just stop working, and stop functioning once a newer bootloader becomes the standard.

    • @Alexlfm
      @Alexlfm 2 роки тому

      @@raycert07 Yes I didn’t want to move to OpenCore because of the headache of the setup. Also the fact that I upgraded to an AMD platform with an I
      Nvidia GPU where as before I was using intel with the iGPU and it just wasn’t worth it to me. The machine was only EOL for its secondary gaming purposes.
      The Mac Pro is a DP machine so 12 cores total in my case with an AMD 570 and 64GB ram. More of a lateral move for my video/photo editing use then an improvement but easier to manage. I never said that it was an upgrade. I was able to move to Mojave something I couldn’t do on the old Ozmosis machine due to the death of that project and incompatibility (and my not wanting to waste more time on it) but that was the only change I made. The same SSD actually worked perfect on the pro.

    • @raycert07
      @raycert07 2 роки тому +1

      @@Alexlfm yes it may have 12 cores, but thats because it uses 2 old 6 core xeons that are linked together through a chipset. having this chipset has performance impacts. the amount of ram also does not matter if your hardware cant fully utilize it. and having more ram might actually make workloads slower due to your cpus needing to make memory copies to the other cpus ram controller because they communicate through a chipset, and the memory isnt shared. but i digress. the sdd might work fine, though iirc they only support up to sata 2 which will definitely limit the performance of the ssd.

  • @TCOphox
    @TCOphox 2 роки тому +5

    17:42 I think this shows you why Professional GPGPUs use HBM for memory instead of GDDR. For AI and Compute workloads at high performance it's easy for the GPGPU to get memory starved, so a solution like a unified SoC or HBM memory is prefferable where super high bandwidth and wide bus width is favourable.

  • @General_Direction
    @General_Direction Рік тому +1

    It amazes me how the quality of presentation by some of the top YT creators gets better and better. Great style sir and keep it up.

  • @froggy5967
    @froggy5967 2 роки тому

    Awesome video I had a good laugh there 😁 thanks

  • @13StJimmy
    @13StJimmy 2 роки тому +10

    At the start of the pandemic I built a hackintosh (using clover) for about $6-700 (including a rx 580 for like $180😶) and while I’m glad I did it and it served it’s purpose, I think it’s time for a real mac. I wasn’t interested in any of the new macs at the time it’s all different this year even with a big price increase I haven’t been this drawn to MacBooks since I bought my last one in 2010!

  • @sheldonkupa9120
    @sheldonkupa9120 2 роки тому +3

    Yeah man, good insight. I expect Apple to improve their silicon even more, and hackintosh will remain a niche for ppl of the "since we can" sort of life. Like me😆 Honestly, I am excited more about linux coming to Apple silicon! Thats the day I will buy a mini or an airbook again. Still use my 2012 airbook with Pop OS and love it.

  • @mm8436
    @mm8436 2 роки тому

    I liked how you squeezed in a case review

  • @derhaertende
    @derhaertende 2 роки тому

    Hhhey! Just discovered the same MacOS X 10.0 Box like you've got in the background! 🤩💻
    And btw: great video again! 👍🏼

  • @charleskrueger5523
    @charleskrueger5523 2 роки тому +5

    Get a normal case that fits a dGPU like RX 6600 at minimum, use an Alder Lake cpu and follow the tonymacx86 guide. Your performance will be much higher, for not that much extra money.

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  2 роки тому +9

      Say no to tonymac.

    • @movieblues4614
      @movieblues4614 2 роки тому

      @@snazzy ?

    • @tweakz_tech
      @tweakz_tech 2 роки тому

      @@snazzy Tonymac has a big community when it comes to hackintoshes. Can you explain it?

    • @undecimer
      @undecimer 2 роки тому

      @@snazzy why

    • @C4103
      @C4103 2 роки тому +1

      Tonymac tools contain lots of hackintosh scene open source projects included without credit

  • @Xeph0r
    @Xeph0r 2 роки тому +9

    Imagine if someone was able to reverse-engineer the M1 processors pinout to make custom pcbs with socketed storage and... maybe a pcie slot.
    i wonder if thats even possible.

    • @Dave102693
      @Dave102693 2 роки тому

      That would be a dream come true

    • @m.l.9385
      @m.l.9385 2 роки тому

      And get their ass sued off by Apple....

  • @ArchieGee
    @ArchieGee 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome intro Quinn!

  • @Eu023
    @Eu023 2 роки тому

    Great video Quinn!

  • @seriouslycoolful
    @seriouslycoolful 2 роки тому +17

    I like how the case looks a lot, but something that flimsy costing that much is outrageous. At that price they couldn't add 1mm more thickness? I don't like the 'bend it yourself' gimmick either

    • @firesurfer
      @firesurfer 2 роки тому +1

      The main problem is not the thickness. There are too many cutouts, too close together. This makes it foldable, but that is it's own downfall.

  • @michaelch5060
    @michaelch5060 2 роки тому +4

    You'll also need to add the $200.00 for the case to the Intel Build making $1294.64 not $1094.64 and putting the price a good bit over the Mac Mini. Thanks for sharing.

  • @sodiumlights
    @sodiumlights 2 роки тому

    Excellent video, so spot on.

  • @joeygenna4801
    @joeygenna4801 2 роки тому

    Paradigm! That’s the word I’ve been looking for all day. It means, more or less, the typical example.

  • @roxics
    @roxics 2 роки тому +4

    I get that Hackintosh doesn't make a lot of sense anymore, but how does the M1 stack up to this machine running Windows? Is there actually a benefit to running MacOS anymore?
    I used to build PCs from 1998-2010. From 2006-2010 I bought some used Macs to learn. Finally in 2010 I switched completely to Mac for my personal machines. OSX was more stable than Windows and there were more creative software options. Also Macs were still upgradable. You could swap HDDs, RAM, batteries, optical drives, and there were an assortment of ports. Plus they could dual boot Windows if need be.
    I’ve been a Mac user for 12 years now and over that time Apple machines have gotten less upgradable and the OS has become less stable. I have more crashes and lockups today then I ever did a decade ago. The focus has also shifted from the creative community and education market to being more a high end fashion technology brand that sells flashy disposable gadgets.
    So even if they have gotten more powerful with the new M1 chips, is there still a benefit for me and people like me to be a Mac user? Assuming that we’ve already gotten to the point where most of us had plenty of computer power years ago to do what we need to do. That we don’t need to render that video 30 seconds faster, because it really doesn’t matter that much for most of us.

  • @SpookySkeletonGang
    @SpookySkeletonGang 2 роки тому +8

    I think it's really important to hit on how much worse the apple chips can be when something is NOT designed specifically for it. That new LTT video for example, shows that sure when a program has specific support built around apple chips it can do well, but when it's most other programs the graphics get FAR worse.

    • @snazzy
      @snazzy  2 роки тому +2

      True, but as Apple pushes everything to ARM, the majority of apps are adding specific support for these chips.

  • @DangerousPictures
    @DangerousPictures 2 роки тому

    thank you so much for showing opencore. I hackintoshed so many PCs and laptops back in the mojave days

  • @alexis0a
    @alexis0a 2 роки тому

    I love your videos, the end when you tell something about the dislike button is gold haha

  • @jamesblezard8562
    @jamesblezard8562 2 роки тому +3

    How is 256gb hardly usable? What do people have on there computers that takes up so much space? Outside of storing lots of games, which people surely aren't doing on a Mac Mini, I haven't personally found a need for 100s of gigabytes of space.

    • @ImpiantoFacile
      @ImpiantoFacile 2 роки тому

      It depends on what you do: if you do any kind of video editing, you're gonna need a LOT of storage space, or simply to store photos, music, applications...

    • @jamesblezard8562
      @jamesblezard8562 2 роки тому +1

      @@ImpiantoFacile Video editing sure you will need more, although external hard drives would do the job for much cheaper. Photos, music and applications are not going to require more than 256gb of storage. You can store all of your photos on iCloud for less than £1 a month and unless you have about 25 thousand songs downloaded you aren’t going need more than 256gb of space. For the vast majority of people 256gb is more than usable.

    • @magenta_strk3720
      @magenta_strk3720 2 роки тому +1

      Audio engineers, video editors, software engineers, data hoarders etc.

    • @jamesblezard8562
      @jamesblezard8562 2 роки тому

      @@magenta_strk3720 So like 1% of people that use computers.

    • @TeodorLojewski
      @TeodorLojewski 2 роки тому +1

      @@jamesblezard8562 Boy are you wrong lmao

  • @dil6969
    @dil6969 2 роки тому +8

    I'll curse Apple's anti-repair practices until the day I die, but when I went shopping for a laptop, the M1 chips made it a no-brainer. Unless you have a very specific piece of software you need to run that's windows-only, they're actually considerably better value than a lot of windows machines out there, especially when you factor in overall build quality and display quality. The lack of ports does suck though.

    • @volvo09
      @volvo09 2 роки тому

      In a laptop there is no question... Power consumption wins, especially when you don't have to chose "crawling slow" to get low power consumption.

  • @berndkiltz
    @berndkiltz 2 роки тому

    Congrats to 1M subs - you deserve it so much, great entertaining and out-of-the-box videos!

  • @avgguy7129
    @avgguy7129 2 роки тому +2

    Teenage engineering reminds of good ol days of Mechanix games. Building cool stuff with soft aluminum parts held by metal screws.

  • @5urg3x
    @5urg3x 2 роки тому +4

    My guess is the affinity photo benchmark outperforms the AMD dGPU because the developer specifically optimized their code for metal and M1, and not AMD. In cases where you’ve got cross platform optimization, like for example, redshift renderer with cinema4d, even an older NVidia mobile dGPU completely destroys the M1 Max. And Apple specifically touts redshift as being optimized for M1 & metal on their own website 🤷‍♂️

  • @Grycia
    @Grycia 2 роки тому +4

    God, I love the look of this case

    • @Grahamaan27
      @Grahamaan27 2 роки тому

      Why?

    • @Grycia
      @Grycia 2 роки тому

      @@Grahamaan27 look at it. It's colorful. It's minimalistic. What more from looks standpoint can you ask for?

  • @Gluf3r
    @Gluf3r Рік тому

    So funny because that case and style looks so great I almost want to ignore your warnings...almost.

  • @MikeFuryTech
    @MikeFuryTech 2 роки тому

    Great video. Thank you.