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    Hackintosh Router?

    I run Tomato on a Buffalo Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 that you can't get anymore, and it is way faster than my piece of crap linksys I got because it was $30 after rebate. And I mean on wired not wireless, it was a bottleneck for my internet connection. I second the recommendation of running Tomato on...
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    Password on wake not working

    I am in the habit of just logging out and logging back in everytime I reboot. I am still at 10.5.4 because everything works (except the screensaver issue.)
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    Hackintosh 10.5.5 Retail Rig - Starting at $305

    No. The beauty of Time Machine is it doesn't have 500 advanced power user options to confuse neophytes. I have a customer that has two backup drives for his leopard server, he takes one to work and opens time machines prefs to select it as the backup drive and takes the other one home. He...
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    Hackintosh 10.5.5 Retail Rig - Starting at $305

    My HD did not show up in Disk Utility, or as an install destination using the 10.5.1 Retail installer, but with 10.5.4 Retail it worked perfectly. Unless I am the only one, you may want to specify this in the guide.
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    Hackintosh 10.5.5 Retail Rig - Starting at $305

    How much of a hit is what I am trying to figure out. Disregarding the other CPU speed differences, are we talking about a 5% hit or a 35% hit. If its closer to 35%, I may just pay up for the better CPU. Have you tried CrossOver? If VMware is significantly faster than CrossOver then I will...
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    Hackintosh 10.5.5 Retail Rig - Starting at $305

    I have been looking, and according to newegg and everything else I can find E2180 does NOT support virtualization. Although I thought newegg said it did a few days ago. Maybe they corrected a mistake? Now it looks like I may be running Parallels on the HTPC in order to play games like You...
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    Neat trick with Finder

    I just tried it and it works in Safari too. Try it when browsing a ftp site or someone's hosted files.
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    Neat trick with Finder

    Mac OS has done that since at least Mac OS 8 or so. Its what we had to use back before Column view. [old man]Kids these days with there iPods and their multicore CPUs. {shakes fist} [/old man]
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    Hackintosh 10.5.5 Retail Rig - Starting at $305

    Are the firewire and ethernet cards that work with my kalyway hacked installs not going to be supported under the boot 132 method? I am not building my new system for a few weeks at least, so maybe I better redo one my my current systems with the boot-132 method. I assumed it was just a...
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    Hackintosh 10.5.5 Retail Rig - Starting at $305

    From what I read here. it seems that Core 2 Duo is better than the Pentium D Mhz for Mhz. I am looking at the E4500 for $85. I am not going to be running Parallels on my HTPC, so I have no need of virtualization. I also just wanted it to be as close to mac-spec as possible, it seems you would...
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    Hackintosh 10.5.5 Retail Rig - Starting at $305

    Q6600 is the chip to get, for sure. I have two running at 3.0 GHz on the stock cooler with lower temps than my Mac mini.
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    Hackintosh 10.5.5 Retail Rig - Starting at $305

    Can anyone confirm dual monitor support working with the GIGABYTE GV-NX86T256H GeForce 8600 GT graphics card? I am going to build an Atom to temporarily replace my Mac mini, sell the Mac mini, and build a HTPC hackintosh. I will use my old 7300GT for the HTPC and put the 8600GT in my main rig...
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    $400 Hackintosh rig with 10.5.4

    I would never have built mine if I hadn't finally found a real walkthrough and specific hardware recommendations from Kaido based on price/performance, and known 100% repeatability of results. The only downside is that IDE is best left unused. I would like to build one low end machine that has...
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    $400 Hackintosh rig with 10.5.4

    I decided to use the built in ethernet after reading the quirks it has; I don't let my computers sleep, and I use static IP anyway.
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    $400 Hackintosh rig with 10.5.4

    One of the FireWire cards linked to in the Hackintosh 101 thread is back in stock at newegg.
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    $400 Hackintosh rig with 10.5.4

    I don't know why Apple won't come out with a "Mac" We have a consumer laptop and pro laptop, MacBook an MacBook Pro We have the Mac mini, which hasn't been updated in 13 months, and by time you add peripherals you should just get an iMac if you can stand the glossy screen. We have a pro...
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    $400 Hackintosh rig with 10.5.4

    The quad core cooler does have the copper fluid filled center, with aluminum fins. The outer cooler fins don't even feel warm. I may go Arctic Freezer 7 Pro at some point, but this sure is quiet. It is Arctic Silver 5, when the MacBooks first came out and were shutting down because of...
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    $400 Hackintosh rig with 10.5.4

    The Antec NSK4480B case I bought does have the antivibration mounts for 3 hard drives, and a CPU vent so the stock cooler is drawing in fresh air. Microcenter.com, $59.99. Its quieter than I thought a PC would be. Apple does spoil us with their virtually silent machines. I knew if I got...
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    $400 Hackintosh rig with 10.5.4

    WOOT! Its alive! Antec NSK4480B Mini Tower $59.99+tax at my local micro center, includes Earthwatts 380w 80+ certified power supply which is a rebadged Seasonic. Shipping on cases is high, it was on sale locally, I loved it, and it cost about as much as the PS does at Newegg GIGABYTE...
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    Software to watch tv on a mac?

    EyeTV is great. I also recommend the HD HomeRun package. I have that and also an EveTV Hybrid. I use the hybrid to record off my basic cable, and the HD HomeRun is ethernet based, its on the other side of the house where the antenna is mounted, so I have a short cable run. Dual tuners means...
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    $400 Hackintosh rig with 10.5.4

    Okay, wow. I was thinking it would OC to like 2.9, but potentially a 50% overclock? Well, I just won't be able to stay away from overclocking that. My PS is 380, but it does have 34 amps on the +12, but I don't have enough overhead on it to run peltier. The Arctic Cooler Freezer 7 Pro...
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    $400 Hackintosh rig with 10.5.4

    Kaido, why do you recommend the Q6600 over the Q8200? 1333 FSB instead of 1066, and the 45nm chip has more transistors and from what I read the 45nm chips should run cooler, use less power, and be overclockable. For only $10 more would it not be a better choice? Or is the Q6600 just that...
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    $400 Hackintosh rig with 10.5.4

    The suspense is killing me. As soon as the new thread is posted I am ordering components for my first Hackintosh.