Hackintosh
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 10:53 am
Anyone out there running DP (any version) on a Hackintosh?
I'm considering having one built.
Thanks in advance
I'm considering having one built.
Thanks in advance
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FYI, Hideout... you can now upload your avatar graphic directly to this board. It looks like your photobucket one isn't working.Hideout wrote:Anyone out there running DP (any version) on a Hackintosh?
I'm considering having one built.
Thanks in advance
+1James Steele wrote:I can see why people are tempted to go the Hackintosh route as it seems Apple really hasn't delivered the sort of value in terms of raw performance lately. Honestly, as much as I have loved Macintosh over the years, if the Windows version of DP gets to the point where I start hearing that it's as solid and on par with the Mac version, I would probably consider moving to Windows before I'd go Hackintosh.
Exactly. It seems to me that Tim Cook & Friends™ really need to hit a home run on the next iteration of the MacPro or more content creators are going to defect to the "dark side." On top of it, they'll have to improve the value proposition. If it's great, but very expensive, it's not going to move the needle much.HCMarkus wrote:+1James Steele wrote:I can see why people are tempted to go the Hackintosh route as it seems Apple really hasn't delivered the sort of value in terms of raw performance lately. Honestly, as much as I have loved Macintosh over the years, if the Windows version of DP gets to the point where I start hearing that it's as solid and on par with the Mac version, I would probably consider moving to Windows before I'd go Hackintosh.
But then again, let's see what Apple delivers when the new, 7,1 Mac Pro hits the market.
If Digital Performer is your only main application, and the Windows version gets up to snuff, that would be a viable option. You could have a dedicated Digital Performer PC for not very much.James Steele wrote:if the Windows version of DP gets to the point where I start hearing that it's as solid and on par with the Mac version, I would probably consider moving to Windows before I'd go Hackintosh.
I totally understand. On the other hand, my 4,1>5,1 12-core isn't going anywhere and would probably be a viable FCP machine for a while longer.FutureLegends wrote:If Digital Performer is your only main application, and the Windows version gets up to snuff, that would be a viable option. You could have a dedicated Digital Performer PC for not very much.James Steele wrote:if the Windows version of DP gets to the point where I start hearing that it's as solid and on par with the Mac version, I would probably consider moving to Windows before I'd go Hackintosh.
A lot of people using Premiere for video editing seems to be doing that.
But as Final Cut Pro is my main tool these days, that's not an option for me...
That's my conclusion as well. Mostly IMO Windows isn't bad if you have a dedicated use for it, running music software for instance, and don't randomly browse the internet. The 2009 and up Mac Pros are still viable machines, but when that runs out I probably am not in the financial category where I could afford a sufficiently powerful Mac Pro. The new ones coming who knows when are supposed to be "modular" whatever Tim Cook meant by that, so it will be interesting to see what they put out at least.James Steele wrote:I would probably consider moving to Windows before I'd go Hackintosh.
Sort of... you have to log into the license server after every reboot, it doesn’t run as well, it’s not supported...(does DP8.07 run in High Sierra/APFS?).
Please give more detail.FutureLegends wrote:If Digital Performer is your only main application, and the Windows version gets up to snuff, that would be a viable option. You could have a dedicated Digital Performer PC for not very much.James Steele wrote:if the Windows version of DP gets to the point where I start hearing that it's as solid and on par with the Mac version, I would probably consider moving to Windows before I'd go Hackintosh.