<story><title>OpenCore bootloader – open-sourced Apple UEFI drivers, enabling Hackintosh</title><url>https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mrweasel</author><text>macOS isn&amp;#x27;t exactly perfect, but I don&amp;#x27;t know any other desktop operating system that comes even close to macOS in terms of polish and user experience.&lt;p&gt;I understand that Microsoft can&amp;#x27;t just redesign Windows over night, but I also fail to understand why Windows isn&amp;#x27;t better. Better as in more consistent and more responsive.&lt;p&gt;As much as I like to consider other operating systems, the reality is that I don&amp;#x27;t want the hassle and macOS just works.</text></item><item><author>breakfastduck</author><text>Some people just greatly prefer using macOS over windows or linux and don&amp;#x27;t want their entire computer experience to be windows just because they play games now and then.</text></item><item><author>blackhaz</author><text>Why bother with Mac? I&amp;#x27;ve just built a Xeon E5-2640 using a Chinese X79 motherboard. NMVe, proper Radeon RX580 GPU - in an open build test bench frame. All in all, something like $250 on eBay for everything. Runs the games I like well and looks great on the table, especially with two big red LED fans in front. :-)</text></item><item><author>reimertz</author><text>I bought an EGPU 1.5 years ago with the idea of replacing my gaming computer with my MacBook Pro running Windows. But due to the limitations of Thunderbolt 3 and the throughput from my enclosure, I cannot get consistent frame rates which is critical for playing fast-paced competitive games like Apex legends. It really sucks and this point, my $1000 EGPU is currently acting as a fancy adapter + charger + enabling smooth scrolling when surfing the webz.&lt;p&gt;But I have been exploring the idea of converting my gaming computer to a Hackintosh instead. This looks very promising since I require stability and security.&lt;p&gt;I just wished there was a combination of above solutions; no need to compromise between stability and performance.&lt;p&gt;Finally, some might say; just buy a Mac Pro! Well, I cannot motivate $6000 Just because I want to game every now and then.. :)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>shawnz</author><text>Are you primarily a mac OS user? I am primarily a Windows user and when I occasionally have to use mac OS, I find myself regularly facing many seemingly inconsistent behaviors that really surprise me. I&amp;#x27;m inclined to think it is a matter of familiarity more than anything.</text></comment>
<story><title>OpenCore bootloader – open-sourced Apple UEFI drivers, enabling Hackintosh</title><url>https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mrweasel</author><text>macOS isn&amp;#x27;t exactly perfect, but I don&amp;#x27;t know any other desktop operating system that comes even close to macOS in terms of polish and user experience.&lt;p&gt;I understand that Microsoft can&amp;#x27;t just redesign Windows over night, but I also fail to understand why Windows isn&amp;#x27;t better. Better as in more consistent and more responsive.&lt;p&gt;As much as I like to consider other operating systems, the reality is that I don&amp;#x27;t want the hassle and macOS just works.</text></item><item><author>breakfastduck</author><text>Some people just greatly prefer using macOS over windows or linux and don&amp;#x27;t want their entire computer experience to be windows just because they play games now and then.</text></item><item><author>blackhaz</author><text>Why bother with Mac? I&amp;#x27;ve just built a Xeon E5-2640 using a Chinese X79 motherboard. NMVe, proper Radeon RX580 GPU - in an open build test bench frame. All in all, something like $250 on eBay for everything. Runs the games I like well and looks great on the table, especially with two big red LED fans in front. :-)</text></item><item><author>reimertz</author><text>I bought an EGPU 1.5 years ago with the idea of replacing my gaming computer with my MacBook Pro running Windows. But due to the limitations of Thunderbolt 3 and the throughput from my enclosure, I cannot get consistent frame rates which is critical for playing fast-paced competitive games like Apex legends. It really sucks and this point, my $1000 EGPU is currently acting as a fancy adapter + charger + enabling smooth scrolling when surfing the webz.&lt;p&gt;But I have been exploring the idea of converting my gaming computer to a Hackintosh instead. This looks very promising since I require stability and security.&lt;p&gt;I just wished there was a combination of above solutions; no need to compromise between stability and performance.&lt;p&gt;Finally, some might say; just buy a Mac Pro! Well, I cannot motivate $6000 Just because I want to game every now and then.. :)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>simonh</author><text>Windows went down a six year long dead end with 8.x trying to be both a desktop and a phone&amp;#x2F;tablet OS at the same time, while also doing it twice as fast as was actually feasible and without taking the time to think it through, in an attempt to catch up with iOS.&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 actually doesn&amp;#x27;t seem too bad, except for the vestigial Metro crap. Power Shell looks interesting. They seem to have worked out what to do with .NET at last. WSL2 seems decent too so they finally seem to be back on a productive track.</text></comment>