NikJan 1, 2025
Quinn Nelson

The hackintosh subreddit is filled with goodbye posts and pictures of new M4 Mac minis.

5-years-ago, I was building PCs to run macOS because Mac hardware was abysmal.

Now, people want Apple's hardware to run Windows and Linux because it's so good.

How the turntables...

Jan 1, 2025 at 6:46pmWeb
Show threadJoachim KläschenJan 1, 2025
@snazzyq Mac hardware being abysmal is a rather strong opinion.
Show threadTroed SångbergJan 1, 2025

@snazzyq Great ARM hw and (Asahi) Linux is indeed at the top of the list atm.

Exchangeable SSDs was perhaps the final tickbox needed.

Show threadMatt BonneyJan 1, 2025
@troed @snazzyq now they just need to add socketed SSDs back to the MacBook!
Show threadjmorris1974Jan 1, 2025
@bonney that would make too much sense and take away Apple’s ability to charge you an extra $500 for a 1TB upgrade.
Show threadcameronbosch Jan 19, 2025
@jmorris1974 @bonney True, but they did so on the Mac Mini and Mac Studio... Halfway.
Show threadScott JensonJan 1, 2025

@snazzyq I had a very public spat with the 2016 Macbook w/ only USB-C port, a glitchy butterfly keyboard, and a near useless touchbar.

It was a "beauty over functionality" moment that showed Apple cared more about consumers than professionals. I worked at Apple. It broke my heart to leave.

Many painful years later I've returned, but not out of love for Apple, but rather love of Apple Devs. The utilities they crank out are just always better and simpler than the Win/Linux alternatives.

Show threadNahgaJan 1, 2025
@snazzyq
Funny. All my Macs over 7 years old run Linux not because the hardware is so good. But so it can have an updated OS on it.
Show threadskryJan 1, 2025
@nahga @snazzyq I should try this on my old macs, but I'm a newbie at Linux and not sure where to start.
Show threadNahgaJan 2, 2025
@skry @snazzyq
I’ve stopped recommending distros to anyone as it’s hard know what will work for most. That said, I’m running Fedora on my Macs. It was pretty straightforward and I’ve been able to upgrade them to new major versions with almost no effort.

What one person concerns low effort tho… your mileage may vary.
Show threadskryJan 2, 2025

@nahga @snazzyq I want one that I don't have to compile or hunt for drivers and GUI for.

I lean toward Debian in theory, but I need to educate myself a bit about that set of possibilities.

Show threadcameronbosch Jan 19, 2025
@skry @nahga @snazzyq Have you tried Aurora or Bluefin made by @UniversalBlue?
Show threadNahgaJan 20, 2025
@cameronbosch @skry @snazzyq @UniversalBlue
I personally have not. This does say anything negative about those, there are just so many distros any one person can use.
Show threadLimey_TankJan 2, 2025
@snazzyq funny that, all they had to do was provide actual value …
Show threadcameronbosch Jan 19, 2025

@snazzyq MacOS has really fallen off a cliff in terms of quality. Gatekeeper is too much to deal with, the OS feels like its falling apart, some apps I run actually support Windows and Linux but not macOS because of Gatekeeper in macOS being so annoying, and I try to avoid fully embracing ecosystems to avoid getting locked into one.

Needless to say, my M1 Max MacBook Pro has been gathering dust recently because Asahi Linux still has dealbreaking issues, and some of them might be very hardtofix.