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You can't get a 6-core Mac pro, can you?

Actually, I'm in the market for a new Mac, as I need to do some iPhone dev. Does anyone find the non-replaceable battery to be an issue? That seemed like a real turn-off to me.

Anyone have Hackintosh experience? If I have >2 cores on a Hackintosh, will OS X recognize do proper thread scheduling? How stable are Hackintosh builds?

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I think you're confusing these:

http://www.apple.com/macpro/

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

Thanks, I didn't realize they called the desktop a Mac Pro. I had actually forgotten they built desktops.

Actually, I guess that answers my question about threading in Hackintoshes too.

My co-worker has a hackintosh laptop. It is not bad, but every time he updates something, he has to spend time tinkering with it. If you don't mind doing that, you could try that option.

I run a hackintosh as a cheap way to keep some OSX only software up and running that we access a lot for small admin jobs, a small Dell desktop Intel Core Solo 1.6ghz. It works great except for system updates, and you have to restart to see any new USB or drive connections etc. Just one core, so can't comment on the thread scheduling. I'd probably not set another up, due to the hassle.

For our general testing and development purposes a Intel Mac Mini does a great job. Maybe get a couple of those and cluster them? Much cheaper and more CPU for your money.

Yeah, I think I've decided on grabbing a Mini just to reduce the headache. Looks like it has dual video output and is about as fast as an entry-level MBP, so I think it's a pretty good deal. Now just deciding between the server and the client version. Mostly just a small CPU boost and extra hard drive space...

yes, it will recognise properly and use the cpus well, 10.5 or better. xcode is great. nicely configurable. i needed some adjustment from emacs to xcode, never looked back to emacs on mac. builds are stable. occasionally i had too fiddle with libraries when used 3rd party stuff. macports is your friend. dev(objc/c/c++/qt4/java/python) on mac is smooth, less clutter, good docs, easy access.

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