Using an Apple machine feels much smoother and lag-free than a comparable specced Windows machine, which will lag and stutter much more.
Is this entirely due to the software being optimized for the hardware, or is macOS just a better OS?
In other words, does macOS on Hackintosh machines perform just as well as it does on Apple hardware, or does it have a similar performance to Windows?
I licked a negro once
Hackintoshes have become much better over the years in both installation and general hardware compatibility. You can get a beefy machine that will run MacOS far better than the highest spec iMac pro. Not to mention at a better value.
Still, youll need to do some research on hardware that will be compatible with features that MacOS offers. But from what I've seen on forums and various hackintosh users, it seems results favor them with maybe a few slight hassles.
Yes, but assuming everything's compatible, will it run smoothly like on Apple hardware?
Why wouldn't it?
been running macos HS on my 2500k and it runs much, much faster than on my 2015 thottlebook pro, except when it comes to disk IO, because I only have a samsung 820 (iirc) ssd on the desktop and the macbook has a ridiculous nvme ssd, but yeah, hackintosh perfoms just as good
the only issue is overhead, it's quite annoying when it comes to updates, some more obscure hardware, etc
aslo you need a botnet (((intlel))) cpu and might need a patched bios for some shit
Runs great on my AutismPad
It'll perform as well (or even better depending on your hardware) as on Apple hardware as long as you've configured it properly.
By properly I mean a proper DSDT and SSDT for non-fake speedstepping, the correct settings in Clover for your hardware and the correct kexts. There's probably a lot of shit you will need to learn and while it isn't as hard today as it was back in Snow Leopard. Just don't use a fucking "customized macOS distro" like the Niresh crap, you're fucking asking for stability issues and pajeet/russian backdoors. It's vanilla or bust. Don't fucking try with an AMD CPU either. Laptops are a lot harder than desktops due to their heavily customized hardware that are hard to find kexts for and the reliance on Intel wireless cards that are not supported by macOS whatsoever. Other than the pain of setting it up and getting wireless, sound, networking, sleep, speedstepping and some other smaller solvable issues, there's absolutely zero difference between an Hackintosh and an Apple machine.
Start looking into threads on hardware similar to your own. Popular hackintosh spots include InsanelyMac and Tonymacx86, just don't mention either at the other's place as they fucking hate each other's guts due to Tonymac creating proprietary installer tools. Use Clover always, not Chameleon/MultiBeast.
Because maybe the reason for its smoothness is the optimization for that specific hardware.
Thank you very much.
Is it possible to dualboot, or do I need 2 different drives?