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   Z600
That's a bit old. Modern Hackentoshes are actually pretty solid on consumer hardware. Z79/Z79, Z170 are pretty much fully supported. Some forum posters claim they've gotten dual 4th Xeon boards to work.

I set one up on my Z79+i7-4790k. It was a breeze. Took about 90minutes following tutorials. My biggest problems were:

-I set up the wrong sound driver

-Nvidia won't detect/modify hot plugging displays you have to manually edit OSX's version of xorg.conf

-Apple's Nvidia driver didn't support GSync or 144Hz. So I had to dealing with image tearing :\

-Non Apple keyboards had weird character mismatching. Had to purchase an Apple USB keyboard.

I ended up reverting because I like my IBM Model M, and losing hardware level vsync was a no-go.

runjake
> Apple's Nvidia driver didn't support GSync or 144Hz. So I had to dealing with image tearing :\

The Mac drivers Nvidia released yesterday finally support G-Sync.

> Non Apple keyboards had weird character mismatching. Had to purchase an Apple USB keyboard.

You can fix this by not skipping the keyboard setup wizard that pops up when you plug in an unknown keyboard.

valarauca1 OP
I actually never got the popup. IBM Model M is PS/2 not USB so it has to be plugged in on boot as the UEFI/Bios won't let you hot plug.
jdboyd
You probably could have used a PS/2 -> USB adapter.
valarauca1 OP
Actually no IBM M has a >500mA inrush draw so

-Not all converters support it

-Some converters that support it, are disabled by the motherboard as the converter is exceeding spec.

    but valarauca why don't you use an externally powered hub?
I've actually tired 4 different models, none have worked. I've just accepted that using a PS/2 plug on the motherboard is less of a head ache.

I do have a PS/2 -> USB converter that works, but only with 1 of my motherboards (a VIA). Except it knocks out the other USB port stacked above/below it. I don't plug anything into that port for the PS/2 -> USB converter, just that port will never recognize something is plugged into it. I think it is a power draw issue.

izacus
-Non Apple keyboards had weird character mismatching. Had to purchase an Apple USB keyboard.

Karabiner is useful for this - for pretty much every keyboard layout you have a tick that remaps it to PC keyboard.

rgoodwintx
Unfortunately Karabiner is broken on Sierra; they are working on workarounds though. -- macOS Sierra support status

Karabiner does not work on macOS Sierra at the moment.

We are developing Karabiner-Elements which provides simple key modification for macOS Sierra at first. (Karabiner-Elements works on macOS Sierra except prefernces GUI.) --- https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/

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