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[remixedcat]

BlendedFrog, on 04 February 2012 - 17:27, said:

Remember that workstation is for windows and linux. For os x, it is vmware fusion. If I go that route I am really thinking of maxing out to 16gb ram and at least 1tb hd. That should go better for a vm route.

vmware fusion is 50 bucks. not too bad of a price ;-) that plus the hardware would be around 200-400.

[bdsams]

Take a look at netbooks, I had a HP Mini 311 +a wifi chip would put you around 400 to build a machine that is relatively easy to hackentosh.

[BlendedFrog]

I am actually thinking that I can get a base model core i3 mini from macmall for about $550. That would fit my needs perfectly. Might look into that at some point.

[ZeroSeven]

I built a machine back in 2008 with the following specs: Gigabyte G31M-S2L board with 4gb RAM, Intel Core2Quad Q6600 and at the time it had an old ATI X1900 graphics card. Today the same box has an ATI 4670 graphics card, 4 new hard drives and runs Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3. I didn't use any of the custom installers that many hackintoshers use, I installed from the App Store copy of Lion I bought when this machine ran 10.6.8. This hardware works great as a hackintosh, and with my bootloader mods it doesn't require any mods or hacks to the OS at all, its all native Apple and updates without issue from Software Update.
If I were building a machine today, I would definitely always go Intel.. thats a must for good hackintosh setup. Also I recommend Gigabyte boards they are generally more compatible and only require very minor DSDT tweaks (part of the bootloader) to allow the OS to see all your hardware correctly. For graphics you can go either ATI or Nvidia though personally Im an ATI man. But ATI cards can be harder to get working on OS X, depending on the model you get.