Posted 06/09/2009 at 03:26:03pm

Low cost mac?  Get a dell mini 10 laptop for $400 new.  100% osx compatible out of the box.  see http://www.osx86project.org/ and look for a guide.

Posted 06/09/2009 at 12:13:23pm

A few things about this article

 I built a hack-mac over a year ago and for $700 I had components that rivaled the $2500 mac pro.  Overall, installation went smoothy.  I used a kernal patches and such instead of a retail copy (which is on my list of things to buy, it is well worth the $$).  I just wanted to test it before I dropped the coin on the software.  Dual boot with windows was a pain in my ass, but it works.  Install windows first, it is a partition hog.  I reccomend using 2 hard drives.  The EFI-X thing is cool, but only if you are rich or not computer savvy.  I don't have a fancy dual boot interface come up when I boot, I just hit F12 and select the drive of the OS I want to load.  

This article is inaccurate about one thing tho.  AMD chips are well capable of running OSX with the right software, please refer to www.osx86project.org/ - they include wiki's of what hardware is compatible.  A little research can save you headaches and $$ in the long run. It is not, however, compatible with a retail install to my knowledge.

Also on osx86's wiki, there are a couple of laptops (the dell mini 10 comes to mind) that the hardware is 100% compatible with osx, making the install a snap, and they start at $400!  Not much more money than the EFI-X, lol.   Another option is to purchase a preinstalled desktop box starting at $599 at http://store.psystar.com/featured/open3-osx.html.

Happy Hacking!!!

Posted 05/30/2009 at 03:54:01am

I'm pissed that hulu came out with their own interface.  What was all of that bullshit about their "content partners" would not allow boxee to display hulu?  If they wanted to compete, just come out and say it, don't be a bitch and lie about it.  I'm not even going to download the hulu program because it just plays hulu.  If you're building an HTPC, why would you want a hulu-only box?  That's pretty narrow-minded of hulu, there is way more content on the internet than just them.  What about playing netflix, comedy central, abc, and my divx movies?  Boxee is the bomb and is far superior for any application, and hulu are a bunch of fat headed pigs.

 as Jay and silent Bob would say... "fuck them in their stupid asses".

Posted 03/18/2009 at 04:03:33pm

The similar hardware that you saw on newegg may not even work on an osx build.  I built an x86 osx machine and there are very specific features and hardware that you must get if youre planning on running osx.  1 yr ago i build a q6600/4gb/500gb/8800gt/wifi/and acc for $700.  If you want to build your own "hackintosh" refer to http://www.osx86project.org/

They have a wiki page with all of the compatible mobo's, etc...

Dual booting with vista was a pain in my ass as well, almost worth the $75 for them to install... almost :)