Mac OSX machine build help

[littlebitstrouds]

I've decided I want a Mac OSX machine, probably because my girlfriend's laptop is a mac and I seem to be helping her along every other day with it, and because I'm slightly enjoying OSX, dreadful I know. However with the possiblity of building a Mac OSX machine with intel parts (parts I already know), I'm looking for a decently cheap way to do this. Are there any recommendations on the best way to go about this? Is it a matter of throwing together any intel solution at a cheep price point, or should I look at a baseline performance ideal to go about this? I figured I'd look for something with a DDR1 based platform seeing as I have an extra gig of DDR lying around, or should I just bite the bullet and get a DDR2 platform, mind you extreme performance isn't really a big issue. Thanks.

*Edit*
Not saying I would ever download an illegal copy of Mac OSX, but let's just say I happen to find one lying around and didn't want it to waste... Any reason why THIS SETUP wouldn't work?

 

[Agentbolt]

I'm pretty sure you can't "build" a Mac box because you can't buy the Mac OS seperately from a Mac computer. You have to go prebuilt directly from Apple if you want a Mac (legally)

 

[Silversierra]

you can't buy the Mac OS seperately from a Mac computer

Actually, you can, for ~$120.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832110016
But I don't think it would install on anything other than mac hardware, and also, it isn't legal to run mac os on non-mac hardware. I think most people that do this, download(illegally) a modified version of osx that can run on any machine. Osx86project.org has guides for "informational" purposes. Not that I'm recommending....

Edit: maybe you should buy a mac mini?

 

[Childs]

I would stick to Intel chipset based motherboards, as there should be less hassle. Maybe check the OSX86 project forums for a hardware compatibility list.

 

[fyleow]

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