Coming Soon: The Hackintosh

You will probably be very surprised to hear this, considering how big of a geek I am, but I've never built my own computer.  I've always wanted to, but after switching from PC to Mac about 8 years ago, I didn't really think about it. Then I came across the tonymac and Hackintosh web sites.  These are sites to help you load Mac OS X onto a PC.  It's not super easy, but doesn't seem very difficult either.  So I decided to go for it.

Over the past month or so, I've been collecting various computer parts.  I told myself I wanted to do this for as cheap as possible, considering I have a fairly new iMac and a work laptop, so throwing a third computer in the mix is a bit overkill.

I used different deal websites and only purchased a part if there was a deal for it.  The result? I have everything I need (minus a Sony DVD writer, but it's being delivered tomorrow).  Here is a breakdown of my components and costs.  Note that I'm building a "budget build," so cutting costs was more important than buying the top of the line parts.

I will run some tests once I build this (and hopefully have some Youtube videos of the build with rap music in the background), and will keep you posted.  Here's a shot of my components, minus the disc drive.