Considering building a Hackintosh? There are a number of methods out there that I can’t say I’m in love with. But one method I do like is using EFI-X, provided you’re happy with the supported motherboards, mostly from Gigabyte. EFI-X is a hardware based EFI emulator, which allows you to run more natively as a Mac OS X computer. Oh, and if you build a Hackintosh, don’t forget to buy a legitimate copy of Mac OS X or Mac OS X Server to run it on.
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Dell Mini 9 and Mini 12 -> Hackintosh
The Dell Mini 9 comes with a small solid state drive, not a massive amount of firepower and running Ubuntu, but for $199 starting you can change all that (and the color) and still get away with an inexpensive and ultra-light system for less than $500. The Mini 12 starts closer to the $400 range, but comes with a lot more features (and weight). Why should this matter much? Well, they’re now on the hackintosh list, meaning you can install 10.5.5 on them. Imagine a less pretty, less flashy MacBook air, 64 GB solid state drive, 2GB of RAM for about $400 (plus Leopard license).