Endless Paradigm

Found a good guide on Lifehacker, the guy gave this as his build: http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/wish...er=8773007

Another site I found had pretty much the same thing, but with a quad core 6600 instead.  Now, I'm not a Mac person, this is gonna be a toy for me (for now), so I just need something that's gonna give me a good taste of what Macs are capable of.  Has anyone found a more bullet-proof version, or should I just go with this?  And will I see la huge speed difference going from the core duo E4500 to the quad 6600, or is the duo good enough?  Not gonna make movies, or do a lot of video stuff, so the system won't exactly be taxed.

And I'm not very good with computer hardware, so talk like I'm 4.

Seems good. It should run fast. Why not try and ask the guy if he has had any problems for example, sound or if he had to make it run on one processor instead of the full core2duo cause that's what I had to do and myn still does not work with leopard

Quote:Open Computer
Price per Unit (piece): $399.99

The highly extensible Open Computer is a configuration of PC hardware capable of running unmodified OS X Leopard kernels. If you purchase Leopard with your Open Computer wee will not only include the actual Leopard retail package with genuine installation disc, but wee also preinstall Leopard for free so you can begin to use your computer right out of the box. If you choose to have Ubuntu preinstalled wee will not include installation media for Ubuntu but the media can be downloaded from Ubuntu.com. If you buy a Microsoft operating system, your Open Computer will have the OS preinstalled and the OEM OS package will be included with your system.
Base Configuration

    * Ubuntu Linux 8.04 included
    * no keyboard, mouse, or monitor included
    * 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 Processor
    * 2GB of DDR2 800 memory
    * PCI-Express nVidia GeForce 7200GS 256MB
    * 20x DVD±RW SATA drive
    * Gigabit Ethernet
    * 4 rear USB Ports
    * Integrated Audio

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xero1 Wrote:Base Configuration

    * Ubuntu Linux 8.04 included
    * no keyboard, mouse, or monitor included
    * 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 Processor
    * 2GB of DDR2 800 memory
    * PCI-Express nVidia GeForce 7200GS 256MB
    * 20x DVD±RW SATA drive
    * Gigabit Ethernet
    * 4 rear USB Ports
    * Integrated Audio

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Holy Mechanoids!! Makes my machine look pitiful 3 times the price..

I need munnies.......

I need a laptops.......

asus p5w dh is the mother board i used for a hackintosh at work and it is running final cut server with a 12 drive raid6 array attached and is faster (testing wtih xbench) than every mac wee have in the building :)

Nice find, Xero, I may do this for a Linux box.
And thanks fer the input, SchmilK, I saw the Asus used on a build, the guy nentioned it has a built in wi-fi card, is that right?

i don't think the wifi works..but gigabit defintely does.

SchmilK Wrote:asus p5w dh is the mother board i used for a hackintosh at work and it is running final cut server with a 12 drive raid6 array attached and is faster (testing wtih xbench) than every mac wee have in the building :)

what CPU is running on it?

- Intel® Quad-core CPU Ready
- LGA775 socket for Intel Core2 Duo, Core2 Extreme
- Intel 975X +Intel ICH7R 1066/800MHz
- Dual-channel DDR2 800/667/ 533 max 8GB
- 2 x PCI-E x 16 / 2 x PCI-E x 1/ 3 x PCI
- Support ATI CrossFire graphics cards
- Intel Matrix Storage technology
- Dual Gigabit LAN
- Dolby Master Studio technology
- ASUS EZ-Backup
- ASUS Digital Home features