I learnt from reading many threads here that folks here have been generally very helpful but please, I repeat, PLEASE, avoid comments like this is not for noob (even though thats true) or go get a mac etc. etc. These are most turn off comments.
Last year, I got fed up with Windows and decided to move to Ubuntu as I had no guts to think of Hackintosh (and my machine is AMD machine, no support then) I turned to Ubuntu. These are exactly the kind of comments I got and it was pretty turn off. Now, I don't plan to revisit Ubuntu or Linux as whole, till its as simple as Windows or Mac. I am not geek, sure but somebody has to give you pointers to go and learn, right?

So coming back to the question of which distribution is best for you. Suggestion that checking supported hardware list is good idea but I am yet to find a list specific to the distribution. HCL lists hardware supported but its mixed for all distros. Just few minutes ago, I posted a topic, if there is such search engine that you click your hardware and the engine results your preferred distribution.

May be I am missing something...

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Trying to install Hackintosh on HP a1219, Athlon 64 (V) 3400+ 2.2 GHz, MSI-7184, AC97 Audio Controller (Realtek ALC658C 6-channel CODEC chipset) , ATI Radeon Xpress 200, Realtek 8100C Onboard LAN, 1GB RAM, 1TB SATA (or 60GB IDE connected through SATA-to-IDE connector), Pioneer DVD burner, PS2 keyboard and mouse, 6 USB & 2 firewire ports