I have an Asus P5G41-m lx ($60)
Ati Radeon x300 ($15)
1tb seagate ($50)
6Gb Ram ($60)
Firewire ($10)
The case, procesor(2.93 intel), wireless card and power were hand outs I got.
(Handout's value around $135)
Haven't got the wireless to work though...
Total of $195 spent on the tower
I hand out all the links necesary on getting this to run smoothly.
1- Set BIOS so the CD would boot first
2- Inserted the iAtkos S3 v2 disc
http://ba-k.com/showthread.php?t=1692287
and let load for a while. (as long as you see a light flashing in the front panel of your cd/dvd drive, you're good. once there's no more lights flashing, it froze; this goes for the whole installation process)
3- Used the Disc Utility, I formated my HDD in 3 partitions
a)Mac OSX journalized (GUI)
b)Mac OSX journalized (GUI)
c)MS-Dos Format
hit apply then closed the screen.
4- I restarted, switched disk to Windows Installation Disc and installed WIndows 7
5- Restarted, Went on with Mac OS X 10.6.3 iAtkos S3 v2 install
6- Before hitting the install button, I selected the Customize button.
7- I took out the sound drivers, selected the modified kernel Atom Kernel
and selected the Ati Evo enabler in the VGA section.
8- Install went swell.
9- Now press F8 when the chameleon bootloader appears and select the OS you want to boot.
10- Continue with the Mac Install and use the kexts found here for the sound and internet to function properly.
http://tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=14470
11- Download and install iLife '11 for garageband!!
http://www.taringa.net/posts/mac/755...en-salido.html
THAT's IT
Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6.3
What more could you ask for?