My $209 mac.
Our TV cable in Mongolia got sliced by the cable guy cause we told them we didn’t want to pay the monthly fee for cable. (I guess there’s no off switch?). We hardly watch TV anyways, mostly just watch movies, so I decided to just throw together a cheap home server to show movies on our projector screen. I’m allergic to Windows so hunted down a tutorial on how to build a home server hackintosh…
Parts:
Open-box MSI Wind Nettop w/Atom 1.6ghz processor: $98
1TB Hitachi hard drive: $55 (after $20 rebate)
Sony 16x DVD Burner: $26
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM: $30
Total: $209
Installed OS X 10.5.8 on it and had it up and running in a couple of hours. Serves all our media to other computers wirelessly or straight to the projector screen. Handles DVDs, DVD rips, and online media such as YouTube, etc… without a hitch. Cheapest mac I’ve ever owned. =)
