I went to the Apple store to pick up OSX Lion. Interestingly enough, the thumb-drive version costs $70 while the online download is $30. They also hassled me for buying it in store and not the mac store, which I thought was really unprofessional. They insisted on me providing a serial number because they didn't want me to return it if it wasn't compatible with my computer. I told them that I was quite aware that they were compatible as I have had 3 Macs in the pro line, and that I use them regularly as workstations and have opened them up myself to perform all sorts of replacements and maintenance. They finally acquiesced and sold it to me. I've never had to convince anyone so hard to take my money.
Once I got back, I finished building the pc. My dad was installing a new PSU, so I took his old one which is rated at 550W, and is more than enough for my needs. I connected the PSU to the SYS FAN on the case, as well as the board, and the auxiliary 12V connection. I also threw in the hard-drive and optical drive and connected them as well to the PSU.
To be honest, building the whole thing was pretty easy and done in less than a day.
Here's the final product.
You may notice the monitor. Yes, I got iBoot working with no trouble. I'm just installing Snow Leopard from my retail disc, until I upgrade to Lion. Since it's been done much better than could ever hope to recreate, the instructions for installing OSX can be found here:
http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/04/iboot-multibeast-install-mac-os-x-on.html
I am in no way encouraging anyone to download an illegal copy of the OS. I use several real macs for work, and am just building this as an enthusiast.
The next post will cover what issues I encounter once I have OSX installed, as there will likely be several DSDT and Kext issues.
Cheers,
Sousaplex
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