What do I need to put Mac OS X on a custom build?

[davisjaron]

I'm a big mac fan... I'm actually a certified Apple Product Professional (apple sales training basically) and I can tell you almost anything about apple computers, especially iMacs, which are my favorite. But I don't know everything, honestly.

My question, for anyone who knows, is what would I have to have, hardware wise, in order to build a computer and be able to put Mac OS X on it?

Does it require a certain type of motherboard, or is it just a hard drive requirement? I know it's possible, I just don't know what it takes, ya know?

I know this is technically an OS question, but it's about the hardware part, so I put it here in general hardware...

 

[SNGX1275]

Check out the hardware section on this page: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page\
or here: http://www.insanelymac.com/osx86db/

Or the forums on insanelymac.

 

[DelJo63]

my understanding is there's a proprietary eprom on all Macs to deter the OS
from booting on just any hardware -- including the newest Intel chips.

at the moment I can't find the reference, but there it is for what it's worth.

 

[SNGX1275]

Right. So you need a custom built OS X disk, or a way to emulate the EFI. Some company sells a USB thing that you plug in and that takes care of the EFI so you can install from a retail OS X disk.

 

[LNCPapa]

Www.efi-x.com