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[manoamuppet]

Hi Gang,  

I do a lot of OpenCL development under Windows and OSX.  Currently I'm doing everything on a Mac Mini (C2D).  While this runs great, the limited amount of video ram (256MB) is starting to make things difficult.

Normally under this situation I'd buy a Mac Pro.  However the cost and the limited selection of nVidia video cards holds me back.

Ideally I'd like a machine that runs OSX and Windows well (intel i5 minimum).  It also needs a 500+ watt power supply to run the GTX 560 that I intend to use.  Small form factor would also be great.

Does anyone know of such a machine?   Lenovo sells some workstations that fit the description however they are quite expensive ($1400) and I'm not sure how compatible they are.

Thanks in advance!

[manoamuppet]

Thought I'd answer my own question here.  I ended up getting a Dell Vostro 460 for $560.  I added the cheap Rosewill Network card, a GeForce 560Ti and a new power supply.

After pulling out my hair for a week trying to get things installed, the following works well.

Steps:

1. install Lion my creating my own boot CD via the instructions here:
http://www.insanelym...howtopic=266390

2.  Rebooted into Lion using the above as a boot CD

3.  Run System Update to get to 7.1 and Reboot

4.  Patch the nVidia Driver to support the 560ti

5.  Install the ATY_Init kext

6.  Run MultiBeast 4.0.1 (note 4.0.2 crashes).
     use "EasyBeast, System Utilities,  NVidia Fermi OpenCL Enabler, IOUSBFamily Rollback, Null CPU Power Management"

Reboot and everything works perfectly.  Haven't checked audio yet however.