naf456 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hello there... I have a i3 non sandy bridge Laptop with integrated Graphics which is rather useless (unless someone makes a Frame Buffer Kext that works for it(I'll take a look at it after some exams I have coming up...)) And an AMD build - 9800gt running on the crapest MOBO in the universe (Literately a piece of cardboard with strings punched through it ;D) Basically, I need a development Machine, Which can run xcode on the latest Lion. and one thing that I really notice with any of my install disks, is that Atom processors are supported fairly well... so... How about an atom build - the cheapest ITX build - under £150 ... doable? here what I had in mind : either : http://www.ebuyer.co...board-boxd525mw 1.6 GHz single core - slower (kinda) then my ipad(2) or a dual core 1.8 Ghz : http://www.ebuyer.co...-out-ga-d525tud either one is {censored} - my 2.8 Ghz desktop finds loading iTunes a bit of a faff and : http://www.ebuyer.co...th-sata-pix1001 sexy beast huh? nah - I might just install it in a shoe box or somethin' - probably have more fingers left that way :/.... it does come with a PSU (How can it be possible?) so no worries there ... GPU? intergrated... is it any good? QE/CI? \ QI/CE? (which ever way?) So what do ya think? : CPU , MOBO , GPU intergrated - PSU case Intergrated .... Ram... an extra £20 for 2GB - DVD Drive - I have an external one... HDD - Extra £30... thats it... around £150 for a dual core 1.8 Ghz ITX which runs Lion? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/274709-cheapest-atom-itx-mini-lion-buildworth-it/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
buoo Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 My Asus AT5IONT-I Deluxe works very well, with Lion too. http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=270370 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/274709-cheapest-atom-itx-mini-lion-buildworth-it/#findComment-1786759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxic Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I don't mean to rain on your parade in any way but I use an i3 (non sandy bridge) iMac at work for development and it is SLOOOOOOWWWW!!! xCode is possibly the worst and slowest development tool under the sun and you will need a bit more than an atom to make it useable (without pulling your hair out anyway). Have you thought about a cheap i5 build? I made a hack for a mate which was to be used for development using an i5 2500, Gigabyte h61m-d2-b3, 4gb ram and an nvidia 8600, all in all it cost him 250 including HDD, DVD, case and PSU. I got it running Lion in less than 2 hours, the only thing that didn't work was the on-board graphics (hence the graphics card), the reason being that my mate was doing this on a budget and bought an old 2500, not the 2500k, and there is no support for the on-board graphics. Just my 2p Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/274709-cheapest-atom-itx-mini-lion-buildworth-it/#findComment-1786849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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