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Pondering a project - one can netboot stock Apple machines using Lion Server. Is it possible to do the same with a Hackintosh? If it is possible, how do you go about accomplishing that?

I'm in the position to have a server rack one day. More saliently for this discussion however is it would fit *really* well above the cheap rack-mountable UPS I got for a steal at one point. And it's a fun novelty Apple-case mod that isn't the Mac Pro/G5 case.

Has anyone tried to use the old Xserve cases to build a rackable Hackintosh? Any luck?

I am a huge fan of the noisy, clicky, mechanical keyboards. I type considerably faster on them, and the sound, for me, promotes some sort of weird "I'm working" zen. Personally, I use a Razer Blackwidow. The Das Keyboard, or many others, may also serve you well. They also make quieter versions...

Old post is old, but I'm back. I absolutely agree - net-booting and shared storage space are the way to go. I'd probably keep a small hard drive in there just in case, but yes, that would *really* save on administrative hassle. We'll see if I can ever get the scratch together to *do* this...

I don't know that I would - some applications involve a fair amount of writing (or reading) to a file, and it seems like a bad idea to rely on network traffic for intermediate steps.

I should clarify: Unreliable as in cannot call manufacturer with "Your node is broken, come with a replacement." We have, for example, Lenovo people on-campus, and Apple is a short drive away. So server-unreliable, rather than consumer-machine unreliable. Which would be true of any system I built.

This is something of an idle musing, rather than "Ordering parts tomorrow, please advise". Lets say you're setting up a very small grid/cluster for a research ground, mostly as a playground, and thus the potential unreliable nature of a Hackintosh is less of a thing. While you've got the lead...