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Great information. Thanks so much for taking the time to post.
I am going to save up for the Mac Mini -- or equivalent -- shown in my post.
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I would suggest getting the previous generation Mac mini from eBay or Craigslist. The newest models have soldered memory (and possibly SSD as well), upgrading later will be extremely difficult, if not impossible for most. Upgrading at purchase sucks your wallet dry (Apple's memory prices are re-DONK-ulous...)
If you go the hackintosh route, two things:
1) make sure your hardware is compatible. A lot of hardware will work, usually depends on driver support. Hackintosh can become a time consuming endeavor if you don't have hardware that just works. Example: ATI Radeon HD 7xxx video cards. OS X won't boot at all unless you utilize the EFI partition (your disk must be GUID to run OS X). Then, it may boot but the particular model may not be supported (e.g. 7750 and 7790 are okay with some kext tweaks, 7730 NOT okay. Don't ask how I know this...) Sometimes ridiculously old cards have more support than newer cards, like an nVidia 8500GT based card.
2) Making bootable media for installation is by far easiest from a mac. Probably possible from a PC, but could also become time consuming and frustrating.
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I don't really want to go the Hackintosh route, but may be forced to due to insufficient funds. 
I know in most cases that type of thing takes so much time then in the end what you are left with is something that doesn't run well and ends up eating up even more time.
Thanks for the info.
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If you do enough research you should be okay. Check out tonymacx86.com, lots of good info there including installation guides, hardware guides, forums, etc.
Good luck!
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newton.saber wrote: Can I just buy any Intel based system and install Mac OS on it?
Hackintosh[^]
/ravi
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Wow. Thanks! This looks like my next hobby project.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Thanks very much. Great link and got me thinking/wondering if I could hackintosh my old toshiba laptop.
I'm looking into that now. Very cool. Thanks again for input.
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1a. Apple switched to a totally free OS model a few versions ago. Before that it was cheap ($20).
2. Yes
3. There used to be a way (Google: "Hackintosh") - not sure if it's still possible.
4. I use the free VNC Server on my iMac. Works fine from a client on my iPad.
Other stuff:
XCode is Apple's development tool for both OS X and iOS apps. Also free.
You can dual boot to Windows (Apple's utility for partitioning and boot switching is called BootCamp and is standard in OS X).
Alternately you can use VMware Fusion, VirtualBox or Parallels to run Windows or Linux in a virtual machine.
Despite the reputation of Apple fanbois lining up to buy new hardware every time Apple hiccups the reality is that Mac hardware is very VERY solid and most people use them for a VERY long time relative to typical Wintel PC's. My 2009 iMac still runs great - I expect to continue to use it for at least another 5 years.
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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Yes to all. Sorta
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Whenever I read something about a Mac Mini I keep thinking of tiny hamburgers.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Any additional information is appreciated.
1.To get beyond basic Xcode development, a lot of screen space is extremely useful (could even be considered necessary). Cost out at least one 27" monitor or dual 21+" monitors and the Apple interface cables. The monitors do not need to be from Apple.
2. To do the Time Machine backups you will need at least a Terabyte USB drive.
Clever philosophy goes here.
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I've seen some people suggest using Azure VMs while doing MS cert training, but I haven't seen many. Nor have I seen any after-action reports on how it went.
I'm thinking of getting my MSCE cert (tests 70-410 to 70-414, but I'll probably sub the SQL Server stuff for the 412 test), and use Azure and set up virtual machines for hands-on training.
Have any of you done that? Good idea? Bad?
It doesn't help that the Azure portal interface is not the user-friendliest of things. I wish they had a push-button for "set up a lab for the MCSE tests". 
(I've got an MSDN subscription that theoretically includes being able to do that sort of thing with no out-of-pocket.)
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Don't know about the other aspects of Azure for training but Azure SQL Server (the one you pay for) is totally different from "ground-based" SQL servers.
They don't tell you this but you do not work with your own server, but rather a virtual server-within-a-server. None of the stuff you normally do using the SQL tools works. Creating a table, creating stored procedures... in fact nothing you learned for ground-based SQL works the same way. For example, all tables must have a clustered index in Azure SQL Server.
Obviously I exaggerated a bit - transact-sql statements work but generally Azure is its own incompatible environment.
You can't even migrate data easily.
So if you want to learn SQL for a ground-based service then do not use Azure!!!
Hope this helps,
Murray
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Thanks.
I haven't looked too deeply into yet, but the way I understand it is I'd set up a VM and load [whatever] as if it was sitting in a VM on my desk.
So, not the Azure SQL...I hope. Just regular one from my MSDN ISOs. (Likewise all the other servers & software)
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That's a great idea, especially since you've already bought time through your MSDN subscription.
That's how I pay for the SQL server and web sites. They work OK once you get used to them.
Please keep posting if you decide to proceed. I'd love to know whether the Azure VM's are "just like the ones in your office" or if they have some funky issues like Azure SQL does.
Murray
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One head hunter has me taking IKM test... which stands for International Knowledge Measurement.
I think the testing is a bit off but so far I've done pretty well. I guess they are goina use those profiles to fit me into a job. I dunno if they do technical interviews when they place you, or if they just use this testing.
Elephant elephant elephant, sunshine sunshine sunshine
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Head hunters usually test if you don't have a lot of experience in a particular skill set or technology. Not all recruiters test. Be careful with which recruiters you use to help you. Some can actually hurt your chance at landing a good job.
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My international knowledge:
Merica is international.
Canadia is Merica's Hat.
South Merica is over there, somewhere.
Oz is upside down.
NZ is full of sheep.
India is full.
China is fuller.
Thailand is full of pretty girls. And some guys that look like pretty girls.
Africa is hot. And dry.
What else do you need to know.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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But, as the 10th Doctor once saind, "only Britain is Great" 
Geek code v 3.12
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
I use 1TBS
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What about Great Bulgaria?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Isn't that Great Uncle Bulgaria?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I deoontestualized the sentence of course - in that case He was correcting a character who referred as Great Britain, Great France and Great Germany (or another, I don't remember if it was actually Germany) and the Doctor replied "no no, they're just France and Germany... only Britain is Great".
Geek code v 3.12
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- r++>+++ y+++*
Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
I use 1TBS
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The Antilles are Greater.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Africa is hot. And dry.
Only in Winter. Well, in my side of Africa.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde
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Which side of Africa is yours? The top side?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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