next is the imac
going hackingtosh. (ill keep my macbook obv)
hackingtosh is a mac on pc, you have to have all the hardware that mac supports, so you can't do this with any old amd processor, it has to be intel, and 4 cores will be read as 8 cores, yes I can install it on a virtual machine with virtualization but thats slow af, with a hackingtosh its like a legit mac and you can upgrade mac osx.
I say you can build one for as low as $300, and the cheapest mac they have out is the mac mini and its $600.
I'm going to spend $1500-$2000 on my build tho, and it should be better than most macs actually.