What does this cost? At the crossroads. Only room for one.

[commodorejohn]

I'm not clear on this, is any of the non-PC hardware listed stuff that you have? Or are you looking to buy? I dunno that $500 is going to get you all that far on a 4000 setup. On the other hand, G4s can be had quite cheaply ($10-50) if you know where to look, and you could save the rest towards a G5, but that depends on how much you like MorphOS...

[commodorejohn]

I have Virtual box on my laptop. I intend to use it for OSX lion if i can't get my hackintosh to work out. But i disagree that there is no difference between a dedicated AROS machine and using AROS on Virtual box. I will never shake the feeling that i will always be using Windows7 while using something else. Does that make sense?

It makes perfect sense, because you are using Win7 while using something else, and you know that perfectly well. Saying that there's no difference at all is lying to oneself.