[SATLUG] I Mac and Me

[Eli]

Robert J Hewitt wrote:
> I ran acrossa deal for a iMac 500mhz processor and I think the latest
> version of OSX  for under $200.  it is the one with the CRT screen and all
> in one except the keyboard and mouse of course and was wandering if it was
> really worth it to get a iMax that is not intel duo core processor.  I want
> to look into the Mac without spending a lot of cash on initial system.  And
> after watching the youtube on windows Vista I want to see if the Mac is
> worth the playing with. 
> 

Macs are great.

Vista sucks.

There ya go.  I saved ya $200.  ;-)

In all seriousness, what are you trying to accomplish?  Just tinker with 
  osx? If so, an athlon/nforce4 based system runs osx quite handily. 
And if you use a supported nvidia/ati card, you get full accelerated 
desktop & opengl (meaning you get the fancy effects and can play 
games/demos)

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/HCL_10.4.8

Running OSX on pc hardware is often referred to as 
osx86/hackintosh/intellitosh...etc etc etc.  It's quite fun and you'll 
learn a lot.  The urls I've pasted below are to forums that cover 
macs/osx(real ones)and this section is specifically about running a 
hacked version of osx.

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?s=647abb022888c38457c941d834fa84b7&showforum=85
http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showforum=18

If you're comfortable with a linux command line, then with the help of 
those forums and of course a proper iso obtained via bt, then you can 
make short work of it.


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