Congratulations to Dane for picking up a G3 iMac for $100. That is a good deal. I periodically check eBay for late model G3 iMacs and am stunned by what they go for. I think $200 would be fair, but they go for twice that. One nice thing about machines that are good enough is that you can break the upgrade cycle. I have an G3 iMac that runs OS 9 and the kids games great and is meets the minimum published requirements for Tiger despite being manufactured in 2000. My expectation is that Leopard will not support G3.
The OS X on generic 86 is interesting but not really practical for a production machine. If you save $50 a month for a year that covers a brand new Mini that you can reasonably expect to be compatible with the latest software offering five years after purchase. It will be far longer than a year before OSx86 is anything more than an interesting hack. http://backaccessward.blogspot.com/
