Tony Butka wrote: > Just out of idle curiousity, does anyone know if you can run Mac OSX on any of the > older hardware? I'd just love to be able to play with 'nix under a really nice GUI >like the > Mac, but don't have the spare money for a new G4.
OSX works quite well on some older machines. Check out XPostFacto: <http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/> "The unsupported machines that work now are the 7300, 7500, 7600, 8500, 8600, 9500 and 9600, as well the clones that were based on one of these systems (the Umax S900 and J700, and the Power Computing PowerWave and PowerTower Pro)." OSX 10.1 does not work with a 601 processor, and 10.2 does not(?) with a 604, but all of these machines work fine with a G3 or G4 upgrade. (relatively cheap nowadays...even Sonnet's 800 MHz one is down to $375 or so.) I'm running 10.2 quite happily as my main OS on my main Mac, a G4 upgraded 7600. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
