Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 22:49:11 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> Cc: FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: NetBSD vs. FreeBSD? Message-ID: <200101070449.f074nCs07491@grumpy.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> of "Sat, 06 Jan 2001 18:05:24 %2B0100." <v04220802b67cfb78ebe0@[172.17.1.121]>
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Brad Knowles writes: > I found a site that has 7200 logic board upgrades available (see > <http://www.micromac.com/products/lb_pm7500_upgrade.html>), and for > about $600 (after the $200 rebate they send you when you send in your > 7200 logic board), you can get a machine that should be minimally > usable with NetBSD. Doesn't sound like a very good bargain when new Apple PowerMac G4's are $1295 for a G4 400 MHz, 64MB, 20G, 56k modem, 10/100/1000 ethernet, 64 bit PCI slots, and DVD. Most Mac mailorder houses throw in extra memory for free as Apple regulates the advertised sale price but not the free add-ins. Ordered mine from http://www.outpost.com/ at 10PM one night, it arrived 9:30AM with 128MB extra and free shipping. While FreeBSD isn't working on PowerPC port of BSD, Apple is. MacOS X. And the open source BSD core of MacOS X is Darwin, same price as FreeBSD. Am still thinking about how I'm going to slice up my 20G HD for MacOS 9, X, and Darwin. Meanwhile "Toy Story" 1 and 2 DVD's are impressive on a G4 with 21" monitor at 1280x1024. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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