From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jan 6 20:49:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (user-24-214-56-41.knology.net [24.214.56.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B89AE37B400 for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 20:49:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f074nCs07491; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 22:49:12 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Message-Id: <200101070449.f074nCs07491@grumpy.dyndns.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Brad Knowles Cc: FreeBSD Chat Mailing List From: David Kelly Subject: Re: NetBSD vs. FreeBSD? In-reply-to: Message from Brad Knowles of "Sat, 06 Jan 2001 18:05:24 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 22:49:11 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Brad Knowles writes: > I found a site that has 7200 logic board upgrades available (see > ), 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