Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 18:55:00 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>, FreeBSD Chat Mailing List <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: NetBSD vs. FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0101061854030.57171-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> In-Reply-To: <200101070449.f074nCs07491@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, David Kelly wrote: > 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. Interesting, which machine did you get exactly? It would be great if MacOS X can run binaries that can run under the x86 FreeBSD platform... Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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