From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 13 16:14:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14A1916A422 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:14:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3274543D55 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:14:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IUM0093TVRYL5E0@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:14:22 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.202.174.136]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with SMTP id <0IUM00N1SVRY2FD0@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:14:22 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:14:25 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Message-id: <20060213171425.4f668b11.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: "Development" machine - a used Mac? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:14:26 -0000 Hi, I bought the Mac mini with the intention that I would do FreeBSD development (ok - testing, reporting bugs and so on, I'm not a developer) on it. However, the mini soon took place as my home theater machine, mainly because it runs MythFrontend well enough. This means that it is "hard" to get it free for FreeBSD use, at any given time. So now I'm thinking about buying a second machine to mess around with FreeBSD. I could just buy another mini, but I see that I can get used G4's for about half the price of a mini here. And yes, budget is always an issue. :-) A couple of examples: http://www.applehistory.norhost.net/g4agp.html with 400 or 450 MHz cpu, 312MB or 640MB RAM or http://www.applehistory.norhost.net/g4_quick_2002.html with 933 MHz cpu and 768 MHz cpu. Would one of these be a good development machine? And, does the G4 make a lot of noise, or is it (nearly) silent? How much RAM do I need? Is 512MB enough, or should it have more? Should I consider other machines instead? Any hints welcome. -- Regards Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway