That's odd, I just got a Logitech mouse for $20 and it worked fine on my mac whether I am booted into the Mac OS, or Mac OS X I'm sure if i installed Linux (my 5 attemps have not been successful...) that mouse whould work there to. I also have a Maxtor 30 GB 2700 HD that I got for $250 (2 months ago) and a nice Yamaha CD burner. (lets not forget the ridiculously low prices for PC100 RAM;)
Other examples include:
(some) Graphics cards (depends on Mac hardware)
Any and all monitors
Most keyboards & Mice (all USB kbds & mice)
SCSI cards and peripherals
Just about any new printer
etc.
last I checked almost any peripheral for X86 works on PPC, just needs drivers.
The only (semi) expensive part of a Mac right now is the Mac itself, and that's going away also! apple now has a rebate on every modular Mac, making even the most expensive Mac ($3500) $3000, or $2575 in my case (I love working in retile!)
So lets run the number really quick shall we:
$3000 gets you:
2 500 MHz G4's (performance near what a 2 GHz P3 would do, probably 2.5 GHz P4;)
256 MB PC100 SDRAM expandable to 1.5 GB and at today's prices why wait?!
40 GB HD
DVD-RAM
10/100/1000 Ethernet!
And room to expand
Or you could go for the $1600 and get:
1 400 MHz G4 (performance near that of a 900 MHz P3)
64 MB PC100 SDRAM expandable to 1.5 GB and at today's prices why wait?!
A 20 GB HD that feels small for the price...
DVD ROM
you still get the Gigabit Ethernet!
And room to expand!
(thank you for giving me my 1st chance to put in some input on the/. message boards. I HOPE to find more subjects to post on;)
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Note that SuSE does not function on the G4 Cube
I had that feeling, but i wasn't sure and didn't want to ruin my (nonexistent) reputation ;)
That's odd, I just got a Logitech mouse for $20 and it worked fine on my mac whether I am booted into the Mac OS, or Mac OS X I'm sure if i installed Linux (my 5 attemps have not been successful...) that mouse whould work there to. I also have a Maxtor 30 GB 2700 HD that I got for $250 (2 months ago) and a nice Yamaha CD burner. (lets not forget the ridiculously low prices for PC100 RAM ;)
;)
/. message boards. I HOPE to find more subjects to post on ;)
Other examples include:
(some) Graphics cards (depends on Mac hardware)
Any and all monitors
Most keyboards & Mice (all USB kbds & mice)
SCSI cards and peripherals
Just about any new printer
etc.
last I checked almost any peripheral for X86 works on PPC, just needs drivers.
The only (semi) expensive part of a Mac right now is the Mac itself, and that's going away also! apple now has a rebate on every modular Mac, making even the most expensive Mac ($3500) $3000, or $2575 in my case (I love working in retile!)
So lets run the number really quick shall we:
$3000 gets you:
2 500 MHz G4's (performance near what a 2 GHz P3 would do, probably 2.5 GHz P4
256 MB PC100 SDRAM expandable to 1.5 GB and at today's prices why wait?!
40 GB HD
DVD-RAM
10/100/1000 Ethernet!
And room to expand
Or you could go for the $1600 and get:
1 400 MHz G4 (performance near that of a 900 MHz P3)
64 MB PC100 SDRAM expandable to 1.5 GB and at today's prices why wait?!
A 20 GB HD that feels small for the price...
DVD ROM
you still get the Gigabit Ethernet!
And room to expand!
(thank you for giving me my 1st chance to put in some input on the