Power Mac G4 and iPhone SDK

[pjdaoust]

I am new to the Mac world and need to know ...

Can I use a Power Mac G4 to develop iPhone applications ?

I have a 400 mhz Power Mac with 512 meg of RAM and a 20 gig HD. Is this enough to run the OS that the iPhone SDK requires. I have a .dmg file that is named iphone_sdk_3.1.2_with_xcode_3.1.2_snow_leopard_10m2003.dmg.

Will this G4 run Snow Leopard effectively or at all ?

Am I barking up the wrong tree with this old dog ? I'd rather know now so I don't waste my time chasing my tail and instead get the right hardware and software to get going with this.

PJD

 

[sammich]

You can't install Snow Leopard on non-Intel machines.

And Leopard (by default, but you can get around this) will refuse to install on machines less than a G4 800mhz (or 867).

 

[Consultant]

Leopard or Snow Leopard required.

You can get a MacMini.

No need to pirate the sdk. You can get the sdk from Apple. Software requirement is listed.
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/

 

[sammich]

Leopard or Snow Leopard required.

You can get a MacMini.

No need to pirate the sdk. You can get the sdk from Apple. Software requirement is listed.
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/

Wuh? Pirate? That's the filename you get when you download it from Apple. Now that I mention it, I did download mine from TPB, but only because my internet was flaky and I'd lose my sign in after a period of time and my download would cut out.

 

[yg17]

Doesn't the iPhone SDK require an Intel Mac?