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What keeps you on the PPC platform?
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Whats keeping me on PPC ?
Thats simple:
http://www.morphos.de/
Running that stuff on a QuickSilver (Sonnet Dual 1.8) and a PowerBook5.9 plus 2 non-Apple PPC-puters.
Also got a PowerMacG5 2x2.3 and a 2.1GHz iSight-iMac waiting for it just in case
Thats simple:
http://www.morphos.de/
Running that stuff on a QuickSilver (Sonnet Dual 1.8) and a PowerBook5.9 plus 2 non-Apple PPC-puters.
Also got a PowerMacG5 2x2.3 and a 2.1GHz iSight-iMac waiting for it just in case
Whats keeping me on PPC ?
Thats simple:
http://www.morphos.de/
Running that stuff on a QuickSilver (Sonnet Dual 1.8) and a PowerBook5.9 plus 2 non-Apple PPC-puters.
Also got a PowerMacG5 2x2.3 and a 2.1GHz iSight-iMac waiting for it just in case
I refuse to pay for an OS that "might" work on my 6 year old hardware. The trial software slows down after 30 minutes, not long enough for a real test of the OS's capabilities. The $150 they want is better spent on accessories for my current G4 machines.
Whats keeping me on PPC ?
Thats simple:
http://www.morphos.de/
Running that stuff on a QuickSilver (Sonnet Dual 1.8) and a PowerBook5.9 plus 2 non-Apple PPC-puters.
Also got a PowerMacG5 2x2.3 and a 2.1GHz iSight-iMac waiting for it just in case
I didn't quite get what this OS was about from their page... care to share what makes it so great?
Interesting post, buy I'd like to point out that x64 architecture was created by AMD ;-)
I was able to score a G5 for free. I put a large HDD in, installed Leopard and boom! Internet radio server
It's an API and binary compatible reimplemetation of AmigaOS with lots of stuff added but they don't have the right to the name....
Think about Haiku vs. BeOS only that this one is actually really useable.
"we" have our own WebKit-based browser spawned from OWB, but now renamed to "Odyssey Web Browser"
which runs circles around Safari on the same piece of HW.Lot of small things are different (read RIGHT) than what one might know from Win/*nix/OSX, basiclly an OS that is easy to use while not taking away control from the user.
Yes, but they licensed it out to Intel on absurdly lax terms. They may call it EM64T or whatever but it's the same idea, and supporting AMD64 supports the validity of EM64T as a target platform. Yeah, it's a losing battle, but still.. ARM gets more capable by the day, and if nothing else all current game consoles are still PowerPC based.
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I am now going to be owning a Intel MBP, but I used (and still use) My Powerbook G3 because it has that feel and that look only rivaled by Lenovo. I use it along side a lot of things. I take it to school and use Office 98 on it sometimes!
I am now going to be owning a Intel MBP, but I used (and still use) My Powerbook G3 because it has that feel and that look only rivaled by Lenovo. I use it along side a lot of things. I take it to school and use Office 98 on it sometimes!
because is fun to make them perform like their intel power cousins..
This has become my new hobby BTW..it's seemed to work out successfully..My i5 is faster but the G4 and G5 are more fun!!
I'm actually pondering selling my MBP for a 17" G4..
This has become my new hobby BTW..it's seemed to work out successfully..My i5 is faster but the G4 and G5 are more fun!!
I'm actually pondering selling my MBP for a 17" G4..
It's an API and binary compatible reimplemetation of AmigaOS with lots of stuff added but they don't have the right to the name....
Think about Haiku vs. BeOS only that this one is actually really useable.
"we" have our own WebKit-based browser spawned from OWB, but now renamed to "Odyssey Web Browser"
Lot of small things are different (read RIGHT) than what one might know from Win/*nix/OSX, basiclly an OS that is easy to use while not taking away control from the user.
Is it just me or is this beginning to sound like advertising
for an OS that in my experience is:1. Unstable on the PowerMac G4s I have attempted to get it running on (2 MDDs and a Digital Audio),
and (more to the point)
2. Unusable compared to OS X and doesn't have enough big applications to make it a workable platform.
Also I'd like to point out that Haiku is a lot more useable than MorphOS, at least in my experience. I actually use Haiku day-to-day (Not a great deal, but I do use it on some of my PC hardware daily), and as the sole OS on some hardware, the person I know who has a copy of MorphOS can't use it day-to-day or as a sole OS as there just isn't enough stuff there. Sure its great for very hardcore Amiga people (trust me, he's one of them - he still uses an A4000), but its certainly not ready for primetime by a longshot. (heck, when an OS is touting CDFS support as a new feature, its a clear sign its a long way off being complete).
Yes that does look like advertising, but I lost interest when I saw the $150 price.
Is it just me or is this beginning to sound like advertising
1. Unstable on the PowerMac G4s I have attempted to get it running on (2 MDDs and a Digital Audio),
and (more to the point)
2. Unusable compared to OS X and doesn't have enough big applications to make it a workable platform.
Also I'd like to point out that Haiku is a lot more useable than MorphOS, at least in my experience. I actually use Haiku day-to-day (Not a great deal, but I do use it on some of my PC hardware daily), and as the sole OS on some hardware, the person I know who has a copy of MorphOS can't use it day-to-day or as a sole OS as there just isn't enough stuff there. Sure its great for very hardcore Amiga people (trust me, he's one of them - he still uses an A4000), but its certainly not ready for primetime by a longshot. (heck, when an OS is touting CDFS support as a new feature, its a clear sign its a long way off being complete).
Yep, never trust someone who posts one quote about a certain product or firm and then buggars off
..And I have to agree, even if MorphOS was usable, stable and half the price of Leopard, I would still get Leopard. I think they should release it as an open source project, who is/has actually payed $150 for a, to be honest, useless OS?
I've just joined today. One reason: The design of the iMac G4. It's so beautiful. I got a SSD-equipped i5 17" MBP which has both the same size screen and is miles in front of the G4 in performance, but man. This thing, with it's transparent speakers and beautiful metal neck. I've been in love with this thing for so long, and now I've finally got one!
I have a MBP 17 as my main machine. I was taking this into the kitchen when cooking to use it as a recipe book and to listen to music/watch movies when cooking, then discovered how absurdly cheap G4s and G5s are.
Tried a G5 and was amazed at how well it performed. It neither looks nor performs like £155's worth of 2005 machine, so I now have one in my kitchen. Quite tempted to get another one for the bedroom ...
Tried a G5 and was amazed at how well it performed. It neither looks nor performs like £155's worth of 2005 machine, so I now have one in my kitchen. Quite tempted to get another one for the bedroom ...
Ya'know, depending on how much you want to geek-out (or depending on how much you want to pay) it is possible to retrofit the guts of a modern machine into the case of a G4 lamp imac.
http://dremmeljunkie.blogspot.com/2011/02/summary-of-imac-g4-mods.html
iMac:
It came with the original keyboard, and a cheap mouse, which I swapped for a later keyboard and Bluetooth mouse that I had laying around.
I wonder how many of us here would move to Intel if we were given the money the buy a shiny new iMac/MBP... I honestly don't know if I would. Right now my Power Mac (plus gaming PC) suits every need I have, save for portability (I'd like a laptop), no way I'd move to something like an iMac. Mac Pro, maybe...
I love the Intel machines as well. I have four of them (a 2011 MacBook Air Core i5, a 2010 Mac mini when the had optical drives, a 2007 Al. iMac Core 2 Duo 2.0, and a 2006 iMac Core 2 Duo 2.16).
I highly recommend the Intel machines if you love the Macintosh platform and want to upgrade to current performance. I am very happy with all of mine.
I didn't get into the Macintosh platform until 2006 when they went to Intel, because I have always been a Windows network administrator and if I were going to spend the money on a new machine I needed the ability to run Windows as well to do my work. Once I got the 2006 iMac new, I was sold and started becoming very interested in the legacy technology and the history of the Macintosh platform, hence the interest in PowerPC. I have a few Mac mini G4s and two PowerMac G4s now.