Thinking of buying a Mac Mini for Morph OS - Questions

[persia]

And X1000 is using an Apple chip, looks like Amiga is coming up Apple...

MorphOS should been ported to something else. AppleMac is bad in my Amigaworld.

[halvliter'n]

You're not answering any of the questions.

The answer to all questions, 1-6: It's just a bunch of junk.

over and out.

[Piru]

The answer to all questions, 1-6: It's just a bunch of junk.

You didn't answer the questions I'm afraid.

Couple of free advices: Don't post while under influence. Chill. Try to understand that a warning has been given, and further misconduct might lead to a ban. Keep in mind that everyone is allowed to have an opinion and voice it, as long as they keep civil and follow the common forum rules. This thread was posted to "Discussion of the available hardware for MorphOS" section, officially dedicated to all hardware solutions available to run MorphOS. This includes some Apple products. Deal with it. If you can't deal with it, don't read the MorphOS threads, or just leave amiga.org completely.

[koaftder]

I download files there before copying them to HD (SFS framgents too badly if you have simultaneus downloads or if I don't want to keep downloaded file anyway (like some crap videos etc you are mistaken to dl)).

I unpack program archives there for installing (useless to have them on HD if it has separate installer).

I give test run for unpacked games etc from ram: if they are worth to keep or not (useless copies to HD again if I only want to run it once and get rid off it after that).

I throw all kinds of temp/test files there (image/video/audio processing stages)... etc..

Awesome. I never would have thought to do that. The archives seem to unpack a lot faster to the ram disk. Something to use all that extra ram I stuffed in there last night.

[zylesea]

...questions...

If you *like* Amiga, chances are high you will actually *love* MorphOS.

If you're currently rather short on cash I would also recomment to try out MorphOS on an eMac (note though, that only the 1.25 GHZ eMac models are supportet yet). They are changing hands for really little mony (at least for 50 US$ you should be able to find one with a little patience on searching). If you then disover you actually like MorphOS you are either done w/o big costs or you can decide then to resell the eMac again (for a probably similar amount) and grab a mini (and b4 someone asks, I am *definitely* not selling mine ;-) ) for a little more.

The eMacs offer really a lot for the money, but the CRTs are debatable. A CRT does not only have disadvantages, but I wouldn't like to change back from my IPS-panel and PVA-panel to CRT again.

About RAM: Usually you're good off with 256 MB already, 512 MB is very convenient, 1 GB (or more) is really plenty and rather luxury. 128 MB, like with Efika 5200B, is rather a little too few (works, but shouln't squander with RAM consuming apps then).

[koaftder]

Can you use the same keyfile on multiple macs, or is the license per machine?

[Piru]

Can you use the same keyfile on multiple macs, or is the license per machine?

License is per machine.

[gdanko]

The answer to all questions, 1-6: It's just a bunch of junk.

over and out.

Hmmm.... It suits my needs just fine.
1) Web browser.. Check
2) IRC.. Check
3) SSH.. Check
4) Remote Desktop.. Check
5) Fast and responsive.. Check
6) Stable.. Check

Windows fails 5 and 6

[redrumloa]

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[RMK305]

Thanks for all the information. I'm going to keep my eyes peeled on Mac Mini's and go from there. I figure I can buy one, try out the OS and if I decide I don't like it can sell the Mini and get back what I paid. Nothing to lose really. Can you drag screens like in the Amiga?

Turns out the oficial Mac keyboards are only £29. I was shocked, I expected them to be a lot more.

The was one web site which I found, and then lost, which provided a lot of info on the games and had a picture of superfron playing on UAE, but can't for the life of me find it. I was wanting to show it to a friend who's Ex Amiga and now using MACs. Does it ring any bells with anyone?

[XDelusion]

For the note, and this has been posted elsewhere in the forums, but if you hate your eMac screen, or it starts to go out, the procedure to re-case an eMac and hook it up to a VGA monitor does not look that very hard.

BTW, what's the down side to a CRT monitor again?

[MaDDuck]

I am so tempted to go the MorphOS route myself!! I love OSX, I went there after Amiga 3.5 And it looks like it will do just about everything I want. DROOL!!!

[zylesea]

Thanks for all the information. I'm going to keep my eyes peeled on Mac Mini's and go from there. I figure I can buy one, try out the OS and if I decide I don't like it can sell the Mini and get back I paid. Nothing to lose really.

Precisely. The free trial version is 100% identical to the reg'd version, but slows down 30 min after each boot up. Reboot then (very quick) or eventually register (111.11 EUR).

Can you drag screens like in the Amiga?

No. Sceendragging does not work out of the box on MorphOS 2.x. However, there is a 3rd party utility adding a screen dragging option. But it is a bit limited and I (as most others I guess) tried it out, smiled for a moment and then moved on again w/o that utility.
 

Turns out oficial Mac keyboards are only £29. I was shocked, I expected them to be a lot more.

While I liked my flat aluminium Apple keyboard I eventually gave it to my gf for her iBook and use a bog standard kbd now. On Apple kbds there is no "delete" key. Sure, I could (and had) assigned that functionality to another key, but I think it was a bit annoying. But those apple kbds are fancy, the integrated hub is handy (but I have one integrated in my monitor already) and te typing experience is not bad.

Good news is, if you happen to have any usb kbd, you can just use it and exchange that one for a particular one (be it Apple or #?) at any time.

[zylesea]

I am so tempted to go the MorphOS route myself!! I love OSX, I went there after Amiga 3.5 And it looks like it will do just about everything I want. DROOL!!!

Well, if you have few bucks left to spare and a little real estate on yor desktop/lining room/hobby room/#? room (in case of a mini only 256 cm² are required) to waste then you know what is to do next...

[jj]

Awesome. I never would have thought to do that. The archives seem to unpack a lot faster to the ram disk. Something to use all that extra ram I stuffed in there last night.

Really dude.  Thats what I have always used ram disk for on amiga is unpacking archives and installing stuff to test before cluttering my HD up with it.
 
What else would you use it for

[MaDDuck]

Well, if you have few bucks left to spare and a little real estate on yor desktop/lining room/hobby room/#? room (in case of a mini only 256 cm² are required) to waste then you know what is to do next...

Which is funny!!!!

I already have a Mac Mini (C2D), so an intel one would fit right in, I'd just head to decalgirl.com for a cover sticker for the top.

My last Mac before that? An eMac.