Thinking of buying a Mac Mini for Morph OS - Questions

[RMK305]

For some odd reason I started actually looking indepth at the morph os site and others. I was amazed to read that I can run 68k software on it without UAE so long as it doesn't bang the Amiga hardware, am I taking this in right?

....So I started looking around and thinking and am toying with the idea of buying a Mac Mini G4 to try it out on and so have a few questions.

1. Is there much of a difference in actual performace between the 1.25GHz andf 1.5GHz models when actually using Morph OS?

2. What amount of RAM is recommended for it?

3. What Keyboard and mouse do I use? Is this just a standard USB 2 button mouse and standard keyboard or do I need to use the Mac items?

4. Is there Joystick support for classic games? Again, what kinds are supported?

5. How good are the web browsers? Do they have Flash support for things like youtube?

6. What screen modes does it support and what are recommended resolutions?

I think that's all for now.

Thanks,

Robert

[RMK305]

Thanks for the detailed reply. A few more questions that just came to mind.

1. Can I use an old CRT monitor on the mini to save having to but a flat screen at first?

2. Is there any point in getting one of the later models with wireless built in? Does Morph os support wireless and if not, will it?

Thanks all for now.

Cheers.

[RMK305]

Thanks for all the info.

The CRT monitor would only be a stop gap until funds were available to buy a flatscreen. I notice a lot of the ones for sale don't include keyboards or mice, I presume this is due to them being sold seperatley due to Apple charging a high price for these?

Anyone know the going price for the Mini's?

Cheers

[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?

[RMK305]

I bet the sale have been boosted by the new hardware support. To be honest, if the Mac Mini support wasn't there I wouldn't be considering it now. Making the OS support abundent cheap hardware opens it up to so many more people looking to tinker. If OS4.1 would run on something like the Mac Mini I would have had it already as up to now I didn't know too much about Morph.