Classic VS NG

[som99]

Down here the G5 is about $100NZD more than a mac mini, plus finding one locally with an ATI card is near impossible. They all have Nvidia cards which of course MorphOS doesn't like.

So I looked at buying an ATI card and the prices were expensive :-(

I also notice that anything including and above the ATI Radeon 9550 doesn't support W3D.

Im in the same seat, ive had my Mac mini 1.52GHz with 32MB vram and morphOS for a long time but I recently wanted to give the Power mac a go but where I live G5 power macs go for 600$+ and it feels a bit to much :/ The G4 ones go for next to nothing tho so might pickup and try one of those instead

Not to complain the Mac mini is sufficient enough but I want to be able to expand more

Edit: Maybe you where talking about laptops?

[som99]

After looking some more I can pickup Xserve G5's for around $100NZD. Which also have an ATI card.

Worth the risk installing MorphOS?

I do not know much about the  Xserve's but you will loose the ability of having AGP or PCI-E that the Power Macs have and be limited to PCI (talking about future W3D support).

If and how much it's compatible with MorphOS I do not know, but if MorphOS do not work on it you might have other use for it (use it as a server)?

[som99]

@amoskodare - How do you find your setup with the Sam440ep-flex? I was originally looking at that exact same spec setup. The price is about right and it appears to be the best OS4 bundle for the price.

I have a sam440ep-flex also, to be honest I use my Mac Mini with MorphOS a lot more, but the sam440 is fast enough or my OS4 needs, I got it at a great price so I do not regret buying it