MorphOS and Power Mac G4

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where I live Mac mini show up RARELY,sell for $200 to$400plus,eMac for $100 and up,and G4 towers from $40 to $400 depending on gullibility;MY G4 tower WITH adc 15" lcd was only $100!(from a person who expected Macs to work just like Windows and who insisted there was no way to hook it to  the Zoomtown(DSL) service.I found the ethernet jack worked just fine for DSL?!
 I suppose that I better grab an eMac before they  become  a hot ebay item.

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Mac mini 1.25 deal made,going to get it tomorrow.Just couldn't find 1.5 at price good for me.Unit has 512 ram,80gb hd  so  hoping to set up dual-boot choice.

NO optical drive in this one;so what is best way to load MorphOS?

Should I use Apple keyboard and mouse from other mac or Windows keyboard and mouse  for best morphOS use?

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It is a mac mini,not emac.I hope MorphOS developers release eMac version ,too.
I have several  Apple pro keyboards and local store has 4gb thumb drive for $12.Somewhere? I think there was complaint Apple keyboard didn't have all keys needed for MorphOS ......guess I will soon find out!I have a usb iomega dvd/cd r/w-if system sees it or maybe needs drivers downloaded(another Goodwill thrift store purchase)

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@HammerD

 Canada too cold for me!

 Bought this mac mini from a "neighborhood apple guy" on craigslist ,just not MY neighborhood;met him  midway  so didn't get to see it hooked up and working.Knew there was no optical drive but now the mini isn't seeing any OS on the installed 89gb Apple hard drive.Otherwise appears ok,heard  startup chimes,have display but it is  blinking question mark alternating with  mac happy face inside folder icon.I

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Well,another lesson in always try to see the whatever plugged in!
The  imac mini's hard drive is bad,just chatters,never loads,but substituting a spare 20gb  laptop drive confirms the G4 itself works.
Trying to get  seller to replace drive; if he doesn't it still wasn't a bad price.
 It IS the 1.25Ghz ,256 RAM,with 32mb video but that should still be much better than the efikas' 400mHz and 128 RAM.
And  a 1GB RAM stick  is on the Christmas list!

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Great!
 I have two Powermac G4 towers here.

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I don't see a release date ?

 My G4 Powermacs are 350,400,400,466 MHz, all single CPU .Stock video cards but different ones can be bought if needed.
 MorphOS needs a multi-license discount for family or fanatics who want several MorphOS  computers..
 Some Windows software I've seen has user name and info embedded in the install CD.

 iMac g4 next ?

 My Mac mini installation waiting replacement of hard drive;may have to make do with a 20 gb for now,with a 500 gb 3.5 external for storage.

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It's Amiga OS 4.1.2 for the Efika!

Hey,the efika DOES have  16 times the speed and 8 times the memory of any Amiga released by Commodore/Amiga/Escom!
Seriously,it should have been a viable candidate for Amiga OS.And $99(Directron price) is very much a figure  loved by Jack Tramiel for home computers;he sold milllions of C64s  at that point.

People in love with antiquated 8 to 25Mhz 16megram computers can be sooooo funny.

It  is like Model T Ford collector trying to say his car is as good as new Focus or Prius!

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Here I am logging in and posting from my Mac Mini (1.5GHZ, 1 GB ram, 80 Mb HD ,64 MB vram)!!!
MorphOS install later this week-want to make it dual boot.

This is my second craigslist mini-first one was a disappointment as that seller misrepresented the memory and condition and insisted on meeting in a public place  where incidentally we couldn't plug it in.I failed to pay enough heed to CAVEAT EMPTOR!

 Now I wonder if the Powermac port of MorphOS will use bigger vram or what other advantages it might have over this mini.At 1.5GHz it is actually faster than my current stable of Powermacs.