Mac Mini G4...throw it away or keep it?

[gaula92]

Since the Amiga OS 4.0 - Moana fiasco (you win, f**ng wimps who didn't want it to spread: Amiga OS 4 won't show anything readable in my mini, just boots and shows currupt screen even with the fixed "safe" radeon driver), I am seriously thinking on selling this machine.

It's actually a pretty useless computer, since it doesn't have an AMIGA-like OS I like: Mac OSX CRAWS in this one, it's sticky and awfull, and mantaining Gentoo up-to-date is more than I can afford. Amiga OS 4.0 will never happen (SAM440..yes...you can wait until I'll invest in PowerPC hardware again, heh), and it's likely that Morphos will never be released for the PPC Mini by now (it was shown more than a year ago, and no Morphos for Mini has been released in any tagible form, so I suspect it's another Moana case).

So, what's your advice, guys? What should I do with this dust collector? A shame as it seems, it won't take me back to the Amiga dream. Are those things worth any money?

[gaula92]

I did, guys; I added more ram to this little box: it has 1GB actually, but MAC OS 10.4 still feels slow as hell (compared to my Amiga 1200 or a well-optimized Gentoo Linux, wich has about the same speed feeling: click and open, click and use..I ONLY use really responsible oses, and 10.X isn't remotely as responsive as Amiga or Gentoo).

I thought MOS wasn't gonna be reeased for the mini, at least in version 2.x... I think it was announce A LOT time ago, and knowing other cases like this in the Amiga/Amigalike past...hmm...I want to believe, but...
Oh, if this thing could boot MAc os 9.x natively...but it sadly can't, and that leaves out A LOT of Amiga-like fun, too...

Well, let's wait and see, but...

Oh, and thanks for your opinions!

[gaula92]

Yes, well, it IS more responsible than Windoze boxes, but then again Windoze is the most unresponsible thing on earth and I just CAN'T stand it.
Anyway, is Leopard faster than Tiger? (Yes, in nature I KNOW it is...I mean in a MAC Mini! ) More responsive? Just for curiosity: I am not gonna buy it, if MOS is ever coming out, that's what my mac will have.

[gaula92]

Well, I've decided to keep it: thanks, thanks!
If Morphos is EVER going to be released for this machine, my money will be there, for sure.