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Offline takemehomegrandma

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Re: Morph OS mac mini yes ..but powerbook g4?
« on: December 02, 2008, 03:05:45 PM »
AFAIK you can *not* assume anything such!

MorphOS will run on Mac Mini. That's it. Until further notice, I guess.

I would love a MorphOS laptop myself BTW! :-)
MorphOS is Amiga done right! :)
 

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Re: Morph OS mac mini yes ..but powerbook g4?
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2008, 03:53:18 PM »
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 Why not write MorphOS to run on all or most of the Mac G4 at least?


Maybe they will? But one step at a time?

Didn't Apple do their own various custom chips (Northbridges/Southbridges/Whatever) for various machines? AFAIK, this is where the challenge is, those chips needs to be explored...

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There have to be many more G4 towers and laptops available compared to macmini;the possible number of configurations is far fewer than x86 due to Apple being the sole motherboard and using limited selection of video cards(which can be changed out).


Not all Mac's are worth it though. Dual processor machines are not (IMHO), neither those using old and slow CPU's, nor those using nVidia (if it can't be replaced). I think there are lots of things to take in consideration.

The Mac Mini was a great start. It's very fast, very cheap, and it basically has everything you need.

A laptop would be great! I hope this will be the next move...

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  I blame/credit  you pointing out the $99 efika ;now I have TWO of them !


:-)  :pint:

MorphOS is Amiga done right! :)