MorphOS is out for MacMini G4! No cheaper Amiga available today!

[Golem!dk]

People asks about the cheapest way to enter Amigaworld on? Get a MacMini G4 and you have a superb Amiga system which your gf or wife even will tolerate. What stops you going for a cheap MacMini really?

So does that mean you bought one now? Oh and I think Amigas are only available second hand now, you could probably find some cheaper than a mini, or maybe a minimig?

[Golem!dk]

It doesn't appear that registration costs of MorphOS are displayed any longer. How much does it cost to register in USD at today's rates? If only shown in EUR I can convert. Money is exceedingly tight atm.

The cost is still EUR 150, click here for the price in USD, someone said it's slightly lower at the moment, think I've seen 220 USD mentioned earlier.

[Golem!dk]

What if you still have your key, but your Mac Mini gives up the blue smoke? My wife's new Mac Mini (x86) gave up the smoke after 1.25 years, so the reliability of 2nd hand machines can be of concern. Will your key work on another Mac mini? My understanding is no. In that case if the MOS team pulled a Kruse, the user would be screwed. I'm not saying they would, just they could and there is precedence for it in the kommunity.

Sure... I suppose they could all agree to screw over their users, but having been a MorphOS user for close to 7 years now I don't see that in the immediate future.

[Golem!dk]

I never knew that about the liscense. Thats a strange thing, wanna upgrade your computer? You have to pay us AGAIN.

Well... it means that you'd better find a buyer with an interest in MorphOS for your old hardware. It's certainly not ideal, but I guess there aren't many other ways to reliably avoid piracy or abuse of the licensing system.

[Golem!dk]

 
http://www.morphzone.org/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=6684&forum=11
 
It says up the top Powermac G4 support coming, but then the poster says it is working?

Coming yes, released no, the poster is a MorphOS developer, so it is working but not quite ready for release yet. Currently supported hardware is listed here, once the release is ready that page should be updated to include supported PowerMac models.

Does it work on a Powermac G4 with ATI RV200 graphics card or is a radeon 9000 card the minimum requirement?

Been using an RV200 card in my Pegasos for years now, so I'm thinking it would probably work in a PowerMac as well.