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IBM ThinkCentre M50
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220343401339
I couldn't pass the thing up for $40. Better yet, it's supposed to get here tomorrow
I still dunno what I'm gonna do with it, but I'll prolly throw some sort of Windows server on it.
I couldn't pass the thing up for $40. Better yet, it's supposed to get here tomorrow
I still dunno what I'm gonna do with it, but I'll prolly throw some sort of Windows server on it.
Thats way too cheap to pass up.
Hackintosh?
Hackintosh?
On a P4?
I have done it on a 1.8 GHz P4 and it ran fine.
Yeah P4's have SSE2 or 3. I can't remember.
You can still put OS X on a machine WITHOUT SSE2/SSE3 if you use the Voodoo kernel, which is a fork of OS X's default kernel. Technically, using Voodoo, you could even put OS X on a Pentium II or III. }
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/me dreams of running Mac OS X on a early model PIII.
Certainly possible, but it would be slow. I am going to be trying to install OS X on my Pentium III-S 1.4GHz when I get it (that's the fastest PIII chip out there, faster than some P4s).
@Wackymacs: Nice Make sure you take pictures when its finished!
Make sure you take pictures when its finished!
On the X86 there are 3 types of instructions:
Integer instructions(most code)
Floating Point instructions(complex math,needed an FPU on 386)
Vector instructions(comparable to altivec called MMX,SSE2/3/4)
The Hackintosh OS X emulates vector instructions on A PIII using
an earlier version of the vector extension.
Most OS X system code runs in integer instructions,
so expect slowdowns at running .apps like garage band or gimp.
Integer instructions(most code)
Floating Point instructions(complex math,needed an FPU on 386)
Vector instructions(comparable to altivec called MMX,SSE2/3/4)
The Hackintosh OS X emulates vector instructions on A PIII using
an earlier version of the vector extension.
Most OS X system code runs in integer instructions,
so expect slowdowns at running .apps like garage band or gimp.
Pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ipnixon/Thinkcentre
So far, I've ordered it a gigabit ethernet card. I also got a 1.5TB HD for my Optiplex, and once I get that, the Thinkcentre will have the 200GB drive that's currently in the Optiplex
Yay
http://picasaweb.google.com/ipnixon/Thinkcentre
So far, I've ordered it a gigabit ethernet card. I also got a 1.5TB HD for my Optiplex, and once I get that, the Thinkcentre will have the 200GB drive that's currently in the Optiplex
Yay
I say a car computer. I have been looking at converting a EEE 700, 701, or 702, but these machines are really compact little beasties. This might work in a pickup, SUV, or possibly a van.
Though if I were to go with the seperate CPU path, I would want something that is compact enough to fit in my glove box, as I drive a station wagon, and I need my cargo space.
I might just give up and put a core solo mac mini in it so I can have the remove control, but the thing is gonna have a touch screen anyways, and the IR reciever might be blocked by the fact it will be in a closed box.
these go for over $200 at micro center, so nice going!!
Though if I were to go with the seperate CPU path, I would want something that is compact enough to fit in my glove box, as I drive a station wagon, and I need my cargo space.
I might just give up and put a core solo mac mini in it so I can have the remove control, but the thing is gonna have a touch screen anyways, and the IR reciever might be blocked by the fact it will be in a closed box.
these go for over $200 at micro center, so nice going!!