IBM ThinkCentre M50

#1 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 01:41 68kMLA

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.

#2 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 02:00 68kMLA

Thats way too cheap to pass up.

Hackintosh?

#3 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 03:19 68kMLA

Hackintosh?

On a P4?

#4 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 04:10 68kMLA

Hackintosh?

Click to expand...

On a P4?

I have done it on a 1.8 GHz P4 and it ran fine.

#5 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 04:37 68kMLA

Yeah P4's have SSE2 or 3. I can't remember.

#6 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 10:55 68kMLA

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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#7 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 13:38 68kMLA

/me dreams of running Mac OS X on a early model PIII.

#8 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 14:21 68kMLA

/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).

#9 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 14:24 68kMLA

@Wackymacs: Nice

Make sure you take pictures when its finished!

#10 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 16:46 68kMLA

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.

#11 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 - 19:31 68kMLA

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

#12 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 - 00:37 68kMLA

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!!