Hi,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Brian Wood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
I'm now seeing some Minis for $179, certainly competitive with the ION-based units.<br>
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Problem is these are the old G4 Minis, with Radeon graphics.<br>
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I run (K)ubuntu on a G4 iBook and it works quite well, but I doubt that the Radeon 9xxx graphics would be of any use with<br>
Myth. I'm not even sure if Myth could be ported to the G4, or it it's already been done.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>FWIW, I still run my old Mac mini G4 as a MythTV frontend, using OSX 10.4. It is only SD, though. Works for me.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Looks like Apple just can't make up their minds about graphics chips, or, for that matter, CPUs.<br>
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I know keeping compatibility with older x86 CPUs has caused problems for Windows and Linux, but Apple's "heck with the<br>
customer" attitude bothers me, a machine I bought new less than 5 years ago should not be virtually abandoned by its<br>
maker, who basically tells me "you just have to upgrade". I am a customer, not a continuing revenue stream.<br>
<br></blockquote><div> Anybody who hasn't figured out by now that Apple cares for their customers in the Apple way ("don't worry about it; you will buy a new <insert hardware gadget here> after our next announcement anyway") should just stay away from Apple products. In other words; if anybody chooses to be an Apple customer, it is "shut up and open your wallet" that goes.<br>
</div><br clear="all"></div>Just my 0.002 eurocents.<br>-- <br>Regards,<br>Torfinn Ingolfsen<br>