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Posted by: IPNixon on 2009-01-13 17:41:13
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.
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Posted by: Christopher on 2009-01-13 18:00:23
Thats way too cheap to pass up.
Hackintosh?
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Posted by: Patrickool93 on 2009-01-13 19:19:13
Hackintosh? On a P4?
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Posted by: benjgvps on 2009-01-13 20:10:49
Hackintosh? On a P4?
I have done it on a 1.8 GHz P4 and it ran fine.
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Posted by: Christopher on 2009-01-13 20:37:46
Yeah P4's have SSE2 or 3. I can't remember.
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Posted by: joshc on 2009-01-14 02:55:38
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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Posted by: beta_train on 2009-01-14 05:38:14
/me dreams of running Mac OS X on a early model PIII.
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Posted by: joshc on 2009-01-14 06:21:58
/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).
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Posted by: beta_train on 2009-01-14 06:24:22
@Wackymacs: Nice 😀 Make sure you take pictures when its finished!
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Posted by: z180 on 2009-01-14 08:46:55
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.
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Posted by: IPNixon on 2009-01-15 11:31:33
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 🙂
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Posted by: iamdigitalman on 2009-01-17 16:37:20
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!!
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