[openbeos] Re: Haiku on G3/G4

Cian Duffy <myob87@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> PearPC is at such an early stage, developing an OS in it would not be
> the best idea, I think :-)
> 
> I would feel robbed paying more than E200 for a 366 or so iMac, so 
> I'm
> sure some of the interested parties could afford to buy Axel a middle
> aged Powerbook or iBook (600-700, something usable) second hand if he
> wanted it. Apples price cuts have suddenly destroyed the once high
> residual value of Mac machines - the days when someone could charge
> you E700 for a three year old machine are gone as a brand new one is
> E849, shipped.

I'm actually thinking about getting a G4 iBook - since that one 
includes the AltiVec unit that should be supported by the Haiku kernel 
as well :-)

> That said Apple Germanys site seems a fair bit more expensive than 
> the
> Irish one for some stuff, which could be keeping the machines second
> hand values up there...

Yes, indeed - I probably won't buy it here.

Bye,
   Axel.

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