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[MotionMan]

Anything that isn't running Intel hardware is a waste of time and money, as far as I'm concerned. Look around for an old Mac Mini with an Intel Core Duo CPU - you can definitely find one for around the same price.

If you can find a working Mac Mini with an Intel Core Duo for $200, I will take ten.

I looked long and hard for Intel Minis the good part of the last year. I even looked on Craig's List in other cities (where I had friends or family for local pickup). I bought 5 of them, not one for less than $300.

MotionMan

 

[alfa147x]

If you can find a working Mac Mini with an Intel Core Duo for $200, I will take ten.

I looked long and hard for Intel Minis the good part of the last year. I even looked on Craig's List in other cities (where I had friends or family for local pickup). I bought 5 of them, not one for less than $300.

MotionMan

yeah it's going to run you $275 - $300 for the crappiest intel mac mini

Edit:

It's still better than a PowerPc Mac Mini

 

[Oyeve]

But the point is that you're violating the license agreement which means you're not legally allowed to use the software and that you essentially donated that money to Apple. How you justify that illegality to yourself is irrelevant.

But for some reason that's perfectly fine here even talk about activation or no-cd cracks results in threads getting locked. It's the very definition of a double standard.

Last I looked apple osx is just a tweaked verson of linux which is free. regardless of what the eula states osx was/is/should be free. I have made countless copies of osx 10.5 and 10.6 and gave them away for free because either someone I know lost there discs or wanted to go 10.6 from 10.5. If mr. Jobs and/or apple doesnt want this then they should put some drm or dvd-key, but they dont because its just a version of linux/unix which, for the most part, is free.

 

[alfa147x]

Last I looked apple osx is just a tweaked verson of linux which is free. regardless of what the eula states osx was/is/should be free. I have made countless copies of osx 10.5 and 10.6 and gave them away for free because either someone I know lost there discs or wanted to go 10.6 from 10.5. If mr. Jobs and/or apple doesnt want this then they should put some drm or dvd-key, but they dont because its just a version of linux/unix which, for the most part, is free.

Still doesn't make it legal.

 

[Nothinman]

Last I looked apple osx is just a tweaked verson of linux which is free.

Then you need to look again. Apple bought NeXT in order to make OS X. The kernel is Mach and the base userland is FreeBSD, neither of which are in any way related to Linux except for the high-level design.

regardless of what the eula states osx was/is/should be free. I have made countless copies of osx 10.5 and 10.6 and gave them away for free because either someone I know lost there discs or wanted to go 10.6 from 10.5. If mr. Jobs and/or apple doesnt want this then they should put some drm or dvd-key, but they dont because its just a version of linux/unix which, for the most part, is free.

OS X already comes with a level of DRM in that it won't let you install it on non-Apple hardware. You really want them to add something like Windows activation just to prove you wrong? No one in their right mind wants DRM and it's people like you who are ruining it for the rest of us by doing that shit.

Justify it to yourself however you like, but it's still illegal and wrong.

 

[VinylxScratches]

So you have never gone 70 in a 65 because you were "going with the flow of traffic"?

uhhhhh, yeah what does this have with anything?

 

[VOdka1000]

C'mon you guys please stay on the topic.....I don't want this tread to be locked...

Here are 2 more PC's I found on Craigslist:

APPLE MAC DUAL 1.8 GHZ G5-PHOTOSH CS, LOGIC 7, MS OFFICE!
FOR SALE! A GREAT, FULLY FUNCTIONAL, APPLE 1.8 GHZ POWERPC G5 (256MB). WIFI ANTENNAE, ORIGINAL BOX, APPLE KEYBOARD AND MOUSE INCLUDED.

LOTS OF SOFTWARE EXTRAS INCLUDED:

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS
APPLE LOGIC 7 (WITH XCESS KEY)- POWERFUL MUSIC PRODUCTION SOFTWARE WITH A TON OF SOUNDS FOR MIDI
ROXIO TOAST
MICROSOFT OFFICE- WORD, POWER POINT, EXCEL

THERE IS A SMALL DENT (PICTURED BELOW) ON THE CHASSIS BUT IS PURELY COSMETIC AND DOES NOT AFFECT THE FUNCTION OF THIS COMPUTER AT ALL.

The 2nd one:

APPLE A1047 POWER MAC G5 DUAL 2.0GHZ 1GB 160GB, OPTICAL DRIVE, POWER CORD, OPERATING SYSTEM, KEYBOARD, MOUSE, VIDEO CARD
SOFTWARE / RECOVERY CD's
Casing has multiple minor scratches (see pics), and the CDR/DVD Door is stuck in the down position but it causes no issue in function, ( easy fix) in good cosmetic condition other than that. Comes with 1 GB of RAM, 250 GB hard drive, and a 160 gig internal Hard drive, DVD-RW drive, MAC OS X Leopard operating system (fresh install), ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 64MB AGP video card (109-A13600-01), keyboard, and a power cord. This computer was tested and is in good working condition.
Model: A1047
General Specifications:
Processor: Dual 2.0 GHz PowerPC G5 (Dual Processor)
Hard Drive: 160 Gb
Memory: 1 GB (1024MB) RAM
Tower
Drives:
Optical Drive: DVD-RW SuperDrive
Expansion Ports:
Ethernet
Modem
USB - (1)Front (2)Back
Firewire - (1)Front (2)Back
Video - ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 64MB AGP video card, (1) DVI, (1) ADC Connection
Audio - Optical digital audio in, optical digital audio out, analog audio in, analog audio out, front headphone minijack and speaker
Included Accessories:
Apple Keyboard (A1048) White/Clear
Standard 6' Power Cord
Operating System:
Fresh Install of MAC OS X Leopard version 10.5.4 (Software & Restore Disks are not included)

 

[ScottSwing]

C'mon you guys please stay on the topic.....I don't want this tread to be locked...

Here are 2 more PC's I found on Craigslist:

How much are you willing to spend? As suggested, you should probably get an Intel Mac as Apple is dropping support for PPC.

 

[slugg]

I don't know how else to say it.

If the word "PowerPC" is mentioned anywhere in the specs of the computer, then don't buy it. So neither of those two that you posted are any good. Additionally, the first one is pumped full of illegal software.

 

[TheStu]

The only PPC I would consider would be a G4 desk lamp, and that would only be to try my idea of sticking an intel Mini into the base and using its display

 

[mugs]

Last I looked apple osx is just a tweaked verson of linux which is free. regardless of what the eula states osx was/is/should be free. I have made countless copies of osx 10.5 and 10.6 and gave them away for free because either someone I know lost there discs or wanted to go 10.6 from 10.5. If mr. Jobs and/or apple doesnt want this then they should put some drm or dvd-key, but they dont because its just a version of linux/unix which, for the most part, is free.

Please don't use that ass-backward logic. Really, that's really stupid.

Nothinman, you have a good point about Hackintosh violating the EULA. It's not something I've done myself, and I don't think I'd ever do it myself (for various reasons). It's pretty much the only option in the OP's price range, so I stated that; I would go with a used Intel Mini though, even though it means increasing the budget.

 

[accguy9009]

I can't understand why talk about Hackintoshes is just fine here but any mention of stealing other software is forbidden.

I have wondered the same thing for quite some time

 

[ViRGE]

I can't understand why talk about Hackintoshes is just fine here but any mention of stealing other software is forbidden.

I can answer that one.

Our policy is to err on the side of the user when it's reasonable to do so. To give you a prime example, we let you talk about ripping DVDs (even if this is against the DMCA), but not about ripping DVDs from Netflix as a method of pirating them. Every action we take is balancing user rights with technical interest and legal considerations.

Hackintoshes as far as we are concerned meet the "good" criteria and there's a strong technical interest for allowing it due to the ability to look at the development of associated technologies (EFI emulators and such) and to look at Mac OS X performance on a wider array of hardware. On the legal side as far as we know you've all purchased a copy of Mac OS X, so you are making a reasonable attempt here even if Mac OS X doesn't run on non-Apple computers. If we find out you are in fact pirating Mac OS X, then you'll be infracted (or more!) before you can blink.

But not everything has an overriding technical interest. In the Windows forums the vast majority of posts on the subject are from people who really do want to steal Windows because they want to spend another $100 on a better CPU/GPU/whathaveyou (this is largely a hardware forum, after all). We've had this problem for years now and as such we have to keep a tighter grip on things. Members are always free to talk about the underlying technology, but ultimately any discussions about how to specifically bypass Windows activation lead far more to piracy than to a reasonable technical discussion.

Naturally not everyone will agree with this, but this is the driving principle for moderating the software forum. We believe this to be the best compromise to allow in-depth technical discussions without also being a pirate's den for teenagers with few dollars and even less sense.

Anyhow, if you have any more questions, please feel free to start a discussion in the Personal Forum Issues forum. I don't want to drag this thread any further off-topic than it already is.