OSx86: On the cheap with Cinema Display capabilities

>x86 os x .4.3 is now available on torrents I know, but no patches yet and I can tell you the DVD on it's own won't install ;-)

nice. btw, x86 os x .4.3 is now available on torrents. nice work in any case (hmm... pun intended) ... however,, my DSL is so crap i cant even DL the 4gb torrent to try out hacked x86 os 10.4.1/ 10.4.3 :(

Wheels, no worries. The benchmark program is geared for the PowerPC. As soon as you start seeing more "fat binaries" (Programs that have PPC & x86 instructions nativley) you will see that this beats out a mini.

$317 for Mac mini performance isn't all that impressive. A refurbished mini can be has for about $375 and includes the full bundle of legal software.

I would sure hope that an 2.67ghz processor could beat out a 1.5ghz processor. I know that there's a lot more to getting OSX86 to work on bastardized Intel machines, but still... Makes me wonder if I should get a mini for the holidays.

thanks markie, sorry for the photo mixup.

>as the system is fugly as hell Euhm, I didn't put a case around it, it's build on top of the Intel-motherboard-box the motherboard came in, so that's how much I cared for the looks of the machine :-) The above pic is my workstation (with it's case open) btw, the Cinema Display set-up is this one: http://geektechnique.org/images/tiger-osx86-21.jpg

This would have to be for educational value only, as the system is fugly as hell. I understand wanting to run OSx86 for the hell of it, and play with it a bit. However, since no one has cracked any builds but the first, it doesn't even give a good feel for the OS and progress made since then. Here's (desperately) hoping we see Mac Mini's and Powerbooks in January. Although the realist in me knows we won't until WWDC... (I desperately need a new Powerbook - my old iBook G3/800mhz just isn't cutting it anymore).