Apple Mac : what model for Ubuntu ?

[Romeyn Prescott]

Vince,

Stay away from anything Beige in the Mac world.  They are classified 
as "Old World" and you'll have some major hoop-jumping to get Ubuntu 
working on one.  Pick yourself up an early iMac or a Blue & White G3 
or better.

Trust me.

...ROMeyn



At 4:23 PM +0100 12/16/04, Vincent Trouilliez scribbled:
>Dear Mac friends,
>
>
>I am fancying an old beige Mac, tower case, to build a little Ubuntu
>machine to play with networking with my main, PC machine.
>
>There is not much choice on Ebay here in France, and I am looking at
>this one (item #5146428104)
>
>http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5146428104&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
>
>That is the tower case I want. I wanted a Power Mac G3 but this one
>seems a bit older, it says Power Mac 8600/200 "604e" processor.
>
>Does that mean that it runs at 200MHz ? Is it likely to be as "powerful"
>as an Intel Pentium (one) 200MHz ?
>
>It has 64MB of RAM, 2GB disk and Ethernet and CD-ROM and ZIP drive, so
>would be perfect for what I want to do with (basic server install of
>Ubuntu, with no DE).
>
>Having no idea how this Motorola CPU compares to my old Pentium 200MMX
>board, I would like to find out before bidding !
>
>Auction ends in 24 hours or so, and current price is only under 20 Euros
>(say 12 or 15 USD), so it's tempting !!! :-)
>
>
>Regards,
>
>
>Vince
>
>
>
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