Apple Mac : what model for Ubuntu ?

[Romeyn Prescott]

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...ROMeyn



At 9:26 PM -0500 12/16/04, Romeyn Prescott scribbled:
>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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