[TriLUG] apple hw questions about beige mac

[David R.Matusiak]

On Friday, February 27, 2004, at 01:39  PM, H Brett Bolen wrote:

> I have some general questions about a beige mac.
> <snip>
> an os10 question:
>
>    Isn't there something like 'fink' that lets you use some
>      open source software?  gcc?

hey Brett --

in addition to fink, you can also pull gcc and other tools off the 
Apple OS X Developer Tools cd that comes with most OS X distributions.

http://developer.apple.com/tools/macosxtools.html

In terms of buying memory and drives, I have been quite satisfied with 
OWC Macsales.  http://www.macsales.com/

One thing you may need to look into is XPostFacto (also from OWC 
Macsales).  Some of the G3 and older Macs cannot run OS X, so they 
created this shareware app to help alleviate this problem.  
http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/

Good luck with the Beige Mac!  If you wind up getting into the Mac 
revolution, you can always check out:  http://hardcider.org/

dave m.


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