Ok fine then. I wont be using the modem so that wont be a problem... How much better do you think the hardwaresupport will be in the beginning of march? (thats when ill get it if i buy it)
The modelnumber seems to be M8363S/A however I am not 100% sure about this since all it says about this computer on my note i got is the following: PowerBook G4 667 Mhz/512MB/30GB/DVD Regards Tomasz On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 18:46, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 18:28, Tomasz Matuszczyk wrote: > > I have a few questions... I usually run debian on PC but now i've had a > > very tempting offer to buy a PowerBook G4. > > A new one or an old one? I'll assume the former; they're much more > powerful but not quite as well supported yet. > > > What I would like to know is: > > > > 1. Will debian work fine with this computer? > > Yes! Probably harder to set up than an x86 box, but the result is much > nicer. :) Hardware support is also developing nicely except for the > Winmodem-style internal modem. > > > 2. Does apt-get work with mac or do you have to compile all programs > > yourself? > > Works of course. > > > 3. This computer only has one mousebutton right?? How does this work? > > The trackpad has only one button. You can emulate the others with keys, > but do yourself a favour and use a decent USB mouse. :) > > > 4. Can i have both debian and macos X on the same computer? (I prefer > > photoshop to gimp ;).) > > There's no native Photoshop for MacOS X yet, right? You can run MacOS 9 > inside Linux with MOL. Packages are available. > > > -- > Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer > XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast >
