On Dec 31, 2004, at 9:28 AM, Lou Judson wrote:
Why would anyone want to run OSX on an old computer? It seems to me that such a bloated gimmicky OS would naturally run slower on an old system... Is it just to prove it can be done, or do you actually expect to see benefits? Or because you don't want to invest in a newer Mac that is designed for it?
Why not? ;- )
Seriously, I have done it in the past to with both Darwin and full OS X and you're right about the slowness: the Aqua UI is just too much for an older 9500, even at 233 MHz. But as a UN*X system, you get access to all the ongoing development in Darwin and the ports collection(s) that are coming along. The UN*X stuff adds so much to what the Mac already offered.
At the moment, I am more concerned with keeping a B&W/Yosemite up to date: still looking for a reliable and inexpensive ATA card (I have a Rev 1 that only groks one disk). But the old 9500 could see some service if I need a disk farm or something.
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