Re: [slim] G4 Mac laptop up to task?

2007-05-23 Thread EvilTed
Thanks for the replies. I also have a p4 1.5 + 1GB RAM running Ubuntu server 7.04. I think I'll use this to run SlimServer on then and keep the Mac for other chores. I have a new MacBook pro, so the old G4 sits idle a lot of the time. Thanks ET -- EvilTed ---

Re: [slim] G4 Mac laptop up to task?

2007-05-22 Thread SteveEast
You can run SS on some pretty low-powered machines as long as they are dedicated to the task. And you don't use them for ripping. My SS box is an 800Mhz VIA EDEN Nano processor with 256MB memory and no disk running SlimCD (Damn Small Linux). All the music is on network storage. Streams to a pair

Re: [slim] G4 Mac laptop up to task?

2007-05-22 Thread Kevin O. Lepard
>Is a recent G4 Powerbook with 2GB RAM up to the task of hosting >SlimServer? That's serious overkill, in fact. I ran Slimserver on an old 700 MHz G3 with 1 G of RAM under OS X 10.3.9 up until a few weeks ago when the power supply went bad. >I'm thinking of hosting the music files on my ReadyN

[slim] G4 Mac laptop up to task?

2007-05-22 Thread EvilTed
Hi, I posted a similar thread today and it seems to have been removed in the admin cleanup? Regardless - I'll ask again... Is a recent G4 Powerbook with 2GB RAM up to the task of hosting SlimServer? I'm thinking of hosting the music files on my ReadyNAS NV+ and getting the content to the Mac a