mini-ITX graphics woes

[B B]

--- "Stewart C. Russell" <scruss-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> B B wrote:
> > 
> > I was waiting to jump in on this one. That $150
> would
> > be every two years and it is not to "keep your OS
> > current" which is free ...
> 
> No, it's not. We own an eMac running 10.1.15. There
> have been no updates
> to this for months, and we can't run the most recent
> version of iTunes.
> Getting hardware to run on it -- which should be a
> simple case of a
> driver -- often requires checking that 10.1.x is
> still supported.
> 
> So it's not free to keep it current, as most Linux
> users are familiar
> with keeping an OS current.
> 
> And if you check the release dates (like here:
>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_history#Releases>),
> it is about
> annually: "Version 10.1 shipped around September 25,
> 2001, followed by
> the August 24, 2002 release of Mac OS X 10.2
> ("Jaguar") and the October
> 24, 2003 release of Mac OS X 10.3 ("Panther"). Apple
> released Mac OS X
> 10.4 ("Tiger") on April 29, 2005".
> 
> > ... the included firewire connector which your
> mobo lacks.
> 
> The SP13000 has onboard 1394. I know -- slightly --
> of what I speak.
> 
> > All together the mini is a killer machine and
> closer
> > to a real unix server than a pc anyday the fact
> that
> > it is so small and uses only 12 watts is icing on
> the cake.
> 
> Jings, you've really gone for the lithium lick,
> haven't you? I've seen
> the figure of 25 watts quoted for an idling Mac
> Mini; 12 would barely
> power a USB port.
>  Stewart 

Ok lets split the difference on the update dates, it
seems longer to me, must be the reality distortion
field.
I got the 12 watts from this link
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~silasb/macbat/ which
looked like a real world test. 
Ah, your mobo does have 1394 sorry, looks like a nice
all in one unit. Have you tested one? I have yet to
boot linux on the mini but I have been putting linux
on macs for many years and expect things to work from
what I have read. Too bad about your emacs, I have
told itunes to stop suggesting upgrading until I can
be bothered and I have 10.3 my Tiger is still sitting
here in the box waiting, Panther will be fine for now.
I am not too keen on rapidly upgrading OSX and its
components anyway and I rather play with linux and
keep my personal desktop sacred.
Chers, BB


		
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