On Dec 28, 2005, at 10:13 AM, William Duke wrote:
> My opinion:
>
> If you want to run NetBSD don't buy new Apple hardware!   New Apple 
> hardware
> is not best suited for running NetBSD -- or Linux!
>
> If you're sourcing new hardware for OSS, get i386!
>
> If you have old MacPPC hardware laying around and want to use NetBSD 
> -- Go
> for it; you've nothing to lose.
>
> If you're looking for old hardware to try an Open Source OS -- MacPPC 
> isn't
> the best choice.
>
> If you want all of the bells and whistles associated with "personal 
> use"
> computers, get an i386.
>
> If you want stability and a real unix experience, get a workstation.  
> Like
> an SGI or a Sun.

What constitutes old?  I have a powermac 8500 running NetBSD 2.0.  It's 
obviously an old machine, and I wanted to experiment with it rather 
than toss it out.  I also happen to have a rev. A iMac.  I'm planning 
to get some memory for  it in the near future, and then was thinking of 
installing NetBSD.  Would a linux distro be a better choice?


Erik