"Development" machine - a used Mac?

[John Pfersich]

I'd say that you should get the fastest processor, ignoring the amount of 
memory in the box. You'll probably want to get at least one gigabyte of 
memory; I have 1.75 gig with dual 867 MHz G4's and it hauls a--.

At 05:14 PM 2/13/2006 +0100, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I bought the Mac mini with the intention that I would do FreeBSD
>development (ok - testing, reporting bugs and so on, I'm not a
>developer) on it. However, the mini soon took place as my home theater
>machine, mainly because it runs MythFrontend well enough.
>This means that it is "hard" to get it free for FreeBSD use, at any
>given time.
>
>So now I'm thinking about buying a second machine to mess around with
>FreeBSD. I could just buy another mini, but I see that I can get used
>G4's for about half the price of a mini here. And yes, budget is always
>an issue. :-)
>A couple of examples:
>http://www.applehistory.norhost.net/g4agp.html
>with 400 or 450 MHz cpu, 312MB or 640MB RAM
>or
>http://www.applehistory.norhost.net/g4_quick_2002.html
>with 933 MHz cpu and 768 MHz cpu.
>
>Would one of these be a good development machine?
>And, does the G4 make a lot of noise, or is it (nearly) silent?
>How much RAM do I need? Is 512MB enough, or should it have more?
>
>Should I consider other machines instead?
>
>Any hints welcome.
>--
>Regards
>Torfinn Ingolfsen,
>Norway
>
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