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[Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT mac.com>]

Speaking of the G4...after I get a new laptop, I'm going to be saving 
to build an x86 machnie for Linux and so I can do windows emulation for 
gaming, and want to get an empty G4 case to put it in...

~ian


On Jan 29, 2004, at 6:55 PM, Tom Boucher wrote:

> On Jan 29, 2004, at 8:46 AM, <geschwin AT email.unc.edu> wrote:
>
> > <Devil's Advocate> I know it might be hard for some of you out there
> > to fathom this, but there actually **are** people out there who PREFER
> > a Wintel machine over a closed hardware platform. Also, there are
> > people who prefer to have a machine that has an operating system and
> > software that they are already familiar with rather than have to learn
> > a whole new system. So he simply modified that machine to get
> > something that he wants. Besides, this was certainly not the first
> > time that a Mac has been modded into a Wintel machine. Calling
> > somebody dumb for modifying what he got into something that he wants
> > is being a bit harsh there...</Devil's Advocate>
>
> I'd agree with you, if it wasn't a $3000 computer turned into $350.
>
> I mean if he took say a G4 he got off eBay for a few hundred & 
> converted it that's one thing.
>
> But he had his parents (mistakenly) spend $3000 on a system that he 
> then TRASHES.
>
> That'd be like getting a Lexus and stripping out the engine and 
> putting in a Honda Civic engine because there is more mod kits 
> available for it.
>
> It's just wrong.
>
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