ooh, used to support those, sgi indy was da bomb in about 1997. i dont think an indy will run anything but irix (tm), though. if it still boots hang onto it, in another five years it will be worth quite a bit as a running antique.

/trill

 

I'm a certified PC Technicain with more than 25 years of experience. If it wasn't for the $1500 price tag for a base model. I would be a MAC Owner hands down. Run Bootcamp on OSX and an Intel Mac and you have a stable Windows enviorment. Not only will it NEVER crash, but it'll be 100% faster. IF you get a PC Virus in Bootcamp. Bigdeal what damage can it do outside Bootcamp.. You'll find that you'll use the MAC more than the PC as time goes by.

 

These are photos of a Compac Pocket PC I found in a box..

 

Here's my problem.

I only see OS software on DVDs. I have a basic CD drive, not a DVD drive.

Any "easy" solutions on how I may install an OS?

By the way, it's a "Digital Audio" model, I think.

 

run a DVD player thru a USB port? (I dont know much about the G4's)

 

I do have an external DVD drive, BUT, it's for a PC only, and is USB 2.0.; where as the USB ports on the MAC are 1.1.

Oh well.

Maybe I'll look into an internal DVD drive.

 

I'm glad that you don't have to reboot your Mac...ever.

For the record, my computer is only shut down when needed such as installing a program that requires it or when I know a thunderstorm is coming.
Windows XP Home is what I'm running and it has no doubt been the most stable Windows OS that I have ever used. I can't remember when the last time the system has "froze" up.

My system works for what I need it to do.......play around on and browse this forum...as well as others!

 

You need to install and external DVD drive, on your older computer you might need a firewire unless you have USB 2.0's............

 

I have no idea on setting up a pole but here is an idea for one.

Own a PC and would buy another PC.
Own a PC and would by an Apple.
Own an Apple and would buy another Apple.
Own an Apple and would buy a PC.

Or toss the PC, Apple, cell phone, television, microwave, watch, etc and move to the bush.

 

Mac, hands down, no question. The only reason to buy a PC over a Mac is financial.

If you can afford to set it up right, the Mac *is* a PC when you need it to be. No emulation, no reboot - with sw like Parallels you can instantly switch from running OS X to XP or Vista. Or linux, for that matter. Yes, you need to buy and install XP (or whatever), but that's kind of the point - you're really running it native on the hw - at that point you're running a PC (which means that you can certainly get all the viruses that any PC can get, btw, but that won't affect the running of the Mac OS.)

I'm writing this on a Mac G3 400Mhz Powerbook that I bought in 2000? It had the old Mac OS8 on it, and it's now running OS X 10.3 just fine.

I'm finally replacing desktop machine at home, it's a Mac 7600 that was purchased in about 1997, I think. I got a whole box of decent PC parts including lots of memory and some high end graphics cards. I could build a nice PC for the price of a copy of XP, but instead there's a new Mac sitting in the box in my living room waiting for me to have enough time to move stuff from my old one.

I use both everyday at work, but when I go home I really don't want to have to deal with PC... There it's Mac only, for me....

 

I have the same experience with XP Pro on 4 current computers. I won't switch to Vista or Vista's replacement until I have to. Mac owners, well I guess some body has to buy a Lexus - they do look good.

 

LEXUS? THat's an insult. My MAC is a Bentley! UH HUH!!

 

Right now my MAC is a Chevy Impala on blocks.

It has nothing in it right now, but hopefully soon it'll be a................working.

 

how long are we gona keep funding bills crap?i admit im using hes crap!but there are options out there that are better and as soon as i hit the powerball im getting me one!

 

Now thats cool. I like it a lot.