> Given that the box is so small and relatively inexpensive, and I
> already have a KVM on my desk, I'm very tempted to get one just to
> play with OSX. 

I have an open port on my KVM also.
Is it really that simple?
Does the MAC really use the same display/pointer/keyboard as the PC?

John Ferrell    
http://DixieNC.US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Johansson" <peter@elemental.org>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] Macs was 40-conductor vs. 80-conductor IDE cables?


> William Chops Westfield writes:
> 
>> Actually, I was wondering if the Mac mini didn't make a cute little
>> general purpose unix machine, completely ignoring all the stuff
>> MacOS takes to the table.  At $500 for the basic unit, it's not as
>> far off of the (similarly out-of-mainstream) super-small PC clones
>> as most macs are, and it's ... cuter.
> 
> Given that the box is so small and relatively inexpensive, and I
> already have a KVM on my desk, I'm very tempted to get one just to
> play with OSX.  I've used (and programmed) Macs in years past, but I
> have yet to spent any time with OSX.
> 
> The box has the potential to become a very slick media player as well.
> Now that all of the big LCD TVs are coming with DVI input, this would
> be the perfect thing to drive it with.  It's about the same price as a
> decent scan convertor, and not even one that does DVI...
> 
> -p.
> 
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