[Discuss] Need access to a mac

[R. Langkamer]

On 10/12/07 8:17 AM, A Gilmore wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have some software (developed and running on Linux) that I need to 
> test on OS X 10.2 or later.  Does anyone have a suggestion on how I 
> could get access to a Mac for a 3 or 4 hours every couple weeks? 
> Preferably a laptop.
> 
> At this point it looks like I'm going to have to spend as much on a used 
> mac (G4 or better) I have no serious interest in as I have my modern 
> ubuntu PC.
> 
> I know this is rather off-topic but still probably the best place to ask.
> 
> Thank you for your time,
> - Adrien


	Check out usedvictoria.com, though don't pay anymore than $100 (IMO) 
for any of the original CRT based iMacs. With enough RAM, these units 
can even run 10.4.
	Also, this Saturday is the Mac club's garage sale. The info is at their 
site, vmug.bc.ca. Their might be a similar machine there.
	Once you have the Mac, you can install Ubuntu 6.0.6 on it (they dropped 
support for PPC based Macs and so the current releases are not 
available) and dual boot when you need to. Or you can enable VNC on the 
Mac and use it that way.

	A word of caution, 10.3 and 10.4 have "hardware" limitations for 
installing.

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