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bigsadhu Junior Member Cayman Island 462 Posts	Posted - 02 Apr 2003 : 20:04:04 http://www.2khappyware.com/ibox/ Thanks to slashdot for the heads-up. Cheers! CC Air Marshall, 605 sQUADRAn "What Microsoft has got in there is a grotesque, badly-documented pile of poo it doesn't fully understand itself." - The Register, 23/8/02
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 02 Apr 2003 : 20:52:51 YAAAAYYY!!!!! I really like that idea. I personally support it and want to buy a few barebones' boxies for media center thingies and ect ect. Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 02 Apr 2003 : 21:20:47 That would be cool, although i can see another lawsuit coming up...... -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
AnubisTTP Junior Member USA 308 Posts	Posted - 03 Apr 2003 : 06:00:05 If they can actually keep the price around 300 dollars, I may buy one of these. I wonder if they can still boot 9? They will probably sell well if they are the only new Macs available that can boot 9 AnubisTTP, Tank Commander, Bolo Division 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Macs Liberated:22
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 03 Apr 2003 : 06:00:24 I'm certain it won't, Apple never used the term pizzabox on their own, and you can see how distinct the design it from other Apple products. Apple allows things like iTV and iSEE to be made... why not an iBox from another company. (OH I get it! the ROM) Yeah that might be a problem. Who knows. Maybe Apple is watching it all from their skyscraper in L.A. (I'm sure they have onel.) and theyre ready to let this guy liscence the ROM. Or possibly, Apple is getting ready to make it themselves. Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide
Trash80toG-4 NIGHT STALKER USA 2899 Posts	Posted - 03 Apr 2003 : 06:14:49 quote: (OH I get it! the ROM) Yeah that might be a problem. Who knows. Maybe Apple is watching it all from their skyscraper in L.A. (I'm sure they have onel.) and theyre ready to let this guy liscence the ROM. Or possibly, Apple is getting ready to make it themselves. Apple marketing couldn't find its collective @$$ using both hands if somebody gave them a freakin' ROADMAP! jt . Trash Hauler: call sign: eight-ball C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 03 Apr 2003 06:15:46
Commodore64 Starting Member Sweden 47 Posts	Posted - 03 Apr 2003 : 06:25:01 Would definetly buy that if it would become reality somewhere down the road. Would be nice to have a G3 or G4 running OS X in the house.. Oh yeah, the design is really cool too! ------------ No life - No problems 68k Macs Liberated: 10 Edited by - Commodore64 on 03 Apr 2003 06:26:14
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 03 Apr 2003 : 06:35:45 (already has a PB G4 but wants a desktop G4 for affordable) Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide
MrLynn Junior Member USA 394 Posts	Posted - 04 Apr 2003 : 06:57:25 The creator of the iBox has been developing the idea in public for the past few months over on the DealMac Forum (dealmac.com, click on Forums), under the nom de plume Insider@home. If you do a search for past threads you can find out a lot more about this project. As I understand it, he plans to get excess G4 motherboards from Apple, via the chain that authorized dealers use. What I don't know is whether Apple restricts the use of such mobos to Apple-branded products, but it wouldn't surprise me it they did. /Mr Lynn The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn’t have a space program. --Larry Niven
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 04 Apr 2003 : 07:52:30 Its an exchange program for repairs. They send you a working mobo and you have to send them a dodgy one. -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 04 Apr 2003 : 14:26:18 that's not fun! I wanted a NEW motherboard design... not some recasing... if it's a recasing project the wires and stuff'll get all weirded out. Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide

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