Mac OS X Costs
Mac OS X is a good thing, but as with all good things, it does come with a price. You must have a modern Mac to be able to use it. Apple states that you must have a Power Mac G3, Power Mac G4, Power Mac G4 Cube, iMac, eMac, PowerBook G3, PowerBook G4, or an iBook to be able to run it. You also must have at least 128MB of RAM to run it (you might be able to get away with less if you don't use any Classic applications).
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Apple does not support Mac OS X running on early hardware, although you might be able to get it to run on an older machine. You might also be able to get Mac OS X to run on a machine that has an upgrade card installed in it; however, support for specific upgrade cards is a hit-or-miss proposition.
However, the ...
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