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The iMac G4 didn't support virtualization, so booting an alternative OS is more attractive. And the Nvidia GPU is probably easier to find cross-platform drivers
by rgovostes 6y ago
The iMac G4 didn't support virtualization, so booting an alternative OS is more attractive. And the Nvidia GPU is probably easier to find cross-platform drivers for. New drivers or some sort of IOKit compatibility layer need to be developed for the M1 GPU (which is orders of magnitude more complex).
(I can run OpenBSD on any modern piece of hardware, though; the novelty and nostalgia are in running Mac OS 9 on that.)
- anthk 6y agoIt did. Check Mac On Linux. The iMac G4 didn't support virtualization,
- ogre_codes 6y agoI think most people would prefer not having an extra OS underneath when possible. Also, the G4 iMac is a special piece of hardware in my book. I'd love to Frankenstein an M1 G4 iMac.
- fulafel 6y agoIt's a PowerPC architecture CPU so from hardware POV it supports virtualization out of the box[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popek_and_Goldberg_virtualization_requirements#PowerPC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popek_and_Goldberg_virtualizat....
- amatecha 6y agoYeah it's a great model for classic Mac gaming as it has pretty good specs, 3d accel, and can run OS 9 and OS X. I've got two of them (among many other Macs) so I figured I'd try OpenBSD on this one, haha :)