I bought a Mac

Yep. I regret to inform you all that, as of January 2025, I am a Mac user: I bought a Mac. I have betrayed the penguin. Behold: My shame. What? Yes. The first Mac I have ever owned: this beautiful beast, a PowerMac G4 MDD: specifically a top-of-the-line dual 1.25 GHz FireWire 400 model circa 2002. Here’s the full specs if you’re curious. 2x PowerPC 7455 G4 CPUs @ 1.25 GHz [Stock] 2GB (4x 512MB) DDR-333 PC-2700 RAM [Upgraded from 512MB] 512GB Lexar SSD + 750GB Seagate Barracuda (come back to) HDD [Upgraded from 1x 120GB 7200RPM HDD] ATI Radeon 9650 w/ 256MB of VRAM [Upgraded from ATI Radeon 9000 Pro w/ 64MB of VRAM] 1x CD/DVD-RW drive [Stock: CD-RW/DVD-R SuperDrive] It should be noted most of the stock specs are pulled from Wikipedia for reasons that will soon become obvious. So, how did such an icon of early 2000s Apple fall into my grubby hands? Well, it all started with the Wii U. I’m not joking. For a while now, I have been working intermittently on the Wii U Linux kerne ... Read full article.