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Leopard on Foxconn R10-S4? $124.95 - Harbourmaster - 05-05-2009
Newegg has these on sale for $129 with free shipping and to my eye it looks like you should be able to install 10.5 on this.
$5 off coupon EMCLRNW53 (expires today) makes it $124.95
Any one, any one....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856119012&Tpk=N82E16856119012
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/en-us/product/Barebones/detail_spec.aspx?ID=en-gb0000013#
Re: Leopard on Foxconn R10-S4? $124.95 - Filliam H. Muffman - 05-05-2009
That is a stupid cheap price if the specs are right.
The dual core Atom 330 is supposed to be $45 all by itself. Case, PS, motherboard for $80 is pretty good. Add a 500 GB hard drive and a 2 GB DIMM and you have a 2nd generation Apple TV for $200.
Re: Leopard on Foxconn R10-S4? $124.95 - gabester - 05-05-2009
Tempting. But for only $480 more I can buy a new Mac mini that has a smaller footprint, DEFINITELY works with OS X, has gigabit ethernet, an additional USB 2 port, FireWire 800, 2 video ports, integrated 802.11 and bluetooth.
If it had digital video output, I think I'd bite anyway as it has the great makings of a media playback PC.
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Re: Leopard on Foxconn R10-S4? $124.95 - AAA - 05-05-2009
single handedly the best laugh I have had all day.
only $480 more.
Re: Leopard on Foxconn R10-S4? $124.95 - DRR - 05-05-2009
I might be willing to take the plunge but I'd need help with the install. I have both a 500GB SATA and a 2GB DIMM sitting unused. Would I be able to load from a retail disk, like the mini9?
Re: Leopard on Foxconn R10-S4? $124.95 - Harbourmaster - 05-05-2009
DRR wrote:
I might be willing to take the plunge but I'd need help with the install. I have both a 500GB SATA and a 2GB DIMM sitting unused. Would I be able to load from a retail disk, like the mini9?
that is of course the $64,000 question!
From looking at the specs it looks like it should work but my google-fu can't turn up any sign that it's been done yet...
Re: Leopard on Foxconn R10-S4? $124.95 - volcs0 - 05-05-2009
I just did some googling - I'm not sure I see any evidence that this would be an easy install.
Re: Leopard on Foxconn R10-S4? $124.95 - Filliam H. Muffman - 05-05-2009
I thought about it a little more and came up with a possible reason for the low price. My guess is they are having a blowout sale in anticipation of the Nvidia Ion motherboards coming out.
It has a PCI slot, but I could not find a card with a DVI port that is rated for Blu-ray that was less than $52 in a quick search.
Re: Leopard on Foxconn R10-S4? $124.95 - Forrest - 05-05-2009
This box is quite a lot larger than an AppleTV - 8.5 x 12.5 inches.
By comparison, the AppleTV is 7.7 x 7.7 inches.
Re: Leopard on Foxconn R10-S4? $124.95 - volcs0 - 05-05-2009
OK. I bit. $154, including 2gb RAM. I already have a SATA drive laying around.
If nothing else, will put http://www.thinkgos.com/index.html on there.