[Myrddin]

I work with a big KVM switch connected to 6 different X86 computers running Windows 2000, Fedora Core 3, QNX 6.2.1, QNX 6.3 and other stuff as necessary. This little box would fit my style of work just fine. OS X is a basic BSD Unix underneath. That's fine too. The hardware offered for $499 looks competitive with a PC clone. The kicker will be acquiring Mac versions of software that matters.

[edchambers]

The hardware offered for $499 looks competitive with a PC clone.

Not quite, damn near any PC in that price range comes with a monitor,keyboard and mouse.However if you already have such items and standard PC versions would plug in it might be worth looking into.Probably allot more reliable than any PC at that price.

[spodefly]

I work with a big KVM switch connected to 6 different X86 computers running Windows 2000, Fedora Core 3, QNX 6.2.1, QNX 6.3 and other stuff as necessary.

GEEK!!!

:)