That's awesome news! More supported machines might give our community more users, especially that PowerMacs are very cheap.

MorphOS Team: I think it's time to update help section in your site :)

Besides AGP port there is no AGP interface in Pegasos. Latest PowerMac should be noticable faster than Pegasos (and cheaper! :) )

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Sure, inbuild would be nicer, but get an usb 2.0 card then. They are cheap and work nicely. Just as with the Pegasos.

Regarding AGP video, it would appear that AGPx4 cards in Radeon 9250 would be best bet according to Morph hardware compatibility list. While 9250 not specifically on that list, I use this card on my Efika without issues (although I believe Efika runs at slower speed). So I have to believe that this card running at true 4X in the new Mac would run faster. This would really increase the video performance gap between Morph and that other PPC OS alternative.

1.5GB Ram a great deal. So here is my next question, I am assuming that the new Mac machine needs to be populated with the full 2GB in order to get 1.5GB available to Morph. No big deal....

The more I think about Morph supporting this new Mac, the more I like it. It is probably the best solution since the Pegasus and a better one at that. I was never a lucky Peg owner. Got into the game too late.

I read through Krashons former posts regarding multiple cores. A very interesting read. So from what I gather, the 2nd core would essentially be unused unless someone writes an application that somehow does it. I understand that utilizing multi-core within Morph OS itself would be a large undertaking. This is all OK with me and not a limitation. I have a 400mhz Efika with limited hardware-terrible expandability and am looking to upgrade into a 1.42Ghz Mac with lots of features and good expandability. I could care less about multi-core support at this time.

I see mention of various 3rd party accelerators for these new Macs. All I can say is be careful that Morph sees them properly. In addition, say you had a 2*1.42Ghz machine and wanted to go to 2*1.8Ghz.... awefully pricey for a small gain and only in one usable CPU.

I surely look forward to a MorphOS release in this new hardware. This would almost seal the deal as far as my transformation from 68K.

I wasn't aware any USB cards were supported in Morph. If they are, then this is very encouraging indeed. I do happen to have a Mac PCI card sitting in a 7600 machine that has 4 usb2 high speed ports.

please advise on PCI USB card support in Morph.

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And being an Efika use myself can asure you one thing: You will be literally blown away by that overwhelming and unbelieveable speed. There is this kind of funny-nasty smile in my face since early October and it refuses to get less...