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Hello! I'm awaiting my Mac mini.. something I am not clear on is whether Xcode comes with it? Can I program it out-of-the-box or are some downloads required, if so what would you recommend for a new convert to Mac? Ta. :-)

I'm playing it fine on my PowerMac 5500 225MHz.. ..sorry, couldn't resist... :p

Fortunately I don't have that worry, I've been a solid Linux/Solaris user and I doubt there will be any PC apps I'll actually need, gimp, mplayer etc are available native for the Mac anyway. But my partner will be using it for running some accounts software. I may dabble in Linux from time to...

mmh, my last Mac was in 97, I don't know if things have changed but one thing that always struck me about Mac users was the lack of the constant upgrade mentality which is prevalent in the PC world. When my Mac comes, short of a disaster (like with my old Mac) I won't be upgrading for a long time.

And I agree with you ;-) I'm about to switch BACK to Mac after some years of hellish PCs and I will be getting VPC with it. I used VPC 2.0.1 on a PowerMac 5500 back then and was very happy with the product, I could test the odd app and play a bit with Linux, I guess it's even better now. I...

I don't mean to be rude, because I'm not, but why are people even trying to run PC games on VPC? It's intended for the odd application where no Mac equivalent exists. Why not just buy a console for playing games?

OK, I am *MANY* years late. I'm co-admin of the Yopy Linux User Group (yopy.lug.org.uk), it's still going, the current model, YP3700 also connects to the Mac using the Zaurus USB networking driver. FYI IMHO YMMV :-)