crashnburn_in Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Cheapest Tiny Box or Mini ITX platforms that can run Xcode 7.x supporting OSX & some Slave box activites? That's the short version of it. So, I found that Braswell is a great cheap low power option, but OSX will not easily boot on it as its lineage is Atom based. I am wondering if any non i-core platforms that worked with recent OSX versions? Also, would like Pico PSU + External Power Adapter if it helps keep box size smaller. ** Slave Box to do things that I can dump/ delegate off my Primary Laptop: ** OSX86 - For some Xcode - - Not planning to code a lot - But play now n then - Maybe do some side loading and prototyping Daily Slave jobs: - Torrent/ Downloading - XBMC/ OSMC/ Kodi box - 720p/ 1080p upscaled to 4K monitor - No 4K content expectationCurrently using ATV1 (move to parents/ living room) on 1080p Monitor Once in a while, Overnight slave jobs: - Format/ Zero/ DBan/ Ghost/ Clone/ Image some NAS/ 3.5"/ 2.5" hard drives - So, bunch of Drive related ports would be good - but wont be used/ plugged in often. - Basically hacking around without bugging my primary Surface Pro 3/ Thinkpad laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnfesq Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I know you said you wanted a non-Intel i-series CPU but when I saw this, I thought it was a great deal for a brand new i5 zotac zbox: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zotac-System-ZBOX-CI520NANO-U-Core-i5-4020Y-8GB-DDR3-HD4200-SATA-USB-/161981497203?hash=item25b6d97f73:g:syIAAOSwUuFWxYbr At $275, I figure it will go fast. P.S. - I'm not the seller and have no financial interest in this item. I just thought I'd share what looked like a great deal. EDIT: I looked at the listing again. I think it's not an i5. I think it's actually an i3 and the seller incorrectly stated it was an i5 in the title of the listing but said it's an i3 in the body of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spakk Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Cheapest Tiny Box or Mini ITX platforms that can run Xcode 7.x supporting OSX & some Slave box activites? That's the short version of it. So, I found that Braswell is a great cheap low power option, but OSX will not easily boot on it as its lineage is Atom based. I am wondering if any non i-core platforms that worked with recent OSX versions? Also, would like Pico PSU + External Power Adapter if it helps keep box size smaller. ** Slave Box to do things that I can dump/ delegate off my Primary Laptop: ** OSX86 - For some Xcode - - Not planning to code a lot - But play now n then - Maybe do some side loading and prototyping Daily Slave jobs: - Torrent/ Downloading - XBMC/ OSMC/ Kodi box - 720p/ 1080p upscaled to 4K monitor - No 4K content expectation Currently using ATV1 (move to parents/ living room) on 1080p Monitor Once in a while, Overnight slave jobs: - Format/ Zero/ DBan/ Ghost/ Clone/ Image some NAS/ 3.5"/ 2.5" hard drives - So, bunch of Drive related ports would be good - but wont be used/ plugged in often. - Basically hacking around without bugging my primary Surface Pro 3/ Thinkpad laptop look here, the appropriate atom kernel for 10.9.5 - 10.11.2:http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/files/file/532-1095-10112-for-intel-pentium-celeron-atom-kernel/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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