But if you don't, you're much better off getting a Mac mini G4. I'm biased because I have a hobby business selling SSD upgraded ones running a hacked Mac OS 9 [0]. But compared to the MDD G4, the Mac mini G4:
- Uses a fraction of the energy
- Takes up a fraction of the space
- Largely can run the same operating systems
- Is much quieter (as the article alludes to, the MDD G4 is loud)
- For single core can actually be faster going all the way up to 1.5 GHz (MDD can go there with an accelerator)
- Has more integrated parts so has less parts that can fail
There are some cons to the G4 mini versus the MDD G4 though:
- Almost no expandability
- Limited to 1 GB of RAM
- No dual processors
- The hacked version of Mac OS 9 needs USB sound and some models can have some display incompatibilities at high resolutions
But for the vast majority of applications these don't matter much.