SOME NOTES For .NET/Mono developers (maybe this is the wrong thread):
I put it here just to show the typical usages of my x86 Mac.
I brought to my Mac an application written in C# in Visual Studio (under Windows XP). I previously tested that on a Linux Ubuntu with Mono installed, so I was curious to see If it worked. The app is essentially a program for vector drawing and animation (not public for now) at a prototype stage.
In order to run .NET apps I installed Monodevelop (IDE) for Mac OS (needed only if you intend to develop), then I installed Mono from
www.monoproject.org and copied the sources on the machine.
I opened the solution in Monodevelop, pressed F5... and voilą!. It runs!
The software works, yes, but not exactly as I expected. I had to put a fix that consisted in a try/catch around a piece of code that was raising an exception (under Linux that didn't happen, but was a year ago... could be a minor change in the Mono framework) to run it.
Then there seems to be a problem with MouseMove events as well as transform matrices.
You should consider a couple of facts: first of all, there is a new OS version of the framework that I didn't test yet.. Second, there maybe some differences on the Mac OS platform that make the .NET implementation harder...
Stay tuned, the guys at the Mono Project are really doing a great job anyway!!