Running iPhone SDK & Leopard on G4 1.42 emac?

Looking for a cheap entry point to get into developing apps for iphone. I can get the 1.42ghz G4 emac for $200 or G5 PPC 2.0ghz for $775.
I've read that the G4 will run leopard, but havent found anyone running leopard and iphone sdx on the G4. I'd like to try things out first on the G4, but is it going to be so unbearably slow that I'm going to regret taking the cheap way out? Thanks.

montyplease wrote:
Looking for a cheap entry point to get into developing apps for iphone. I can get the 1.42ghz G4 emac for $200 or G5 PPC 2.0ghz for $775.
I've read that the G4 will run leopard, but havent found anyone running leopard and iphone sdx on the G4. I'd like to try things out first on the G4, but is it going to be so unbearably slow that I'm going to regret taking the cheap way out? Thanks.
Further research has led me believe now that iPhone SDK will only run on Intel based machines. If that is indeed the case, neither machine will work for me.
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