The Sims on Mac Mini

Ok, here's the situation. I appreciate any help/info:
I have a Mac Mini. We get along great and are friends. Huzzah! I have plenty of space and the machine works great!
I want to get The Sims. NOT The Sims 2, but the original, The Sims. I got to amazon.com to order The Sims for my Mac. Half of the customer reviews on Amazon said that installing The Sims on their computer was a bad idea and it didn't work.
Link as evidence: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002RCYZA/ref=pdrvi_gw1/103-6913717-4829406?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=468642
But these appear to be kids reviewing it, so how much faith do I put in this?
So, I lay it before you, the readers, posters, and helpers who are much wiser than myself. Should I buy The Sims for my mac, or am I cursed to be forever Simless?

I installed The Sims 1 on someone's Mac the other day. The Installer looked like a Mac OS 9 installer, although the box featured a Finder icon. I couldn't find another installer, although I was in a hurry and barely had the time to look for one. I was able to try the game, which ran smoothly (iBook 1.25 Ghz, 512 MB RAM, Radeon 9200 & 32 MB VRAM), but I couldn't determine whether it was running in Classic or in OS X (being very unfamiliar with Classic, which I don't use at all, I didn't know what to look for).
I'll have to checxk more carefully when I next see this iBook (don't wait for me to post back before making your decision though; otherwise you could very well be Simless for several months).

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