Two days ago, the news that a company called Psystar was offering a Mac clone made quite some waves across the net. They were offering their Open Computer, a standard x86 machine, which they could pre-load with Mac OS X Leopard."We're not breaking any laws,", they insisted. ComputerWorld and The Guardian did some digging around, and found some discrepancies.
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Member since:2005-10-05
Why is it so stupid? As long as they are legitimate, I think it's quite clever. Just because avid reader of osx86 forums is able to hack together a system using torrents and carefully selected parts doesn't mean that everybody else can. Maybe some people just want to try OSX without paying $1200 (for an iMac) or buying a Mac Mini. You can call me cheap, but the price of hardware is by far the biggest reason that I've stayed away from Apple desktops.
Honestly, the owners of this company might be people with nothing to lose, and whether they succeed or fail, this will put them on the map. Being renowned (even as a failure) is invaluable.
Member since:2006-12-15
Maybe some people just want to try OSX without paying $1200 (for an iMac) or buying a Mac Mini. "
That's what Apple stores are for...
No, no just kidding... I think this is pretty funny... To save a couple of extra dollars you're willing to pay for a built system on which nothing is guaranteed to work. Vunderful...
Since your time is not so valuable, it seems like building your own box would be even a cheaper entry into the Mac OS X """experience""" (triple quote for emphasis), and when things don't work right, you can complain about how """broken""" the Mac OS really is...
Sounds like a win for everybody.
Member since:2007-02-17
the last paragraph of your post is exactly what I think is wrong with our society today. People would rather be notorious than be known for doing something of worth of innovative or different. Paris Hilton is known is she worth more than someone who has actually done something of worth with their life. Rant over.
Anyway. I argue that you are not getting the same Apple experience if you are not using Apple hardware. Its just the way I see things. Why? Because I've known Apple nearly all of my life. My first experience with computers were Apple computers. What apple sells is the experience of using an apple computer. What type of experience are you going to have when you have an issue with Psystar hardware? Anyway my point is that I have a general distaste for what they are doing it just seesm underhanded on their part.
RE[4]: But why really care?
Member since:2005-07-06
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Nothing new there. They were using the same trick that every hackintosh uses. The issue is that they are actually stupid enough to try to sell it. I don't see what the big deal is. Its not like OSX has anything software wise that you really need. the only software of any real value on the Mac are the Pro ones and if you can afford those you can afford a Mac and are most likely to already own one. I have an MBP and I have Logic, other than that there is no other reason than "because its a mac" that I see to even get one of these. You have strict hardware limits, so that defeats the purpose of expandability, you may not be to use future versions of the OS. The only people i can see benefiting from this are the ubergeeks who just want to shove it to the man because they can't do so in real life lest they get their asses kicked.
The only thing of note here in this whole Psystar debacle is the debate about the EULA, other than that I'm really not interested in a tocheaptobuyonesoIcrackedoneintosh.
Edited 2008-04-16 22:14 UTC