Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 16th Apr 2008 20:09 UTC, submitted by jello
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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RE[6]: But why really care?
by macUser on Thu 17th Apr 2008 19:28
in reply to "RE[5]: But why really care?"
Member since:2006-12-15
"To save a couple of extra dollars you're willing to pay for a built system on which nothing is guaranteed to work.
Yes, but if it doesn't work with OSX in the long run, you can always just install Windows or Linux on it. "
I guess the point is... You're spending good money to "experience" Mac OS X on a product that is _BOUND_ to break and cause you frustration... Not exactly a fair assessment of the OS or Apple.
Again, if money is _THAT_ much of an issue why set yourself up for failure? Whether or not you can install *nix or Windows on it doesn't matter.
If you're that "curious" and that "tight" with your money, just build your own hackintosh and save even more money.
Buying a product that isn't guaranteed to work, and has a high probability of being killed off with a simple firmware update seems mind numbingly stupid to me.
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Yes, but if it doesn't work with OSX in the long run, you can always just install Windows or Linux on it.