Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 8th Feb 2009 16:30 UTC
US resident already had the pleasure/disgrace (take your pick) of buying non-Apple computers with Mac OS X pre-installed through PsyStar. European customers were left out in the cold, as PsyStar is a US-based company which undoubtedly makes shipping across the pond rather expensive. Despair no longer, European clone enthusiasts: German PearC is here.
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RE[2]: Comment by satan666
by tyrione on Mon 9th Feb 2009 03:50
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"I mean at that price you can buy a computer directly from Apple.
Depends, the most low-end iMac in the Apple webstore costs EUR 999, so at EUR 499 for their most low-end model, it does make sense.
You might want to compare the Mac Mini with their offering, but going Apple then gives you much less PC for the same price. "
I'm not seeing the All-in-One with a 20 in LCD Display for 499 Euros. I'm not seeing the FW400/FW800 as with the iMac at 999 Euros. I'm not seeing the built-in Wifi as with the iMac at 999 Euros.
What I see, if we compare as much as possible:
Add FW400, Add Bluetooth, Add a better GPU [no eqivalent listed]
No monitor.
In fact, I don't see 499. I see 633.86 Euros and more.
Where is this monitor that gets me the system for 499 Euros?
What's that? It's not included?
Stop comparing apples to pears to oranges to peaches.
Get on par or save it.
RE[3]: Comment by satan666
by Vanders on Mon 9th Feb 2009 08:46
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Member since:2005-07-06
I'm not seeing the All-in-One with a 20 in LCD Display for 499 Euros.
Don't care.
I'm not seeing the FW400/FW800 as with the iMac at 999 Euros.
I don't use Firewire. If I did, IEEE 1394 cards are ridiculously cheap. Go ahead and add a whole $10 to the PearC price. That didn't have much of an impact, did it?
I'm not seeing the built-in Wifi as with the iMac at 999 Euros.
It's a desktop. Don't care.
No monitor.
I have monitors coming out of my ears. I really don't need another one.
Believe it or not companies like PearC & PyStar are actually catering a market that Apple just don't care about: people like myself who don't give a flying monkeys about the stuff you've listed, would quite like to run OS X but have absolutely no intention of paying Apples high prices for stuff we don't need.
RE[3]: Comment by satan666
by unclefester on Mon 9th Feb 2009 10:59
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Depends, the most low-end iMac in the Apple webstore costs EUR 999, so at EUR 499 for their most low-end model, it does make sense.
You might want to compare the Mac Mini with their offering, but going Apple then gives you much less PC for the same price.