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http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/14/psystars-openmac-clone-is-close-to-a-cease-and-desist-order/
Engadget said:
OpenMac clone for $400. For that price you get 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo E4500 processor, 2GB of memory, integrated GMA 950 graphics, 250GB disk and 20x DVD burner. Add another $155 and they'll even install Leopard on the non-Apple kit with the help of an EFI V8 emulator. Even at $555 it's still a spec-for-spec bargain compared to the Mac mini (albeit without the mini dimensions).
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Now that would be a kit for sale here in the UK - if it ever makes it here without being BOOM! by Apple. Would be even cooler if the end user can upgrade the GPU to a dedicated one too:D

Still, spec for spec, great value for those OSx86 users...
 
All they have done is take the non-Apple version of the mac mini hardware and used the EFI emulator to allow you to use a genuine OSX install DVD run on the box. If you are going to the hassle of running on non-Apple Hardware then you may as well get something better then a mac mini. If it was choice of that or a genuine mini, I would go with the proper mac mini. Less hassle.

What I really want to see over here is the Apple Motherboard and case with Superdrive sold as a base unit so that can fit own RAM,CPU,GPU and HDD into the system. This way the system actually is a genuine Apple computer parts for the main part but you can use your own hardware such as cheaper Xeon's, better GPU etc.. to tailor yourself something between an iMac and a Mac Pro.

And yes I already made the product suggestion.
 
Hmm, if you're technical enough to be messing around with running OSX on non-Apple hardware you should be more than capable throwing a box of compatible parts together yourself. Therefore by that logic the pre-install thing is going to be the main selling point, which is likely to attract the eye of the Apple lawyers. That, and the fact buyers are still plagued by the same problems such as updates breaking compatibility, I can't see it catching on.

I can see Apple coming down on them like a ton of bricks, not because its going to make any significant impact on their profits, but because it's asking questions about the hardware Apple doesn't seem to want to answer.
 
bigredshark said:
Unless things have changed, I thought we were banned from discussing installations which breached the license terms?
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I know we're not allowed to talk about it - but in this case, it's a product offered to the consumer market and it's a discussion of that product and the idea of it, more than the talk on How To.

Anyway, I must agree on the comparison to the Mac Mini, the Mac Mini will win hands down for looks, branding and total compatibility to OS X - but looses out on value for money in terms of hardware.

It will be interesting if a "bold" company will take it a step further and make a base unit as mdjmcnally have said, for end users to upgrade CPU/RAM/GPU/Sound Card e.t.c.
 
Engadget said:
Engadget NYC might have gotten to play with Apple's latest and greatest iMac yesterday, but we keep it dirty in the Chi -- yep, we've got the first Psystar Open Computer shipped out for review. We're just getting it set up, but check out the unboxing below, and hit us up with anything you want to know in comments -- you know we're going to put this thing through its paces.
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http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/30/psystar-open-computer-unboxing-and-hands-on/#comments
Looks like engadget took the risk and they've got their hands-on on one of these "Open Computers"... Profiting from the OSx86 community, anyone?
 
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