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Apple will Sue - OpenMac - Leopard runs WITHOUT HACK

psystar.com — The Psystar OpenMac works just like an Apple Macintosh. Why spend $1999 to get the least expensive Apple computer with a decent video card when you can pay less than a fourth of that for an equivalent sleek and small form-factor desktop with the same hardware.

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  • Diggtatorship, on 04/14/2008, -1/+8So the base price on the OpenMac is $400 + Leapord installed $155 = 555 (already in mac mini territory)

    Then add:
    Firewire - $16
    USB Remote - $30
    Wireless Card - $15
    Bluetooth Adapter - $10
    iLife '08 - $74.00

    Now you're right back at $700 so it's a toss up with the mini.

    Apple isn't gouging as badly as you may think. Either way, the OpenMac wins if you want to skip out on some of the extras that come standard with the mini. It also wins in the upgradability/flexibilty department. The mini is smaller and sleeker, so that counts for something.
    • kschramm, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2The OpenMac wins if you pay by the pound. It must be 10 times the size of a Mac mini.
  • colincornaby, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4"run Mac Pro equivalent hardware at Mac Mini prices" Given that the base price for the Intel Xeons that the the Mac Pro uses is about $1000 a piece off the shelf from Newegg (and the Mac Pro has two), I really doubt they're getting me the same power for $400. Maybe next they'll sell me a bicycle that runs just like my car, or an eight track player that works just as great as an MP3 player.

    "The OpenMac even comes with a power cable so you can start working with it out of the box." ooOOOoooo nevermind. It comes with a power cable!
  • colincornaby, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3"The OpenMac runs the Vanilla kernel with minimal kext patching" Wait a second. They said it runs Mac OS X hack free. That's not true at all. They're misrepresenting their hardware by implying that it can run retail OS X out of the box, when it can't.
  • Ariadna111, on 04/14/2008, -1/+0Psystar's OpenMac clone is close to a Cease and Desist order , more here : http://world-news-scandals.com/videos.php?id=Psyst ...
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