MacRumors has happened upon a Mac clone of sorts. Allow me to say right now that if you get a chance to gander upon this page, you’re lucky because Apple will be shutting this down faster than you can say “hack”.
Psystar is offering their own computer with Leopard. No, it’s not licensed. No, there hasn’t been a change in Leopard’s license. As the manufacturer describes it:
The highly extensible OpenMac is a configuration of PC hardware capable of running unmodified OS X Leopard kernels. If you purchase Leopard with your OpenMac we will not only include the actual Leopard retail package with genuine installation disc, but we also include a Psystar restore disc for your OpenMac and we will preinstall Leopard for free so you can begin to use your computer right out of the box.
I missed the part about their pack of lawyers allowing them to complete a single sale. I’d love to find out if someone manages to get their mitts on one of these.
Hmmm.. that did not take long -- the Psystar web site is down already ...
- Bob Atkinson
Well, looks like the soon-to-be-nailed-to-the-wall company's site is back up:
http://psystar.com/psystar_open_computer_osx86_reinventing_the_wheel.html
Some of the comments about this on other sites are just precious. This knock off is only a little cheaper than a mini. I honestly cannot see the appeal of buying a white box, saving $50, and having upgrade headaches.
Sites say that people would like to buy a cheap Mac, and that the Mini hasn't taken off. What are they smoking? I've purchased a half dozen minis myself. It's allowed us to give Macs as gifts, to outfit a quality assurance department without requiring a server room for all the boxes, to deploy quick and dirty Web servers.
This forum post kills me.