While this isn’t exactly a Psystar Open Computer in a blender, it just might be the next most interesting thing.
CNET’s Tom Krazit has just spent a month with his Open Computer and has kicked the tires, took it for a spin, and yes, in the craziest move of all — left it under his desk as his primary work machine.
It seems to have worked more or less as expected — he complains about the long boot time — but basically everything works well.
He also notes: One other interesting development is that Software Update now works; it was disabled by Psystar in the early days of Open Computing. Pedraza declined to get into specifics, but apparently when Software Update automatically runs depending on the schedule you choose, the Open Computer contacts Psystar’s servers to make sure you’re downloading updates from them, not from Apple directly. I downloaded two iPhoto ‘08 updates as well as a Garage Band update without incident through the Software Update process. UPDATE 12:30pm - [Rudy Pedraza, Psystar’s CEO] wanted to clarify this part; the Open Computer does contact Psystar when Software Update runs to check the available updates against a list maintained by Psystar, but the company does not host the updates for products like iLife, those are downloaded from Apple. It does, however, host files for Mac OS X updates, and recommends that Open Computer owners download those updates from Psystar.
Bugger that - I want my files to be supplied from a trusted source. In the same way that I wouldn't download Windows Update files from anyone but Microsoft, so I equally would not download OS X updates from anyone but Apple. I certainly don't want Psystar to be supplying updates to my OS because, simply, I don't trust them.