Psystar, a little company down in Miami, Florida is selling OpenMac, a Mac clone that comes with Leopard pre-installed for $554. For the price you also get:
- 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
- 250 GB Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
- 2 GB DDR2 667 RAM
- Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics
- DVD+/-R Optical Drive
- 4 USB ports
Add another $110 and you get an NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT. For another $50 you can have FireWire added. The prices they are selling for are a little higher compared to other OEM PC’s… but hey… Lets chalk that up to the extra cash they’re going to need in their legal fund.
OpenMac is supposed to work with all Mac hardware.
Psystar on OpenMac:
“OpenMac is a configuration of PC hardware capable of running unmodified OS X Leopard kernels.”
When asked if you can run updates on OpenMac:
“The answer is yes and no. No because there are some updates that are decidedly non-safe. Yes because most updates are not non-safe. It’s best to check on InsanelyMac for this information but when in doubt don’t update it. You may have to reinstall your OS X if it is a non-safe update.”
Lets see how long it takes for Apple to notify their legal team. My guess is they are already on it. In fact, this morning while trying to check their website, it appears to be down. Either they are getting hammered with traffic, or Apple legal has already bitten into them.
[via arstechnica]
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