Category: Geeks r Us
Hay.
Essentially this is a normal pc that runs mac osx leopard.
Open Computer: The Smart Alternative to an Apple
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. Sometimes reinventing the wheel is a good thing. The Open Computer can work for new Mac users and Mac geniuses, alike.
New to Mac: I Want a Mac
You don't need to spend an arm and a leg to get the full OS X Leopard experience. Apple's Mac Mini is completely stripped and still expensive. Why would you want a stripped-down computer, anyway? You asked for a good and inexpensive computer that can run OS X and we answered with the Open Computer which is
less expensive than even the cheapest Apple computer out now
faster than most Apple computers out now
running arguably the best operating system available
ready to run out of the box when you purchase it with Leopard included. If you buy Leopard with your Open Computer we'll install it for free.
Experts and Geniuses: I Want a Hackintosh
This is a great opportunity for the experienced user. With the Open Computer you can
run a Vanilla kernel for the genuine Leopard experience
get under the hood and really see what makes OS X tick
develop device drivers and applications specific to OSx86
Source:
http://www.psystar.com/psystar_openmac_osx86_reinventing_the_wheel.html
I have to say that i'm tempted. Even if you don't want to run leopard on it, it still makes for a nice computer. I don't have anything against apple hardware but have never had the money to try it out.
Discuss.
BEN.
Sounds neat.
Jeffrey
This might not be a bad idea for hackers and tinkerers. Note that I use hacker in the original sense of the word here. However, I think it might be a bad idea for the average windows user who is considering the switch to Mac. Knowing Apple, they'll do things in future releases of OS 10 that will lock out non-apple machines from running the operating system. If this happens, users of these machines will have three options open to them; stick with out-dated software, try and break back in to the new versions of the OS, or wait for someone else to do it for them, which could take days, weeks or months.
I had a similar experience once with pirate satellite tv. I live in Canada, and wanted access to American Direct TV, so went the pirate route. It was great. I had access to all channels. However, I never knew when turning it on if it would actually work. Direct TV was doing stuff all the time to lock out the pirates. Then I had to wait for patches to get released. Eventually it got locked out completely, and last I heard, the pirates never got back in.
I guess what I'm saying is, if you're the type of person who considers the challenge of making stuff work to be half the fun, then by all means go for it. On the other hand, if you're just looking for a cheap mac, you might want to look elsewhere. Perhapse a second hand Mac on ebay or something.