I Think We're Alone a Clone Now
Maclore. Can you buy a butt-ugly Mac clone for the price of a cheap, underpowered Vista PC? Would you want to? |
Macintosh + folklore = Maclore, which is how Apple Watch categorizes rumors. I heard a good one this morning: Mac clone for $399.
The Apple 2.0 blog has an item on a company called Psystar selling an Intel PC, supposedly capable of running Mac OS X Leopard. I've tagged this one a rumor, since the company's URL is a dead link, as of this posting.
Fake Steve Jobs blogged this morning: "I just tried to open their web page and it appears to be disconnected. Great work, Apple legal." Now Fake Steve is a Forbes operation and Apple 2.0 blog is from Fortune—but let's not go there. :)
What I find hilarious: The PC might not be really capable of running Mac OS X or Windows Vista. For Mac OS X, there are pesky licensing issues. For Vista, the integrated Intel graphics will get users to the Aero skin but not deliver enough oomph for real digital content bang.
Long-time Mac users may remember when Apple authorized clones. CEO Steve Jobs did away with them about a decade ago. The above vintage video is a walk down Mac clone memory lane.
About the video: There are good reasons why Jobs cleaned up Apple's image and brand. Geez.
Comments (3)
Try http://www.psystar.com/index.php?&page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage_images.tpl&product_id=1&category_id=3&manufacturer_id=4&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=72 - worked fine for me. I do not use Apple products, and know nothing about the suitability of Psystar equipment!
Posted by Randy Smith | April 15, 2008 10:03 AM
Here is a link to release notes.
http://www.psystar.com/psystar_open_computer_osx86_reinventing_the_wheel.html
Posted by No One | April 15, 2008 10:44 AM
RE: clones, Macs, PC's...
In the forums on John's (Dvorak, that is) latest rant there's a claim that the current Mac OS will run on PC. I'm just as skeptical as my comments there indicated, but this is the FWIW department. And no, I didn't get that acronym from the internet; that was heritage from teletype days.
--Glenn
Posted by oregonnerd | April 15, 2008 11:50 AM