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Psystar Offers Non-Apple PC, with Leopard pre-installed.

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It was bound to happen. Psystar is now offering regular non-Apple PCs that can come with Leopard pre-installed. The product they are selling is called "OpenMac," and they say that it is much more upgradable that the Macs Apple sells today. Here are the base specs for $399:

 

- 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

- 2GB of DDR2 667 memory

- Integrated Intel GMA 950 Graphics

- 20x DVD+/-R Drive

- 4 USB Ports

- 250GB 7200RPM Drive

 

For $399, those specs seem pretty good, I mean it's not the best PC but it has a good power-to-price-ratio. Because their site is down right now, we really can't say anything else until it becomes active again. But here are some quotes from other news sites that appeared on their website.

When comparing base configurations, the Mac Mini costs 150% of the price of the OpenMac while offering poorer performance, smaller storage space, and RAM. Not only that but the Mac Mini doesn't have the option for an nVidia GeForce 8600 video card like the OpenMac does so playing games on it is a lost cause.

With the EFI V8 emulator it is possible to install Leopard's kernel straight from the DVD that you purchased at the Apple store barring the addition of a few drivers to ensure that everything boots and runs smoothly.

 

So there you have it: a non-Apple PC with Leopard pre-installed. Well, good luck with that lawsuit.

P.S: If you would have bought those Xserves instead maybe your website wouldn't be down. >:|

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badeavasile
[...]the screen on the latest model of MacBook and it's poor by modern standards. [...] The screen on the MacBook Air, however, is excellent.

 

 

 

Stange, but I've noticed that too ;) I hate to accept it, but the screen on the MacBook Air looks MUCH better! (i.e.) Toshiba delivers better displays for the same money comparative to the MacBook. And I was looking to buy myself a MacBook and/or a Thoughbook... Something very portable that can run even osx... But MacBook Air is out of my options :D I think I'll wait for Xmas and see what happens... Maybe psyboyz will design some "miraculous" OpenBook till then :P

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TheAfroman

Ok, has anyone here bought or seen a Psystar machine? What hardware is in that thing?

Anyone have a list?

I see it has a Gigabyte board.. which model?

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GIGABYTE GA-G31M-S2L

ram - does not mater

hdd - ....

gfx - it has integrated intel gma950(like in macbooks)

 

 

GA-G31M-S2L from Gigabyte site

 

Intel® G31 + ICH7 Chipset

multi-core and 45nm processors

Solid capacitors design in CPU VRM

Dual Channel DDR2 800

Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 (Intel GMA 3100)

4x SATA 3Gb/s interface

Gigabit Ethernet Realtek 8111/8169

Integrated High Definition audio alc662

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Something I just thought of, that should really have been in my first post.

 

Even with the EFI emulator installed (which err, has questionable legality in the first place...) the fact is, that any Mac OS X installed on a generic PC will require dsmos.kext, r3d3.kext or an equivalent decryption kext... and no matter how you try to put it in words, there is no way what so ever that those kexts are legal - as it's completely obvious that it's reverse engineered from Don't Steal Mac OS X.kext. Thus at least breaking the DCMA.

 

Unless of course they managed to get their hands on AppleDecrypt.kext source - which was made by Apple for the old IDK and they [Psystar] modified it so that it would work with Leopard - but with the exception of them having an insider in Apple that has source access though, there's no way they'd have this (most people have probably never even heard of this Kext... unless they used to work for Apple or something).

 

~mac.nub

 

Edit: Fixed typos/grammar/hopefully made it a bit easier to understand.

I know for a fact that apple did not write AppleDecrypt, it has also now been reworked to not include or require the key/poem and PsyStar is in possession of the source.
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