Psystar delivers first open mac pc's

Usually any info on new pc's with osx on them are about as interesting as posting Paris hilton's frequently used vagina for the ten thousand time, but this one is very interesting:

Open Computer: Detailed Spec

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Processor
o Intel Core2Duo 2.2GHz
o upgrade to an Intel Core2Duo 2.6GHz
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Memory
o 2 GB of DDR2 RAM
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Hard Drive
o 250GB 7200RPM SATA drive
o upgrade to a 400GB 7200RPM SATA drive
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Video Card
o Intel integrated video
o upgrade to an nVidia GeForce 8600GT 512MB PCI-Express card
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DVD +/- RW
o Dual-Layer SATA DVD +/ RW drive
o The Open will have two free SATA ports available as it has 4 in total
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Add-in Ports
o Two hide-away front USB ports
o Four rear USB ports
o optional Firewire add-in PCI card
o The Open has a PCI-Express 16x slot that can be taken up by the optional GeForce 8600GT
o one PCI-Express 1x slot
o and 2 standard PCI slots
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Miscellaneous
o Height: 14"
o Length: 15.6"
o Width: 6.7"
o Integrated Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 port
o Power Supply: 350W PSU rated at 300W
o does not include any operating system by default
+ OS X Leopard available
+ Microsoft Windows XP available
+ Microsoft Windows Vista available
+ Ubuntu linux available
o no monitor, mouse, or keyboard

So as you notice OS X is available and what's even more interesting.... Apple hasn't sued them yet! Is Apple taking it's first baby steps into the open OS market?

here is video:
Exclusive Video: Psystar in the Wild

Sounds like a normal "hackingtosh" alot of people have

Make it a triple boot. Ubuntu for fun, XP for gaming and Vista for the games that only work with DirectX 10.
You read it well, Mac OS is not on the list. Fast food is bad for your health

Originally Posted by Richard_Rahl

Make it a triple boot. Ubuntu for fun, XP for gaming and Vista for the games that only work with DirectX 10.
You read it well, Mac OS is not on the list. Fast food is bad for your health

I am not a fan of OS X either, but another player entering the open os market is a good thing for all of us. MS will have too improve it's os to keep customers happy, with MAC available people might also be more open to try Linux and from those changes in the market we all win. Best of all, MS will probably retreat from it's line of b-products like the Zune, 360 and so on and go back to it's core business of advertising poor os's in a brilliant way.

They should better not be leaving off the 360 now that i can play on one.

But yeah, once i get all this hackingtosh stuff working i'll use OS X as primary boot, and xp as second. Just dumped off vista, even 64bit is slow as fuck.

Originally Posted by Magus

They should better not be leaving off the 360 now that i can play on one..

You have a already broken and overheated 360 you fixed yourself sitting in a cardboard box as a casing Magus. I have a feeling that your 360 will break before MS drops the 360 just as hard as it did with the original Xbox.

Your screwed up 360 has been running for just 2 days, perhaps you should wait a little while before starting with some loving comments on it. My PS3 and Wii for example have been trouble free since day one and aren't wrapped in a cardboard box, but their original casing. Quality baby, quality is the keyword. If only most consumers demanded quality we wouldn't have to deal with the crappy state operating systems are in right now.

Originally Posted by Gazz

You have a already broken and overheated 360 you fixed yourself sitting in a cardboard box as a casing Magus. I have a feeling that your 360 will break before MS drops the 360 just as hard as it did with the original Xbox.

Your screwed up 360 has been running for just 2 days, perhaps you should wait a little while before starting with some loving comments on it. My PS3 and Wii for example have been trouble free since day one and aren't wrapped in a cardboard box, but their original casing. Quality baby, quality is the keyword. If only most consumers demanded quality we wouldn't have to deal with the crappy state operating systems are in right now.

Casing will be on tommorow, and well the success rate for the fix is 925 good, and 86 not working. And well you can pretty much notice in a few hours if the fix works for a long time or it won't. Surprisingly my 360 is pretty cool, atleast not hot enough to become a problem with the cardboard box, but like i said, that'll be fixed tommorow .

Oh and did I mention this was completely free next to the small fee for the screws? Makes up alot for me, and if it does die i'll just get a new one methinks, arcade is only 200 and i have a hdd and all


But yeah pretty offtopic, i think as long as the pc's actually have a leopard license it should be okay. But yeah we're talking about apple..

everyone who doens't like OSX is either gay or dumb or both. XD

Originally Posted by KamisoriX

everyone who doens't like OSX is either gay or dumb or both. XD

Apple made a operating system, and doesn't allow people to use it on a pc of their own choice. Instead you need to either buy an overpriced system or make a "hackingtosh" (hoping to not get compatibillity issues because of its hardware).
That is what I call dumb...