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Open Computer
Psystar's site is back up, a day after it unveiled the Open Computer, a low-cost Mac-compatible tower PC built from generic PC components. The Open Computer will begin at a retail cost of $399 without the operating system. The company began its OSx86 Project when Intel-based Macs were introduced in 2006. Psystar achieved Mac OS X compatibility achieved using an EFI emulator. All eyes are now on Apple--expecting the company's legal team to have a say in the project. The lowest cost Mac is the Mac mini which starts at $599.

The Open Computer comes with a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB DDR2 memory, integrated Intel 950 graphics, and a 250GB 7200RPM drive. Its operating system is separate but the PC can come with Leopard OS pre-installed for $155.

Read what Jason D. O'Grady and Adrian Kingsley-Hughes have to say about the OpenMac. Photos from Psystar.

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User interface? Give me a break.
I've used Macs enough to know that user interface is not a valid issue versus Windows. I use Vista on my laptop, and the user interface is fine. I have total flexibility to set the interface the way... (Read the rest)
Posted by: jlafitte Posted on: 08/07/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Waste of money?  dalspartan | 04/15/08
Waste of money??  lmb320@... | 04/15/08
OpenBrick?  LilBambi_z | 04/15/08
brick?  cheapasskevin | 04/25/08
Sign of the new economy  mrdelurk@... | 04/16/08
You got that right, buddy.  jlafitte | 04/15/08
Show?  FirstNLastN | 04/17/08
User interface? Give me a break.  jlafitte | 08/07/08
Better system, plus  Michael Kelly | 04/15/08
Vey nice.  Me_too | 04/15/08
Still only a clone  radstat77 | 04/15/08
It won't be running OSX?  plawler | 04/15/08
If I could get one here in Australia  tracy anne | 04/15/08
RE: Open Computer (Photos: Psystar's Mac clones)  lohenbrau | 04/15/08
Are they really comparable?  martyh@... | 04/15/08
They're all right.  jlafitte | 04/15/08
If it runs OS/X, it's a Mac to me!  drutledge@... | 04/15/08
RE: If it runs OS/X...  bfilipiak@... | 04/17/08
Be careful with that kind of talk!  Cayble | 04/21/08
RE: Open Computer (Photos: Psystar's Mac clones)  weaesq | 04/15/08
Spot on!  schneb | 04/16/08
Long may it continue  Skullet | 04/15/08
RE: Open Computer (Photos: Psystar's Mac clones)  blackjack861@... | 04/15/08
Apple sticker  sgdreamer | 04/15/08
Install only on a Mac?  boomchuck1 | 04/17/08
RE: Open Computer (Photos: Psystar's Mac clones)  Billybob115 | 04/15/08
technically both...  LilBambi_z | 04/15/08
RE: Open Computer (Photos: Psystar's Mac clones)  ed777 | 04/15/08
same thing that happened to the early Mac clones  jlafitte | 04/15/08
Obviously you haven't been paying attention  tracy anne | 04/17/08
In fact  tracy anne | 04/17/08
quality is all hype!  cymru999 | 04/16/08
RE: Open Computer (Photos: Psystar's Mac clones)  joel@... | 04/16/08
Psystar is a joke-BEWARE!  rigo12 | 04/16/08
Yes, Psystar is a HOAX  devin6687 | 04/21/08
RE: Open Computer (Photos: Psystar's Mac clones)  muthu16@... | 04/16/08
RE: Open Computer (Photos: Psystar's Mac clones)  GlenShearer | 04/16/08
not the courts, but the consumer  qtvinsta | 04/16/08
RE: Open Computer (Photos: Psystar's Mac clones)  trm1945 | 04/16/08
It's a con . . .  pikeman666 | 04/17/08
Open Computer is ugly  FirstNLastN | 04/17/08
it's a computer ffs, not a "style icon"  james.faction | 04/17/08
RE: Open Computer  bfilipiak@... | 04/17/08
RE: Open Computer (Photos: Psystar's Mac clones)  fdsaasdffdsa | 04/21/08

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