First Psystar Mac Clones Ship

According to Gizmodo, Psystar has begun shipping its Macintosh clones, thus proving that the company is not a hoax. Initial impressions seem to be positive, though Software Update does not work.

$399 Psystar Mac clone draws angry response

If the Open Computer does in fact exist, Apple might not be too happy about it–but neither will the hackers who have developed the “OSx86″ software Psystar claims to use. Thus far, Apple has made no concerted effort to stamp out the OSx86 project, which consists of various patches allowing Mac OS X to run on commodity hardware, no doubt in part because it has been used only on a small scale and is relatively difficult to implement.

Psystar is proposing, however, to use OSx86-developed tools as the basis for its systems. On its Web site, the firm specifically mentions PC EFI V8, an emulator for the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) that lies between OSX and the Intel firmware.

Netkas, the programmer who led the PC EFI effort, retorted angrily to Psystar on his blog. “This is a violation of my authorship rights on PC EFI V8,” he wrote. The patch’s license forbids any “redistribution… for direct or indirect commercial purposes”, Netkas wrote.

Wow! OpenMac for $399 — a PC white box running *unmodified* Leopard. How long can Apple let them go?

Wow! OpenMac for $399 — a PC white box running *unmodified* Leopard. How long can Apple let them go?
Read on this site… And no, I am not selling for them!
Update (17/4): see this related post: $399 Psystar Mac clone draws angry response

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