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Beige Box Apple Clone?

Posted by michael on from the lawsuit-already-on-the-way dept.

steve.m writes "Finally it looks like I'll be able to get a cheap box to run MacOSX on, but not from Apple! John Fraser is (sort of) getting into the clone business 5 years after Apple shut down their 3 year long 'experiment' in licensing the hardware. Based on off the shelf apple components in a custom pizza box style case with no bolted on display, a barebones 'iBox' will be around 300 USD and require a processor, disk and memory (and the OS). Complete systems (again, without the OS) should start at around 650 USD."

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  1. iBox? by UncleBiggims · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can already see Mike Tyson in the Switch ad:

    "I was looking at this lolita sight and all of a sudden beep... beep... beep. I was like, bummer. It was a good sight.

    I'm Mike Tyson and iBox."

  2. In other news... by mrpuffypants · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news the iBox company mysteriously dissapeared after being sued in over 300 different lawsuits by an entity described as "a powerful fruit-based technology company" ...film at 11

  3. this should have been posted yesterday by techstar25 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This kid has about a zero chance of succeeding. I'm not even sure why he deserves this much press coverage. It sounds like a story from The Onion.com.
    Local Boy Discusses Cool Idea with Friends
    Local boy has great idea to make his own macs. "Sure, it's been tried before but failed miserably due to Apple's licensing restrictions, but it sure would be cool to try," he says. "Just think of all the press coverage I'd get! It's guaranteed to make the frontpage at Slashdot. Maybe I'll even get some venture capitalists to invest mass amounts of money that I'll launder to a swiss bank account before succumbing to legal pressure and declaring bankrupcy. I can't go wrong!"

  4. Good idea..... by blixel · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...new Apple computers are way too fast to run MacOSX. I'd much rather have an older slower one.

  5. Re:brand confusion by Cruciform · · Score: 4, Funny

    how about "Mac in a Box"? :)

  6. Re:brand confusion by pcp_ip · · Score: 3, Funny
    no apple does not own "i". they're going to claim he's causing brand confusion. Apple lawyers will argue that the marketplace will be confused and consumers will buy iboxes thinking they are apple computers.

    unlike lindows- this guy in his garage making iboxes as a hobby will not have the legal power or cash to stop the i-steamroller