Mac Clone Maker Details CoreBox on Radio

iMacRobert writes "John Fraser, who is developing a bare-bones Mac clone, plans to answer questions many Mac users have in a live interview. Questions will be accepted during the show and in e-mail."

Comments

jeez

[Anonymous Coward]

/. now reports events before they happen...this *is* news!

Re:Just get a dell retards

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, he likes to go to the AOL chatrooms too.

Online Mac Community vs. Market

[Enkerli]

Does anybody else think the Core Box has more to offer as news for the online Mac community (those who read every Mac-centric publication and post comments) than to an actual market? ;-)

Re:Online Mac Community vs. Market

[Llywelyn]

Prettymuch.

This guy is doomed from the get-go. He can't install a Macintosh Operating system on the thing--it is in the licensing that you cannot install it on a non-Apple system, IIRC--and the users can't legally install one, he will be completely unsupported by Apple and prone to their every whim, and is going to have all sorts of hell getting off the ground just as a startup in this economy.

That being said, it is a fun news item to see up and one that keeps getting bounced around the community :-)

Re:Online Mac Community vs. Market

[NeuroKoan]

I believe that this stuff is all running refurbished Apple hardware, which means it should be legal to install your own version of OS X (if you have an aditional license lying around).

Or if you just don't even want to worry about that, there is always PPC Linux.

Just get a mac retard ;-)

[Llywelyn]

It will cost you about the same, be 3 times more efficient, and won't lock you into proprietary Microsoft crap.

(Yes, you can install Linux on a Dell, you can also install Linux on a Mac).

Besides, Apple's online store is much nicer.

Re:Just get a mac retard ;-)

[heXXXen]

A mac will lock you in to proprietary Apple "crap" just as much as a Dell would lock one in to proprietary Microsoft "crap".

Re:Just get a mac retard ;-)

[Anonymous Coward]

But apple doesn't analyze the dvd's and mpg's you watch to further it's own evil purposes (even if it IS to be sure you're being show the apporpriate ad, it's still fucked up)

APPLE DOESN'T DO THIS

privacy, is not your enemy.

and i don't buy any of that collecting info from you is good for you cause then we can sell you the right services bullshit. if you do, your a tool

Re:Just get a mac retard ;-)

[Anonymous Coward]

Apple makes the whoel widget.

Dell does not.

There's a difference, retard.

Re:Just get a mac retard ;-)

[heXXXen]

I don't see how that is relevant. The average consumer isn't going to care who is making the hardware, because quite frankly, it doesn't really matter.

Re:Just get a mac retard ;-)

[torpor]

Do Microsoft do this? If so, where's the details?

Friends of mine asked me recently to provide them details of how Microsoft invades their privacy, but I couldn't really give them specifics because I use a Mac now and stopped paying attention to MS ...

What's the e-mail address?

[sh00z]

The link to the show (http://www.macradio.com/tuesday) is dead, and there's no e-mail link on the referring page. My question: what makes anyone think there's an untapped market for such a thing, when Marathon Computer is closing out a very similar creature as what appears to be a loss? For those with an iMac DV (and a spare monitor lying around), a $300 replacement case seems to be a preferable option to a new Apple analog board, but that's about the entire anticipated customer base, right?

Offtopic, but what's with the "section dates"?

[nettdata]

Am I the only one who isn't getting the "Sections" bar along the left side of the page to show the proper data?

It seems that (for instance) the "Apple" section is stuck at the 11th of April... it's still showing the same number of recent articles, and 11-Apr as being the last post date.

Anyone else having this issue?

Anyone have any info on what's up?

Website looks dead.

[ElGanzoLoco]

Has anybody had access to Core Crib's website? (http://www.2khappyware.com/corecrib.html)
Ever since the Wired article appeared, I have tried to access the website. Nothing. Google's cache only lists www.2khappyware.com, which is PC-centric and talks about some sort of PC-upgrade pay-per-month program (websites looks like done in Notepad or TexteEdit).

Looks like one big hoax to me. I hope I'm wrong, I'm really looking forward to buying a dirt cheap G4 (or even G3) system to host my 1-hit-a-year webpage and file server :)

Has the guy talked about sales outside the U.S. (France, for that matter)?

Re:Website looks dead.

[Blaine Hilton]

I was able to go to it and it basicly just had a picture of this white DVD player, which I guess is their clone. However most of the site just says under construction.

Problem with Supply

[goodchef]

I don't think it's a hoax, I just can't see how it could work. He plans to use refurbished & surplus parts. Ok, but there's only a limited supply of these, AFAIK they're not being made anymore. Also, by the laws of supply and demand, once he starts churning them out, the demand goes up, the supply goes down, and the price for those specific components goes up. Perhaps he could go with a rolling spec, using up his supply of one speed of G3/G4, then move onto the next notch up, and hope Apple makes enough newer Macs to provide a steady stream of older ones. If we've learned anything from Apple & Motorola, that's a nasty situation to get into, and a horrible one to willingly start out from.