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Build Your Own Mac With CoreCrib Kit

Posted by pudge on from the i-want-a-laptop-version dept.

Mark Dobie writes "I just put up a quick review of the CoreCrib kit I purchased. It is an inexpensive solution to building your own Mac." See our previous Core coverage.

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  1. Please explain... by gricholson75 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    the popularity of these systems. I can get a emac 800Mgz/256MB/40GB for $849, and it comes with a monitor and better graphics, and the operating system. If I was going to build a linux system, you get better bang for the buck from x86 hardware. I don't understand. FP?

    1. Re:Please explain... by eXtro · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Don't compare these to an eMac, compare them to a G4 tower. For $849 you get a tower including PCI slots and and AGP port. If you're looking for a Macintosh that you can throw a couple of PCI cards (maybe a couple of SCSI adapters, whatever) but can't justify the price of a new Apple G4 system then maybe this is for you. For instance a dual 1.25 GHz Apple G4 tower costs $1999 with 256 MB RAM and an 80 GB hard drive. The site just stopped responding so I can't determine the price but presumably a dual 1.2 GHz their would be less than 2 grand.

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  2. Re:Waiting for PPC 970 by ciroknight · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I completely agree. The problem in Mac-land right now is that while they have superior software (in just about every thing I can imagine), the hardware is so far behind.... This has been stated so many times but never hit home as true until Paladium started becoming a worrisome thing for me. Personally, I'de love to move to a Mac, but it's just out of the question to pay that much for hardware that I'm locked into for a long time. They have came a long way with standardization and upgradibility, but it's still relitivly crappy compared to the intel compat. market. I either see Apple drastically reorganizing their business as a software only company and releasing their software and periferals on all hardware, or them finally making the transition to more complete PC compatibility. I'de love to just take my AGP card (Radeon 8500 Pro) and my 3 maxtor harddrives out of my computer and plug them into a Mac when/if I get one, but I know right now this is practically an impossibility. I only hope someone out there is listening..........

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  3. Slashdot Headlines from the Future by ink · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Apple: CoreCrib Kit Website Taken Down
    Posted by smudge on Fri 09, 14:17
    from the apple-lawyers-strike-again dept

    Mark Dobie writes "I just put up a quick protest page against Apple's lawyers who demanded that the CoreCrib kit website be taken down. It's too bad that a company that makes such good products has such a fear of open hardware. [ed: see this story for more information.]

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