iBox Episode 2

coolgeek writes "According to this article on Wired, the iBox (original SlashDot post), later renamed to the CoreBox, has run into some trouble. Their strategy is to clone Mac computers using spare parts from repair centers. Evidently, the supplier of the repair parts was reminded by Apple Computer's Legal Department that supplying to a computer manufacturer was a breach of contract. Consequently, the supplier has chosen to stop supplying parts. More information on at the CoreComputing website, and they say the game isn't over yet..."

Comments

Big surprise

[bogie]

I mean who whould have guessed Apple would have threatened to sue their supplier into oblivion?

So that's why

[Faust7]

low-cost, configurable Mac clones based on older motherboards from Apple.

Dude, I wonder why when I booted up my Mac it said:

APPLE ][

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Now I've heard everything The JunkMac

[AtariAmarok]

I could just see it, a few hours after the Apple store closes, the dumpster divers show up and root through the trash.

Thanks to their hard work, you can buy an iBox, no two the same. Today they are offering a special on an iMac hybrid that has a modern flat-screen stuck on the front of an old bulbous blue first-gen iMac that has an orange mouse.

Tomorrow, they expect to have a "PowerBox" PowerBook made from notebook guts obtained during a particularly successful dumpster-dive installed into the toilet-seat discarged by the plumbing place next door. The local wildlife was restless that night: this machine has a live mouse.

Re:Now I've heard everything The JunkMac

[pla]

Today they are offering a special on an iMac hybrid that has a modern flat-screen stuck on the front of an old bulbous blue first-gen iMac that has an orange mouse.

Thank you, for reminding me why people really stay loyal to Apple.

Not because of better hardware (since even their "new" machines will fall woefully short of a PC with a mid-end AMD)...

Not because of price (since those same new machines will cost more than a fully decked out dual Opteron)...

But because of color coordination.

"Mauve... I think I'll paint the ceiling Mauve. It'll match this season's iMac".

Welcome to the world of Stetford Users. ;-)


(Karma hell, here I come).

'Episode 2 - Attack ON the Clones'

[Ineffable 27]

Begun, this Clone War has....

Noooo....

[The Bungi]

I can't believe this!! I mean - Apple doing evil? Restricting rights? Stifling competition??? And then reported on Slash-"Jobs can do no bad"-Dot?

What is going on!!??

Dear Sir,

[SweetAndSourJesus]

Oh no!

Sincerely,
Apple Computer