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Psystar Offers $399 "OpenMac" Computer
mytrip writes to tell us that Psystar has announced a new line of Intel-based computers that promise to run an unmodified version of Mac OS X "Leopard". Unfortunately almost immediately after the launch their website went down and as of this story remains unaccessible. "Astute readers may well hear this news and ask themselves if it doesn't sound like a Mac clone, something whose time came -- during Gil Amelio's tenure at Apple -- and went shortly after current CEO Steve Jobs assumed the helm at the company. [...] It definitely defies the EULA for Mac OS X, which specifies that the purchaser of a legal copy of Leopard is entitled to install the operating system on an Apple-branded computer. If you buy the $399 OpenMac, you can check the EULA yourself if you also buy the pre-install option, as the company includes a retail copy of Leopard with your purchase."
Nope, they didn't even have to do that because the Reality Distortion Field is so all powerfull. Note FTFA
.Pretty impressive. Steve doesn't even need lawyers.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
I imagine it now...
Webmaster: We just put up the site!
Technician: Oh no, the site just went down!
Webmaster: Did Apple slap us with a S&D letter?
Technician: No, someone posted our link on Slashdot!
Karma Whoring for Fun and Profit.
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Seems a little overpriced. /ducks
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If TFA is right, the $399 includes Leopard.
And, as I keep pointing out whenever I hear this "bundling is great when Apple does it" argument: the whole point is I don't want half of the crap that a mac makes me pay for, anyways.
All's true that is mistrusted
The only real difference between Microsoft and Apple:
Microsoft will come up to you, shake your hand, and tell you that they have that will work for you. And they'll tell you that they're going to bend you over & give it to you up the ass, and you choose to buy Microsoft (or not buy Microsoft).
Apple will come up to you, shake your hand, and welcome you to the wonderful world of Apple. They'll make you feel good about yourself, they'll make you feel damn near loved and they'll show you how easy your needs are satisfied on Apple. They'll make the sale, cause you want to buy from a company that loves you afterall, and you'll become an instant fanboi. Then, when you least expect it, an Apple rep will come into your house, bend you over & give it to you up the ass.
I'm no fan of either Microsoft or Apple, but at least Microsoft is honest about the anal rape.
Perhaps this is the first step in Apple becoming a giant monopoly selling their OS and other software.
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This must be the kind of case Apple's lawyers fantasize about. You can almost hear them snarling and clawing at their cage door.
I am a believer of momentum and curves.
we're talking about apples, not mangos. get a clue ;)
But I have to say that sometimes it's rather convenient when I get things like new firmwares for my battery1!!, EFI, new graphics drivers and so on thru their software update. It's not like Windows (last time I checked, Linux and Solaris even less) yells and tell me: There are a new BIOS update for your motherboard, and a new firmware for your DVD-player and let me install them, and if there was the suggestions may be of worse versions when the ones you already had. With Apple soft- and hardware this can and is done and even thought I haven't noticed any difference and on a normal PC maybe it wouldn't had mattered it was done and I didn't had to do anything to find the updates or try to find out if there was any.
Hmm, that's funny. The same logic hasn't stopped the MAFIAA.
Most of the stuff on
I thought those were for placement on my car's rear window so that thieves would know to break into my car and steal my backpack...
I am not a lawyer. This post does not constitute any form of legal advice.
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Nah, it's so thieves know that you already spent all your money on a Mac and there's no point in rifling through your glovebox.
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