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Psystar Open Computer Notes, Benchmarks and Video

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the fighting-against-the-too-good-to-be-true-adage dept.

Engadget has had a chance to play around with Psystar's Open Computer and has a few things to say about the controversial machine. "Okay, so we've been playing with the Psystar Open Computer for a few hours now, and we've formed some early impressions and put together a short video of it in action. We haven't really tried to stress the system yet, but based on our other experiences with OSx86 machines, we're expecting things to generally go smoothly. That said, there are some definite rough patches and issues, all mostly having to do with the fact that OS X isn't really built for this hardware."

3 of 304 comments (clear)

  1. Re:"it just works" by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It just works until it just doesn't and then you're just fucked.

    Bend over.

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    How we know is more important than what we know.
  2. Re:My Psystar sucks by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Who modded a win3.1 troll up(insightful)?

    What a moron.

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  3. Apple Upgrade Tax by copponex · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The complaints I have about apple:

    1) Highway robbery for RAM/HDs from their website
    2) Bank robbery for their hard drive prices for XServe
    3) Spreadsheet performance (Excel 2008, OOo 2.4, Numbers '08)
    4) Closed, shitty file formats for their iWork and iLife products
    5) Pain in the ass to install free *nix software

    Their computers are over priced, but are perfect for casual, non-technical yuppy types, or people who have to use Final Cut / Logic Pro.