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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."

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  1. Fan Noise by rampant+mac · · Score: 2, Funny

    "It's LOUD. Crazy loud. OS X doesn't seem to interface with the fan controller, so it runs at full tilt all the time. It doesn't really come across on the video, but it's loud enough so that it's hard to talk on the phone when the machine is running. There's no way we could deal with this thing on a daily basis."

    I watched the video, and he's completely wrong. The fan's so loud that at about 2 minutes into the video it drowns out a passing fire truck.

    If you looking for a similar experience, hold a hair dryer (on low heat) about 3 inches from your ear. :)

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  2. Re:Did the Slashdot crowd jump to conclusions? by vought · · Score: 1, Funny

    Seems it's not a fraud box

    No, just a piece of shit.

  3. Re:If I were apple I'd like this by nomadic · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is a first-generation product. It's not polished at all.

    So a buggy and flawed first generation system? They're not just cloning the hardware, they're cloning Apple's development model too!