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Mac Cloner Psystar Ships First Service Pack
Preedit writes "Not only is Mac clone maker Psystar continuing to defy Apple's ban on third-party Leopard installations, it's supporting the hardware with updates. Psystar Mac clones shipped as of Monday will include a 'service pack' that features fixes for a range of problems, some of them inherent in Apple's own software, according to InformationWeek. The fixes address a range of troubles, from glitches in Apple's Time Machine backup feature to quirks in the Keyboard Viewer and Character Palette entries in Leopard's system preferences menu. There's also support for the latest version of Java and other updates. According to the story, by offering a full menu of support, Psystar appears to be daring Apple to attempt to enforce provisions in the Leopard license agreement that forbid third-party installations and sales." We've been discussing Psystar clones for a while.
yah? big deal, Dell is shit too.... i can go to tigerdirect.com or a million other suppliers and put together a machine that will pee all over the mac pro.... and not only cost CONSIDERABLY less, but be upgradable to a degree that macs never CAN be.... because apple engineers and coders are too dumb to figure out how to get "their" (stolen from debian) software to work with every random piece of hardware joe schmoe decides to put in his box.... no, instead they make the hardware and they write the software to work with that set of hardware specifically... and then their marketting team comes in and points to the non-mac x86 market machines' biggest advantage as it's biggest flaw.... and brainless mindless sheep will still flock to apple because they make a laptop that uses a magnet to stay closed rather than a latch... ooo ahhh.... much like the political parties in this country apple is nothing but style over substance. FYI, i own an iBook and 6 "PCs" (who said macs aren't PCs? jobs needs a dictionary)