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New Mac Clone Maker 'Quo' To Open Retail Store
bughunter writes "Cnet is reporting that Mac clone maker Quo Computer plans to open its first retail location, selling Mac clones, on June 1st. To start, Quo will offer three desktop systems: the Life Q, Pro Q, and Max Q. While details of the components are not yet available, founder Rashantha De Silva said they are looking at Apple's system configurations for guidance. Pricing has also not been finalized on the desktop machines, but the company is looking to start pricing at less than $900. While Quo is starting off with the desktop machines, De Silva said it is looking at offering an Apple TV-like media server and a smaller computer similar to the Mac Mini. He acknowledges that Quo will likely face opposition from Apple, much like Psystar. 'They probably will (sue us),' De Silva said. 'There are others doing this, but we have a different attitude. There are thousands of people in the "Hackintosh" market, but many of them are creating bad products. I don't think anyone wins in that environment.'"
I expect crowds of "real mac" fans to stand outside the shop driving away any potential customers.
Honestly, Dell has probelms shipping hardware that runs well for less than $800.
That's praising with faint damns.
Dell has problems shipping hardware that runs well at any price.
A cloner could sell a computer superior *as a computer* to the Mac mini for $300 or $400, without any difficulty. Apart from the Mac Tax, the Mac mini costs so much because it's basically a stripped down laptop, not because it's hard to meet those specs with a reliable computer that doesn't try to cram everything into so small a case that it compromises cooling and reliability.