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Last week the company’s whole operations were called into question. This week Psystar has posted a video of one of their Mac-clones in action. . .sorta. The odd part is that this video, showing three systems on old folding tables with mix-matched monitors, doesn’t really help the company’s cause.

We've put together a little video to show everyone what Open Computers are all about. Open Computing is about having choices and we allow for Open Computers to be purchased with pretty much every major consumer operating system. Both Windows XP and Windows Vista cover most of the market segment while Ubuntu Server and Desktop represent the Linux crowd. We're bringing powerful and economic computers to a new market segment as well: the group that uses OS X.
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Dang, I really wanted to watch this video to see what these crazy guys are trying to pull but the video crashes my browser, anyone else getting this?
 
eubanks said:
Dang, I really wanted to watch this video to see what these crazy guys are trying to pull but the video crashes my browser, anyone else getting this?
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It is just a video of them showing off three computers, each one using a different OS, OS X/Ubuntu/Vista. Then a quick look at each to show them off, a generic box to the left of each which would assume is the system they are running them off of.
 
fixed, we had a hiccup there for a second in the middle of the post.


FYI, you can always click the front page for the direct link to the article. ;)
 
I dont see why you guys make such a big deal of them using miss matched screens and used tables. The setup is clean and the video shows the goods. Of course everything can be faked but been this fancy about the corporate image is kinda dumb. They are a startup company after all id prefer have them invest their money in their products then in matching screens and tables.

Microsoft and Apple invest a lot of money in their corporate image, doesnt make them any better if you ask me. They still both suck.
 
Their whole operation looks low rent...they've been around for two weeks. They used their house for a biz address until last week. :eek:

So yeah, a couple of folding tables, mixed matched monitors, janky ass wire management and a low rent video....just doesn't seem professional.

And if the guy says "AS YOU CAN SEE..." one more damn time ;) Anyhow, just be cautious until these guys pan out...
 
if i need to point someone to a cheap PC i might send them there $399 is a nice price point what ever OS you run.



I think they are legit..... i like that they are taking on Apple
 
It's a video all right. :p

It looks like they mostly wanted to show that the location exists and that they have computers. They should have bought some nicer workbenches. The tables they used are pretty awful looking, with a rats nest of cables.
 
I'm having a hard time believing that Psystar is legit. The video didn't show them walking into the office. It showed a parking lot and part of a building. Then, it switches to the inside of a room. Anyone notice that the curtains are fully closed? Also, at the end they show the glass with Psystar on it. The reflection on the glass doesn't make sense. If the building shown in the beginning was the actual building, then you should not be able to see the top of the buildings in the reflection. One more thing I noticed in the beginning. It looks like a photograph because the trees do not move at all. Even on a calm day, trees do tend to move in the air. Even if a person does not notice it, a video will show it.

My 2 cents.
 
What cases are they using for their low end machines. I like the finish on them.
 
metril said:
One more thing I noticed in the beginning. It looks like a photograph because the trees do not move at all. Even on a calm day, trees do tend to move in the air.
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Noticed the same thing. It's not exactly a deal-breaker -- it's possible that they tried to shoot it a few times but unicycle-riding midgets kept riding in front of the cam, so they just looped the one frame -- but it's a little odd.

I mean, what are the odds that a gang of unicycle-riding midgets would ride around their parking lot on that particular day? I'm going to call shenanigans based on the statistical unlikelihood of this proposed 'midget event'. That's my official stance.
 
Doesn't matter anyway. Add one to your cart and try to check out. Broken.


Sales must be through the roof!
 
If they are legit, they could end up with tons of false advertising cases.
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So 500 bucks would get you 250gb hard drive 2gb of ram 2.2 core 2 duo and an 8600 with OSx hmm I tried but failed.

Open Computer
Case Color: Black
Intel Processor: Core2Duo/2.2GHz E4500
Hard Drive: 250GB 7200RPM SATA
Graphics Processor: GeForce 8600GT 256MB (+ $110.00)
Firewire: Not Included
Operating System: OS X 10.5 Leopard (+ $155.00)
Memory: 2GB DDR2OPN15501$664.99 $664.99Subtotal:$664.99
hmm from 499.99 to 664.99 well they forgot the OS! :eek:
 
I just want to see someone do a review. That is my determinate if they are any good at all.
 
Steve said:
Their whole operation looks low rent...they've been around for two weeks. They used their house for a biz address until last week. :eek:

So yeah, a couple of folding tables, mixed matched monitors, janky ass wire management and a low rent video....just doesn't seem professional.

And if the guy says "AS YOU CAN SEE..." one more damn time ;) Anyhow, just be cautious until these guys pan out...
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Yea the "As you can see" got really old. Anyway the video besides being very unprofessional didn't show anything. For all it matters one could have thrown a mac mini inside that box. It isn't like the video was good enough to show off how well quake really ran on it.

The big thing with this is even if they found a way for it to run mac os without modifing the OS itself how long untill apple manages to shut them down or just program the os to catch whatever they did and have it stop working after an update?
 
How the hell are they going to support the "Fully upgradeable" claim on the Mac OS X system.

yes, a few cards can run with an EFI based hack, but the amount of driver development for every new card series must be really large... If the company ever went under, sure, can upgrade a windows or ubuntu system, but there would be no extra hardware support for non EFI compatable hardware on the OS X system.

Bah. Still, for 399, not a bad deal if I can throw in my own GPU.

Oh, and to the person that asked, that case is made by Asus... It comes in white and black, and it's name eludes me.
 
swatbat said:
Yea the "As you can see" got really old. Anyway the video besides being very unprofessional didn't show anything. For all it matters one could have thrown a mac mini inside that box. It isn't like the video was good enough to show off how well quake really ran on it.

The big thing with this is even if they found a way for it to run mac os without modifing the OS itself how long untill apple manages to shut them down or just program the os to catch whatever they did and have it stop working after an update?
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Where have you been? Theyve been doing this since the first intel test machines were released to developers. Theres no way to stop PC's from running OS X just like theres no way for Windows to be pirate-proof.

Its very possible and very easy to put OS X on a PC. They have no reason to fake it with a mac mini.

How the hell are they going to support the "Fully upgradeable" claim on the Mac OS X system.

yes, a few cards can run with an EFI based hack, but the amount of driver development for every new card series must be really large... If the company ever went under, sure, can upgrade a windows or ubuntu system, but there would be no extra hardware support for non EFI compatable hardware on the OS X system.
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hackintoshes use no EFI hardware, its all PC hardware with no flashing or doing anything special to it. They have WAY more hardware support than real macs since they can use PC stuff as long as there are drivers that support it, almost every video card on the market is supported along with almost every flavor of motherboard sound (creative sound cards dont work).
 
These people are either the most inept businessmen I've ever seen - or the worst con artists I've ever seen!
 
That's why they tell you not to update your Leopard OS. It's totally the OSX86 project they're running on their machines. Users who buy their PC's with Leopard will have an outdated OS that is full of security holes. General users will have a hard time restoring their machines to working order unless they're given some sort of disc image and not just a OS install disc.

Atleast that's my take on it.

http://psystar.com/can_i_run_updates_on_my_openmac.html
 
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