First off, I’ll let you know that I’m a bit of a computer tech geek. I love building computers, salvaging parts, and modding. Usually this comes in the territory of using Windows as your base operating system, even though I prefer the Mac OSx. So, when I saw that this company Psystar was offering to custom build a Mac OSx clone system for around $400 (equivalent to the Mac Mini in specs) I was pretty excited. That is, until I found out that the site is gone and they’ve pretty much been given the boot – a cease and desist order given from Apple.
At least that’s the speculation right now, but I wouldn’t doubt that Apple doesn’t take too kindly to people cloning their systems and selling them for a much better price. Although my modding dreams of an Apple system have been slightly crushed for the moment, I still intend to build my own custom Mac system one of these days…
Boo on Apple for the time being.
The Psystar article was originally found on Engadget, you can view it here.