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you really must read this

company selling osx86 based pcs? ne ws.com/2300-1042_3-6237733-1.html?tag=ne.gall.latest

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@Ianxxx Published 2008-04-20
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2,429 historical reads · 4 curated field notes (from 7 dispatches) · 2008-04-20 – 2008-04-21
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@Ianxxx (3)@DoiX@bhast2@seren@Isinia

company selling osx86 based pcs?
ne ws.com/2300-1042_3-6237733-1.html?tag=ne.gall.latest

Author Updates & Technical Revisions

Follow-up dispatches by @Ianxxx

Author Update #1 @Ianxxx 2008-04-20

lol I'm pretty sure of it. You know I just got a twenty four hour ban on insanely mac for posting this?

Author Update #2 @Ianxxx 2008-04-20
[cite] bhast2:that company is going to get sued by apple watch and see you can't install a mac os on a computer without the apple label

Yep I reckon your right, they are probably hoping they'll sell enough to pay the lawsuit lol

Synthesized Community Field Notes

4 technical responses curated from 7 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @DoiX 2008-04-20

Nice psystar offer → check this and this http://netkas.org/?p=62 ↗:) i guess it would be nice to have a computer that is 100% compatible with osx but i doubt it is.
P.S im ready to bet that soon we will hear about open laptops pc's :)))

Field Note #2 @bhast2 2008-04-20

that company is going to get sued by apple watch and see
you can't install a mac os on a computer without the apple label

Field Note #3 @seren 2008-04-20
[cite] bhast2:that company is going to get sued by apple watch and see you can't install a mac os on a computer without the apple label

this is true but theirs nothing to sue

giz modo.com/380488/psystar-exposed-looks-like-a-hoax

if its too good to be true it is. i don't know why you guys didn't read about this a week ago it was mentioned several times. its all a fake company there is no psystar the owner has many fake companies also.

Field Note #4 @Isinia 2008-04-21

Seren is correct as it is to be a hoax. I always love reading HardOCP and Gizmodo. Anyways to my point here is the links about Psystar:

giz modo.com/380488/psystar-exposed-looks-like-a-hoax

And this one from CNET is just fresh from two days ago:

ne ws.com/8301-13579_3-9922664-37.html?tag=nefd.lede

Seems Psystar can't even hold their business in one place since the address keeps changing.

Sources & Contributor Provenance (5 credited usernames · Thread #978)
UsernameDossier ContributionDispatchesActive Window
@IanxxxPrimary Author32008-04-20
@DoiXContributor12008-04-20
@bhast2Contributor12008-04-20
@serenContributor12008-04-20
@IsiniaContributor12008-04-21