Well...

Those clones might have been a good starting point for people that don't want to read through all those forums and have to download and try to install for oneself. BUT: I guess the point about this project is to acquire knowledge and to "profit" from it in a private way and use this to ameliorate the project further.

The downside on companies like Psystar and PearC is, that they don't state anything about the hardware they use and especially why they sell at a comparable high price. Standard PCs are a lot cheaper nowadays and there is no reason why not to use one of those, if one has enough inside info before buying.

Those clone-companies won't do any good for our project, since they commercialize what should be free and for private testing only - it may well be that Apple tries to shut them down.