Thursday, April 17, 2008

Mac Clones Sold For $399! Will Apple Strike Back?

Mac Clones Sold For $399! Will Apple Strike Back?

For as little as $399, a Miami-based company called Psystar offers shoppers the OpenMac computer, which runs the OS X Leopard. The smaller, cheaper version of Apple’s Mac Pro, which has a $2000 retail price, is powered by a 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, has 2GB of DDR2 667 memory, Integrated Intel GMA 950 Graphics, 20x DVD+/-R Drive, 4 USB Ports and 250 GB 7200 RPM Drive, Macworld reported.

What is the problem with this? The answer is simple: Apple’s license for Leopard or any other version of Mac OS X only includes Apple hardware, which means Psystar breaks the Leopard end-user license agreement (EULA), which prohibits the installation of the software on third party hardware.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Mini-Notebooks

HP Unveils $499 Mini-Notebook

The full-function, ultra-affordable ultraportable, shipping with Linux or Windows Vista, will likely fly off the shelves.



Until recently, you could get a notebook for as little as $500—if you didn't mind it weighing at least 5 pounds. Or you could get one that weighed less than 4 pounds—if you didn't mind it costing between $1,000 and $3,000. New devices such ass the Asus Eee and Everex Cloudbook tweaked this equation, with 2-pound configurations starting at $299 ... as long as you were willing to use Linux, on a 7-inch screen.