Comments on: Mac or Hack? http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/mac-or-hack/ News and Updates on the Community. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:07:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tamlyn http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/mac-or-hack/#comment-2614 Tamlyn Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:00:17 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/mac-or-hack/#comment-2614 <blockquote>"when i gave up Pc’s i did it for the os and not the hardware"</blockquote> But surely the OS is more stable, at least in part, because the hardware configuration is so tightly controlled.

"when i gave up Pc’s i did it for the os and not the hardware"

But surely the OS is more stable, at least in part, because the hardware configuration is so tightly controlled.

]]> By: slockley http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/mac-or-hack/#comment-2522 slockley Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:20:38 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/mac-or-hack/#comment-2522 As a bit of a mac fanboy i love the idea that there might well be a cheap alternative to apple systems because when i gave up Pc's i did it for the os and not the hardware however the quality of os looks amazing on their machines. I have both a Macbook (Feb08) and iMac (Sept07) and my confidence in windows has gone further downhill with vista so Microsofts future is questionable, especially if Psystar begin manufacturing cheap macs others will follow. As a bit of a mac fanboy i love the idea that there might well be a cheap alternative to apple systems because when i gave up Pc's i did it for the os and not the hardware however the quality of os looks amazing on their machines.

I have both a Macbook (Feb08) and iMac (Sept07) and my confidence in windows has gone further downhill with vista so Microsofts future is questionable, especially if Psystar begin manufacturing cheap macs others will follow.

]]> By: Matt Grest http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/mac-or-hack/#comment-2521 Matt Grest Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:38:46 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/mac-or-hack/#comment-2521 The Guardian have done an investigatory piece on this: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/04/15/so_exactly_who_or_what_is_psystar_we_dig_a_little.html Gizmodo even took the time to send the boys round... http://gizmodo.com/380488/psystar-exposed-looks-like-a-hoax Matt The Guardian have done an investigatory piece on this:
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/04/15/so_exactly_who_or_what_is_psystar_we_dig_a_little.html

Gizmodo even took the time to send the boys round...
http://gizmodo.com/380488/psystar-exposed-looks-like-a-hoax

Matt

]]> By: Be3G http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/mac-or-hack/#comment-2518 Be3G Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:01:49 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/04/16/mac-or-hack/#comment-2518 Quite a quagmire is manifesting itself as a result of this new 'product' - Engadget's got an interesting update <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/osx86-project-not-too-happy-with-psystar-either/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Quite a quagmire is manifesting itself as a result of this new 'product' - Engadget's got an interesting update here.

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