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	The highly extensible Open Computer is a configuration of PC hardware capable of running unmodified OS X Leopard kernels. All known Leopard software works flawlessly including the built-in Software Update utility. The price includes a retail copy of Leopard in its original package. We preinstall OS X on your machine so that you may be able to begin using your Open Computer right out of the box. Information about our restore disc is available on our website. Please note that Bootcamp is not supported by Open Computers because it is Apple-hardware specific. Base Configuration Mac OS X Leopard preinstalled no keyboard, mouse, or monitor included 2.0GHz Intel Dual-Core Pentium 2.0GHz Processor 2GB of DDR2 800 memory PCI-Express nVidia GeForce 7200GS 256MB Dual Layer 20x DVD+/-RW SATA drive Gigabit Ethernet 4 rear USB Ports Integrated Audio Read more about the Open Computer

Open Computer: The Smart Alternative to an Apple

Why spend $1999 to get the least expensive Apple computer with a decent video card when you can pay less than a fourth of that for an equivalent sleek and small form-factor desktop with the same hardware. Sometimes reinventing the wheel is a good thing. The Open Computer can work for new Mac users and Mac geniuses, alike.

New to Mac: I Want a Mac

You don't need to spend an arm and a leg to get the full OS X Leopard experience. Apple's Mac Mini is completely stripped and still expensive. Why would you want a stripped-down computer, anyway? You asked for a good and inexpensive computer that can run OS X and we answered with the Open Computer which is

less expensive than even the cheapest Apple computer out now
faster than most Apple computers out now
running arguably the best operating system available
ready to run out of the box when you purchase it with Leopard included. If you buy Leopard with your Open Computer we'll install it for free.

Experts and Geniuses: I Want a Hackintosh

This is a great opportunity for the experienced user. With the Open Computer you can

run a Vanilla kernel for the genuine Leopard experience
get under the hood and really see what makes OS X tick
develop device drivers and applications specific to OSx86

Advantages

Vanilla The Open Computer runs the Vanilla kernel with minimal kext patching
Acceleration The Open Computer can include nVidia GeForce GPUs which are normally only available in Mac Book Pros or Mac Pros which are over 4x the price of the base Open Computer
Power The Open Computer is faster than the entry-level Mac Mini and costs less
Drive The Open Computer comes with a super-drive equivalent and 250GB 7200RPM SATA hard drive while the Mac Mini defaults to a simple combo cd/dvd rom and an 80G laptop drive

Results

The Open Computer mops the floor with the average Intel Mac Mini as can be seen from the XBench results (but the Open Computer shows up as a Mac Pro in XBench and isn't too far off from the average Mac Pro in it's base base base configuration). As a better performer for less the Open Computer is a superior product . New Xbench tests will be performed and posted here on both the Open and OpenPro computers.

We preinstall OS X on your machine so that you may be able to begin using your Open Computer right out of the box. Information about our restore disc is available on our website.

Obviously a modified installation in violation of US Copyright laws because they need to have a "Special restore" disk to install OS X that they DON'T send you.

Psystar claims their Open Computer,2.0GHz Intel Dual-Core Pentium 2.0GHz Processor:

. . . faster than most Apple computers out now . . .

. . . The base processor of the Open Computer is faster than any processor available for the Mac Mini.

. . . Why spend $1999 to get the least expensive Apple computer with a decent video card when you can pay less than a fourth of that for an equivalent sleek and small form-factor desktop with the same hardware?

. . . the Open Computer shows up as a Mac Pro in XBench and isn't too far off from the average Mac Pro in it's base base base configuration). As a better performer for less the Open Computer is a superior product .

Not one of those statements is true. They are demonstrably false. Just more BS they use to sucker people into buying a load of their unsupported junk. Even the lowliest Mac Mini sports an Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel's premium line of Duo processors, which has a minimum 2MB Cache, not just an older Dual-Core Pentium, Intel's bargain basement processor, with only a 1MB Cache.

They then dare to compare their crappy computers with Dual-Core Pentiums with a Mac Pro, which has, in its least configuration, an Intel® Xeon® 2.8GHz QUAD core processor with a Dual 12MB Cache, and dare to claim its "faster than most Macs."

Let's see: iMac 2.4GHz, 2.66Ghz, 2.8GHz, and 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo's with 6MB L2 Caches. MacBook 2.1Ghz, 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duos with 3MB L2 cache. MacBook Pro 2.4Ghz, 3MB L2 Cache, 2.5GHz, 6MB L2 cache.

Even the least expensive Mac Mini is at 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo 2MB cache is faster than their crippled 2.0Ghz bottom-of-the-barrel computer. The Mac Mini's faster 2.0GHz model certainly is.

Open Computer

Base Configuration

New to Mac: I Want a Mac

Experts and Geniuses: I Want a Hackintosh

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Results