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Mac clones are back
on: May 10, 2006, 23:07:10 PM
http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/10895402/PowerPC_G6_Macintosh.html

PowerPC G6 Macintosh
$499
Apple MacOS X86
Apple Mac Compatible Computer.
Apple G6 Macintosh-Clone Computer
G6 CPU:90nm 3800MHz SSE3 Central Processing Unit Intel Pentium4 3.8GHz SSE3 Prescott 64-bit PowerPC-G6 Processor Intel Inside 284KB Memory On-Chip
800MHz Express i915GV System Bus Mainboard
512MB PC3200 400MHz DDR SDRAM Dual-Channel System Memory (6.4GBps)
250GB Maxtor NCQ 16MB 7200RPM SATAII-300 Hard Disk Drive (300MBps: Fastest System Storage Available! ) Intel ICH6 Quad-Channel Serial ATA Hardware Controller
Fastest 16X PCI Express 256-bit Graphics! Intel Extreme Graphics3 400MHz DDR 224MB VRAM PixelShaders2.0 DirectX9 GPU QuartzExtreme-CoreImage 3D Graphics PCI-Express Card PCI-E X16 & AGP 8X PRO SlotsPCIe16X/AGP8X PRO Graphics Bus
Creative Labs Soundblaster Live! Environmental Audio Extensions 2.0 Realtek ALC850 EAX2 Audio Eight-Speaker A3D Surround Sound
Pioneer DVR-110D 16X DVD+/-R & 8X Dual-Layer 9GB DVD+/-R-DL & 8X DVD+RW & 6X DVD-RW & 40X CD-R & 32X CD-RW Burner Optical Compact Digital Versatile Disc Ultra-Speed Combo-Drive
VGA-out 480Mbps Universal Serial Bus 2.0 Peripherals 6-ports High-Speed USB2.0 Fast Ethernet LAN Network 7.1 Audio Jacks 2-Serial 1-Parallel PS/2 3-button Scroll-Wheel Mouse, Keyboard
Thermaltake CL-P0071 Ultra-Quiet 120mm Copper CPU Cooler
12-DriveBay Aluminum 0.7mm ATX Case 550W Power Supply Dual Front USB2.0/Audio 16.2"(H) x 7.9"(W) x 16.9"(D) TriColor-Lighted Case Window Temperature Readout LCD Thermometer Display
Operating System: Mac OSX-86 Apple MacOS X Tiger 10.4.3
Software: Office2004 & PhotoShop9 CS2
$499/289GBP

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Mac clones are back
Reply #1 on: May 10, 2006, 23:39:06 PM
Quote from: maximusotter
http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/10895402/PowerPC_G6_Macintosh.html

PowerPC G6 Macintosh
$499
Apple MacOS X86
Apple Mac Compatible Computer.
Apple G6 Macintosh-Clone Computer
G6 CPU:90nm 3800MHz SSE3 Central Processing Unit Intel Pentium4 3.8GHz SSE3 Prescott 64-bit PowerPC-G6 Processor Intel Inside 284KB Memory On-Chip
800MHz Express i915GV System Bus Mainboard
512MB PC3200 400MHz DDR SDRAM Dual-Channel System Memory (6.4GBps)
250GB Maxtor NCQ 16MB 7200RPM SATAII-300 Hard Disk Drive (300MBps: Fastest System Storage Available! ) Intel ICH6 Quad-Channel Serial ATA Hardware Controller
Fastest 16X PCI Express 256-bit Graphics! Intel Extreme Graphics3 400MHz DDR 224MB VRAM PixelShaders2.0 DirectX9 GPU QuartzExtreme-CoreImage 3D Graphics PCI-Express Card PCI-E X16 & AGP 8X PRO SlotsPCIe16X/AGP8X PRO Graphics Bus
Creative Labs Soundblaster Live! Environmental Audio Extensions 2.0 Realtek ALC850 EAX2 Audio Eight-Speaker A3D Surround Sound
Pioneer DVR-110D 16X DVD+/-R & 8X Dual-Layer 9GB DVD+/-R-DL & 8X DVD+RW & 6X DVD-RW & 40X CD-R & 32X CD-RW Burner Optical Compact Digital Versatile Disc Ultra-Speed Combo-Drive
VGA-out 480Mbps Universal Serial Bus 2.0 Peripherals 6-ports High-Speed USB2.0 Fast Ethernet LAN Network 7.1 Audio Jacks 2-Serial 1-Parallel PS/2 3-button Scroll-Wheel Mouse, Keyboard
Thermaltake CL-P0071 Ultra-Quiet 120mm Copper CPU Cooler
12-DriveBay Aluminum 0.7mm ATX Case 550W Power Supply Dual Front USB2.0/Audio 16.2"(H) x 7.9"(W) x 16.9"(D) TriColor-Lighted Case Window Temperature Readout LCD Thermometer Display
Operating System: Mac OSX-86 Apple MacOS X Tiger 10.4.3
Software: Office2004 & PhotoShop9 CS2
$499/289GBP

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So its a bog standard Intel PC, with a cracked/illegal copy of Apple Mac OS X on?
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  • Offline SteveF

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Reply #2 on: May 10, 2006, 23:54:47 PM
worse... its a pc with a beta bit of open source software on it that is a long long long way from being ready to run osx properly:

http://www.osx86project.org/
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Reply #3 on: May 11, 2006, 00:09:51 AM
Quote from: SteveF
worse... its a pc with a beta bit of open source software on it that is a long long long way from being ready to run osx properly:

http://www.osx86project.org/


yes, that what i was intimating at...

i seriously cannot believe these guys are flogging a PC with that on, is it for real?
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Reply #4 on: May 11, 2006, 00:29:20 AM
yup its for real... and people will fall for it too :(

Take some incompatible hardware with no driver support, install a flaky visualisation of OSX stolen from the open source community, call it a G6 whereas apple can only manage a G5 and then set the price low enough that people get excited.

Basically osx wont run in any meaningful way yet so youd just have to delete it and install windows/linux anyway.  Not having the apple graphics co processors on the motherboard, a total lack of driver support for hardware and the fact most universal binaries arent going to be able to cope with a non core duo processor seems like a bit of an issue to me...
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Reply #5 on: May 11, 2006, 00:31:24 AM
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Basically osx wont run in any meaningful way


i dont know about that, ive seen it installed on an intel lappy and it was rapid, i just think the advert is a con though and youre right, while some installs will work AND fly, there is no support for it at all and in some situations it could be a pig to get to work...
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Reply #6 on: May 11, 2006, 01:11:25 AM
I have read many articles on OSX being cracked. AFAIK you can but a copy from Apple and DIY by following the instructions.

For Apple it would probably be worthwhile to sell them the software too but having checked up on the site I dont think I will bother buying one  :D
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Reply #7 on: May 11, 2006, 15:03:58 PM
apple will sue the arse off them when they find out.

should i email them now or later?
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Reply #8 on: May 11, 2006, 23:22:59 PM
wow sounds great!

Who would actually buy these?
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Mac clones are back
Reply #9 on: May 12, 2006, 00:06:06 AM
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wow sounds great!

Who would actually buy these?


someone who cant afford a real mac... ;)
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Reply #10 on: May 12, 2006, 00:29:34 AM
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Quote from: Dooms
wow sounds great!

Who would actually buy these?


someone who cant afford a real mac... ;)


Someone stupid or brave and cant afford a real Mac...  :mrgreen:
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Reply #11 on: May 12, 2006, 13:56:01 PM
i used Grub to put Ubuntu backing OSX and Windows XP on the laptop.  Works ok, but not brilliantly.
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Reply #12 on: May 12, 2006, 14:20:23 PM
Tempted to have a go at installing the patched OSX on this computer in a triple boot config :) may get a bit hairy though :D
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