A Mac For The PC at Heart.

Bitmap · 04-08-2003, 11:24 AM

Wired is running an <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,58310,00.html">article</a> about a guy named John Frazier in Minnesota. Who by using off the shelf items is intending on Manufacturing what he calls an IBox. Would any of you guys buy one?

Uryoces · 04-08-2003, 08:25 PM

Roll your own Macintosh.

I traded a PC built for my friend's mother for a G3-266. You can probably pick them up for cheap at this point, and just upgrade them using an upgrade processor and commodity HDs, DVDs, memory, and expansion cards. Feel the OSX/Jaguar love.

The heart of this system is an actual Apple Gigahertz board that's ususally distributed to repair shops, so it might look like this is all perfectly legal. I don't know if Apple is going to put up with this for long. They might try and point out that Jaguar can only run on Apple branded hardware. But you can also run Yellow Dog Linux on PPC hardware, and to make it even more interesting, you can run Mac on Linux running OSX inside YDL. Then they'll drag out the DMCA and try to twist it to fit.

I hope not.

jaguar · 04-08-2003, 08:45 PM

I think calling it the Ibox was his most stupid move. He won't be successful and if he is Apple is going to hand him his ass on a plate so fast it's not funny.

04-09-2003, 05:21 AM

I agree with jag, calling it "iBox" guarantees that Apple Legal will pay quite a lot of attention to it.

jaguar · 04-09-2003, 05:58 AM

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I agree with jag

The ground suddenly went cold.

04-09-2003, 06:47 AM

Yeh, I was thinking of making a joke about it too, but I've spent an awful lot of time doing that lately, so I gave it a pass.

jaguar · 04-09-2003, 04:17 PM

waht are uyo tlaking about?

04-08-2003, 11:24 AM	#1
Bitmap Look who thinks he's clever Dan. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Washington DC Metro Area. Fairfax city Posts: 226	A Mac For The PC at Heart. Wired is running an <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,58310,00.html">article</a> about a guy named John Frazier in Minnesota. Who by using off the shelf items is intending on Manufacturing what he calls an IBox. Would any of you guys buy one? Last edited by Bitmap; 04-08-2003 at 11:38 AM.

04-08-2003, 08:25 PM	#2
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	Roll your own Macintosh. I traded a PC built for my friend's mother for a G3-266. You can probably pick them up for cheap at this point, and just upgrade them using an upgrade processor and commodity HDs, DVDs, memory, and expansion cards. Feel the OSX/Jaguar love. The heart of this system is an actual Apple Gigahertz board that's ususally distributed to repair shops, so it might look like this is all perfectly legal. I don't know if Apple is going to put up with this for long. They might try and point out that Jaguar can only run on Apple branded hardware. But you can also run Yellow Dog Linux on PPC hardware, and to make it even more interesting, you can run Mac on Linux running OSX inside YDL. Then they'll drag out the DMCA and try to twist it to fit. I hope not. __________________ The party's over ... the drink ... and the luck ... ran out.

04-08-2003, 08:45 PM	#3
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	I think calling it the Ibox was his most stupid move. He won't be successful and if he is Apple is going to hand him his ass on a plate so fast it's not funny. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

04-09-2003, 04:17 PM	#7
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	waht are uyo tlaking about? __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

04-09-2003, 05:21 AM	#4
dave Guest Posts: n/a	I agree with jag, calling it "iBox" guarantees that Apple Legal will pay quite a lot of attention to it.

04-09-2003, 06:47 AM	#6
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Yeh, I was thinking of making a joke about it too, but I've spent an awful lot of time doing that lately, so I gave it a pass.

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