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Photos: What Psystar's OpenMac looks like in, you know, real life
Source: Gizmodo

Reader Patrick sent us these photos of his Psystar machine, which was captured in video earlier today. Here's what these photos tell us.

OpenMac maker moves again
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Since our post yesterday pointing out how Psystar, which says it's going to make Mac clones (despite this breaking, ooh, lots of licence agreements if it tries), we've been tipped off by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes of ZDNet that it has moved again.

Psystar to offer a computer with the specs of a Mac Mini... for half the price.
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Psystar is offering an OpenMac made of standard PC parts on its Web site for $399.99 -- and it's claimed to run the latest version of Mac OS X.

'OpenMac' Promises $399 Headless Mac... But Not From Apple; Clones Attack
Source: MacRumors

The company claims that the machine is Leopard compatible with some "minimal patching" but does offer Leopard pre-installed. This is reportedly accomplished by using parts that are known to be compatible with Mac OS X Leopard, as well as the use of an EFI emulator.

Psystar sells Macs... that aren't from Apple
Source: psystar.com

We are proud to introduce the new wheel: OpenMac. Mac enthusiasts have been experimenting on running the new Apple operating systems on commodity PC hardware ever since the Intel-based Apple computers were introduced in early 2006. This effort came to be known as OSx86 Project.

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