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They are selling a PC and an original Leopard Install disc. Nothing illegal there. If they installed a PC with Leopard installed, that would be a problem.
edit: just noticed that installing Leopard is an option...I give them until Monday at 08:01 Pacific time.
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I say 8:30am PST....
Hey, it takes a while to type up a "Cease and Desist" email.
If I had any confidence that future OS updates wouldn't kill compatibility, I'd buy one as a stop-gap until I can afford the configuration of Mac Pro I want.
Be nice to get a year or two out of a $399 "OpenMac" while I put cash away for a $3999 well loaded Mac Pro.
But I'll bet OS 10.5.3 kills it.
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Ignoring whatever gotchas come with the territory here, this system just ain't such a deal. Specs that are just marginally better than a Mac Mini in a package the size of a MacPro (but much uglier).
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It's got slots...
And bays...
MacMini don't.
If all you need over and above a MacMini, is slots and bays, it's a deal.
If you need a beefier processor, RAM, etc, then it ain't so much.
Oh, and it's $200 cheaper than a Mini.
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It should be $200 cheaper than a Mini. If you configure it to match the specs of an entry level iMac, you'll have $400 left, but no display. Lots of ugly plastic slots and bays, though.
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So basically; you're screwed if you update the OS. You might get by with an iTunes or Safari update but go to 10.5.3 (when released) and you could be dead in the water.
That's not an ideal situation.
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[quote MacArtist]So basically; you're screwed if you update the OS. You might get by with an iTunes or Safari update but go to 10.5.3 (when released) and you could be dead in the water.
That's not an ideal situation.
Maybe, maybe not. The "vanilla kernel" hackintosh installs theoretically give immunity to update bricking. Then again, you'd be really dumb if you had a hacked system and ran one of those update installers without checking around first.
