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Mac Clone Maker Details CoreBox on Radio 20

Posted by pudge from the attack-of-the-oh-never-mind dept.
iMacRobert writes "John Fraser, who is developing a bare-bones Mac clone, plans to answer questions many Mac users have in a live interview. Questions will be accepted during the show and in e-mail."
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Mac Clone Maker Details CoreBox on Radio More

Mac Clone Maker Details CoreBox on Radio

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  • Does anybody else think the Core Box has more to offer as news for the online Mac community (those who read every Mac-centric publication and post comments) than to an actual market? ;-)
    • Prettymuch.

      This guy is doomed from the get-go. He can't install a Macintosh Operating system on the thing--it is in the licensing that you cannot install it on a non-Apple system, IIRC--and the users can't legally install one, he will be completely unsupported by Apple and prone to their every whim, and is going to have all sorts of hell getting off the ground just as a startup in this economy.

      That being said, it is a fun news item to see up and one that keeps getting bounced around the community :-)
      • I believe that this stuff is all running refurbished Apple hardware, which means it should be legal to install your own version of OS X (if you have an aditional license lying around).

        Or if you just don't even want to worry about that, there is always PPC Linux.
  • The link to the show (http://www.macradio.com/tuesday [macradio.com]) is dead, and there's no e-mail link on the referring page. My question: what makes anyone think there's an untapped market for such a thing, when Marathon Computer [marathoncomputer.com] is closing out a very similar creature as what appears to be a loss? For those with an iMac DV (and a spare monitor lying around), a $300 replacement case seems to be a preferable option to a new Apple analog board, but that's about the entire anticipated customer base, right?
  • Am I the only one who isn't getting the "Sections" bar along the left side of the page to show the proper data?

    It seems that (for instance) the "Apple" section is stuck at the 11th of April... it's still showing the same number of recent articles, and 11-Apr as being the last post date.

    Anyone else having this issue?

    Anyone have any info on what's up?

  • Has anybody had access to Core Crib's website? (http://www.2khappyware.com/corecrib.html)
    Ever since the Wired article appeared, I have tried to access the website. Nothing. Google's cache only lists www.2khappyware.com, which is PC-centric and talks about some sort of PC-upgrade pay-per-month program (websites looks like done in Notepad or TexteEdit).

    Looks like one big hoax to me. I hope I'm wrong, I'm really looking forward to buying a dirt cheap G4 (or even G3) system to host my 1-hit-a-year webpage and

  • Problem with Supply (Score:3, Insightful)

    by goodchef ( 213729 ) on Tuesday April 15, 2003 @10:02PM (#5741415) Journal
    I don't think it's a hoax, I just can't see how it could work. He plans to use refurbished & surplus parts. Ok, but there's only a limited supply of these, AFAIK they're not being made anymore. Also, by the laws of supply and demand, once he starts churning them out, the demand goes up, the supply goes down, and the price for those specific components goes up. Perhaps he could go with a rolling spec, using up his supply of one speed of G3/G4, then move onto the next notch up, and hope Apple makes enough newer Macs to provide a steady stream of older ones. If we've learned anything from Apple & Motorola, that's a nasty situation to get into, and a horrible one to willingly start out from.

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