Bender2000

October 31, 2008 at 6:43am

Regardless of the OS, this Mag is about getting the most out of your hardware. That means hacking and tuning and over clocking. That's what Psystar is doing, they are getting their rigs to do things they want them to do. They are doing it in the face of Apple too. So cheers to them. There is a hole in Apple's lineup for the consumer tower where they can move the preformance emphasis around and save money. More choice for us. That's good. It also offers the opportunity to spec out a Psystar then load it with alternate OS's and run benchmarks. Think of the response to that! Max PC benchmarks XP, Vista, Intrepid Ibex and Leopard with the exact same hardware.

 I still wonder how they are able to offer Blu Ray since I don't think Leopard supports it, nor do I know of any apps that will play the movies or rip the video or write the discs.

killerxx7

October 31, 2008 at 5:40am

Just like to add that saying vista is slow and crappy with bugs is pure stupidity at this point in time!I have used vista x64 on all my pcs for about 1 year now and found it just as good and better then XP,Its as fast and looks 10x better,since the release of sp1 i have had allmost 0 problems TBH i had more crashes with xp.

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weaslem32

October 31, 2008 at 5:05am

I believe that the real reason for this article was to drum up debate on another company building mac computers. I think it's great to see another company build what was extremely exclusive to Apple. It forces competition and brings prices down. The one thing that has irritated me about Apple in the past years, is it's strangle hold on its own computers. I know that this practice stems back many many years between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, but they should release some patents so that other vendors can build macs at a reasonable cost. In any attempt, they would see their numbers rise, whether or not you think Apple or OS X is any good.

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Khaled

October 30, 2008 at 10:27pm

If I had to get a hackintosh I rather build it myself... oh and I use a MBP as well as a windows xp based desk that I built .. 

 

Let's not turn this into a flame war, it's boring .. 

Keith E. Whisman

October 30, 2008 at 8:33pm

How did Psystar get around the Mac bios thingy that's different than what we get on the PC?

shellpc

October 30, 2008 at 7:27pm

Since Apple switched over to intel x86 procs awhile back their computers have pretty much been pcs with OS X on them. That makes discussion about thier pcs relevant to this publication. Apple is just another pc brand that happens to also develop its own os. I doubt you could even call them a separate computing platform anymore.

Also Maximumpc reviews many things related to pcs, including gadgets such as Apple's iPhone and iPod.

To the poster below praising Apple - you're probably right about the user friendlieness and innovation. The 2 things I've heard Apple and OS X excel at over Microsoft and Windows. Performance, on the other hand, isn't one of them, which MaximumPC has proven numerous times and I'd rather take a hit in those than lose out on performance. The other thing I don't like about Apple is that their systems use proprietary parts. That means if something breaks you gotta get replacement parts from Apple. Using proprietary parts means they can ensure stability because the systems are only built with specific sets of parts. The downside is that you don't  have much choice about what parts actually go into the machine or which parts you can upgrade. I prefer to build my machines over buying from a brand name. It allows me to choose the parts I want (within my budget). It allows me a broad choice of vendors for replacement parts when something breaks. Plus I get a certain satisfaction from building my own rig and seeing it work.

Lastly, its sometimes good to see what the competition is up to and discuss how it affects us, because it does affect us in some way.

P.s. - Are paragraphs working? Cause they're not showing up in the preview. I apologize ahead of time if this gets posted as one giant paragraph as I did format it when I typed it up.

weaslem32

October 30, 2008 at 7:26pm

First things first. Everyone needs to remember what "PC" really stands for. Personal computer. In that very definition, any computing device that doesnt take up the space of a garage can be considered a PC. People also need to keep this era in perspective with technology. Society and computing have gone through and will continue to go through emense and radical changes. We can all sit here and debate the "who's better" rationale all day long, but it serves no purpose. People come to this site and magazine to see the latest revelation in computing, period. Also keep in mind that Maximum PC reports on all companies in the technology business who build components as well. Apple not only builds "mac", but they make other products as well, including software. I personally am not a Mac fan, however, you have to give Apple some credit where credit is due. Even if you dont like Apple, they push inovation and competition. The same can be said for Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, ATI, AMD, Creative, etc, etc, ad naseum.  

 

It also might be prudent for some people who decide to post here on Maximum PC, to take the time and read your own post before you hit the submit button. The grammar and spelling is just appauling, even from a computer geek's standards.

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Dexter243

October 30, 2008 at 6:33pm

thats do to the fact that apple kicks the pc's ass in alot of things .

true if windows got to custom build ther pc's for ther os windows would be even better but it dosent 

and in that the mac is better then the pc in many ways .i have a mac and i will not go back for every day things like video eddeting and music and also internet stuf and email it is safer and it is much nicer having a 1 stop system 

by that i got a mac mini and it is all ther i do every thing and it is easy to do and figer out i only keep a windows pc around for playing games and thats is it and on my laptop i run Ubuntu and it works so much better then windows and it a cheep acer from wal-mart that came with vista and after i instaled Ubuntu every thing works and instaling drivers wher no problem and for internet and wirles stuf and using as a dvd player on trips it works alot better then windows vista so you can cry about all the mac stuf on maximumpc all you want but the fact is ther are a few things that mac do much better then windows and for alot less $ when you consider i havent had to spend a nother dime on programs for my mac it is all built in from the get go with every thing tweaked to run very well on the system and a crash is damn near unhurd of unlike a pc