Psystar in da house

OK, lame subject but you try and be creative 3 times a month…    uhh, moving on.

Psystar has actually gotten equipment in the hands of buyers.  I’ve seen articles on Gizmodo and The Guardian and it all seems to come down to one fact. Don’t waste your money. Well, if you don’t mind a machine that you can’t update and that is crazy loud and that has apparently minimal tech support and you can’t reinstall the OS on if the hard drive goes, go ahead and buy one. Actually don’t, no one is recommending this machine in any way at this time. I think there is at least one really good reason that Apple doesn’t sell low end machines. In order to make an inexpensive computer the manufacturer needs to buy components as cheaply as possible and that practice would make it nearly impossible for Apple to guarantee the experience that is so important for their success.

Coming Soon

Windows XP Service Pack 3 should be out soon.  It is currently in production and should be available on the Windows Update nearest you next week.  I will be updating as soon as its available and I’ll post any goodies I see.  Western Digital has come out with a 10k RPM SATA hard drive, the VelociRaptor.  About time if you ask me.  Desktop users, mostly gamers will care, have been stuck with 7200 RPM drives for years.  If you want to build a cheap but quick database server, the drives won’t kill you now.  Gamers will love the added speed also.  The drive is not priced to bad either.  At $300 (MSRP) for the 300 gig model, it’s a pretty good bang for your buck.

The Apple and Psystar saga continues

The Psystar website is still up and is apparently capable of taking orders.  CNet has purchased as well as a few very adventurous writers and bloggers.  The first machines with Mac OSX preloaded are supposed to ship today.  We may have to wait another week to see whether or not a real computer will materialize.

Apple’s Clone Wars 2, uh no, 2.5???

OK, if you haven’t followed this much it has gotten very odd.  Psystar has apparently changed its address 3, or is it 4, times in the last few days.  Some number of Gizmodo readers has actually attempted to locate the business and post pictures of the addresses and none have as yet found the actual company office.