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So basically: If you buy the hardware Apple used in the iMac's from last year and combine it with the GMA's that were used in the original Macbook's Apple relea
by Zev 19y ago
So basically: If you buy the hardware Apple used in the iMac's from last year and combine it with the GMA's that were used in the original Macbook's Apple released with the switch to Intel, you can get a cheap computer that works? Is this really surprising?
/edit: Not to mention it's not really unmodified/vanilla. There's some modifications going on. So you're stuck with the version of Leopard shipped unless you're involved in osx86 hacking.
- randallsquared 19y agoIt's not for Grandma, but there are a lot more technically-inclined Mac users than there were 10 years ago. If Apple manages to shut them down legally, these will have been a poor purchase, but if not, there are going to be a LOT more unlicensed clone manufacturers soon.
- rufo 19y agoI think they're using the EFI V8 emulator, which runs stock Apple kernels with zero modifications, and allows you to use Software Update without any mucking about before or afterwards. You still need kernel extensions for hardware OS X won't recognize (often just modified Apple drivers to recognize different device IDs for sound/ethernet/graphics), but those can be maintained between OS updates, and so aren't affected by OS X updates.