The “PowerPC G6 Macintosh” retails for US$499 and boasts specs and features including:
• “Apple MacOS X86”
• “Apple Mac Compatible Computer”
• “Apple G6 Macintosh-Clone Computer”
• “G6 CPU:90nm 3800MHz SSE3 Central Processing Unit Intel Pentium4 3.8GHz SSE3 Prescott 64-bit PowerPC-G6 Processor Intel Inside 284KB Memory On-Chip”
• “800MHz Express i915GV System Bus Mainboard”
It’s from ReDPCs.com which currently yields a single line text message, “Server Down.”
Those in the market for an “Apple G6 Macintosh-clone Computer” can find out more at Alibaba.com’s product page here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “bd” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Take: Apple’s legal department are probably quite interested in this one. You just have to love that one of the thing’s names is “PowerPC G6 Macintosh” and inside it has a “Intel Pentium4 3.8GHz SSE3 Prescott 64-bit PowerPC-G6 Processor” — whatever that is.
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Do they seriously think they’ll get away with this?
At least the fake iPods go to the effort of, you know, looking like iPods.
apple legal won’t care too much. this company is selling what apple hasn’t announced yet in the US
Is it just me? What the hell does this mean?
G6 CPU:90nm 3800MHz SSE3 Central Processing Unit Intel Pentium4 3.8GHz SSE3 Prescott 64-bit PowerPC-G6 Processor Intel Inside 284KB Memory On-Chip
I’m all over it. Sign me up.
i assume this only has an intel in it and the G6 stuff is nonsense, G6 arent even in servers yet are they? and im sure both cpus would cost more than this lol
alibaba.com
LOL Ali baba is a legendary Arab thief. LOL
Sounds like a spoof to me.
it means, it’s a P4 with a little sticker that says G6. the other stuff is to impress barbie.
I wonder if anyone actually bought one of these.
Very professional looking site. I’d expect that they only sell legit merchandise, and that I could trust them with my credit card. </SARCASM>
They are using the name Macintosh – seems like an obvious copyright violation to me.
ed,
Read it again. It’s babble. A prank. A spoof. Apple legal will not get involved past attempting to figure out which Attorney General to contact – should the perps manage to scam someone into sending them a check.
I worked with a guy who once bought a really nice VCR for his company office from two guys on the street in uptown Chicago. He took it inside and opened the brand new box to find a couple of bricks and some newspaper.
Wouldn’t be suprised if this Alibaba joint was run by the same two guys.
Incredible that someone would actually buy something out of a store called AliBaba!!!! … expect no refund on that one…. and sure… its TOTALLY SAFE to give out your credit card info!
Anyone notice that it comes with Office 2004 and Photoshop? I’m sure Microsloth and Adobe’s legal departments would also find this of interest.
The generic case is as authentic to Apple design as slapping BMW M5 badging on a Ford Taurus.
And they take credit cards including “Discovery” – this is so obviously a foreign scammer selling vaporware it’s amazing. You’d be lucky (if you somehow managed to get your money to them) if they shipped you even a box, much less a box with any computer parts inside it.
Seem to be very stupid to think they will actually sell any of these machines with the Apple Mac name on them. Apple will shut this site down by the end of the week.
maybe there could be a few more fscking intellitext ads on this page. fsck
its a hoax company… I called the phone number that they list and its just a Fax noise for both numbers. If anyone is daring and rich enough try and buy one and see what you get. I love the accessories you can order “World’s Highest Quality Digital Camera Beautifully-Crisp WideScreen 8.61MegaPixel 848×480 Video 5.6X Optical Zoom” doesn’t even list a brand. Worlds best camera? wow a sucker born every minute
Wow and its really pretty, and big, and I bet has a awesome loud fan to make lots of noise!!
NOT!!!
Ugly, if I wanted something ugly I’d buy Gateway…hey wait, are they still in business??
The story was originally entitled “Ali Baba & the 40 Consultants”, but they toned it down to “Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves”, so as not scare the children.
How did they replicate the G5 so flawlessly. Seriously how can you tell if it is a fake or not?
And, an Alibabacare protection plan for $299 is a hellova steal!
Apple stock . . . . . Going UP, Up, Up
wow i was reading this news last week!!!
If you look to the bottom of the page, they’re selling G5 quads, G4s, you name it. It’s gotta be a scam outfit.
actually alibaba.com is a very legit site. Its very useful for startup companies building hardware and such. As to the clone, its a joke, but Apple can bust them for selling OSX if they dont have a license and GM can sue them for using “G6”