Engadget has their hands on “the first Psystar Open Computer shipped out for review,” Nilay Patel reports.
“We’re just getting it set up, but check out the unboxing [photos],” Patel writes.
See the photos here.
MacDailyNews Take: Focacta from the packaging to the plug.
MacDailyNews Note: From Psystar’s online FAQ: Can I update my Open/OpenPro with the Leopard OS using the Apple web site or the Leopard Automatic Update Feature [sic]? We do not support that feature of the operating system. Supported updates will be listed under support on the Psystar website. Future operating system updates may cause severe system problems. Only install updates that have been tested and posted to the Psystar support website.
Does not look like an apple shipping box.
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Ugly, ugly.. but cheap
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The honeymoon will be over for them soon enough… OS X wise anyway. Once they are shut down on the OS X front they may thrive as a low cost Franken-box manufacturer. They are getting a ton of free publicity.
Anyone taking bets on when the other shoe is gonna drop?
Is it so hard for a “journalist” to take pictures that don’t suck? Sheesh.
Hint guys. With digital cameras, the film is free. Review each pic for clarity and make sure you’ve got a keeper before proceeding to the step stage of un-boxing.
On the package tape:
“STOP”
“If tape seal is disturbed check contents before signing”
Wouldn’t it be a little late by then for caution since prudence wasn’t an issue?
Disturbed. Indeed.
How about re-boxing photos for when you need ship it back to get a software update.
When will Apple post pictures of the unboxing of their lawyers to unleash on Psystar?
I wonder if Psystar was stupid enough to except an order from Apple and has shipped it.
UGH!
If that’s what the cheap-assed ‘Doze loving crowd wants (a cheap-assed computer looking like it was pulled from a box of Cracker Jacks), then they can keep it!
OMFG, even as a cheap-assed white box, that’s one cheap-assed looking case.
Have I mentioned that it looks cheap?
That’s one twisted Psystar and we’re not gonna take it.
“I wonder if Psystar was stupid enough to except an order from Apple and has shipped it.”
Do you mean both of them?
What… no pubes!??
Dude!
(Note: If you paid $50.00 for that cheap-assed looking computer, you were ripped off)
In my best Fred Rogers voice:
“Can you say Cheesey? I knew you could!”
Still, if Apple won’t make a reasonably price mini-tower, be prepared for someone who will.
— Hano
is there anything worse than styrofoam peanuts?
besides getting a new mac with a parallel port?
i notice the posters who said this thing was never going to show up have shut up now, and the cheap looking criticism is fair but isnt it how it operates that counts?
Where’s the photo of the vomit?
@Alasdair
Cheap?… If you add all apps pirated and feel ok to have no upgrades and no valid garantee of this illegal machine…
“In my best Fred Rogers voice: Can you say Cheesey? I knew you could!”
So, more importantly than anything Psystar does or ever will do:
(From the Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
Robotics event honors Fred Rogers’ legacy
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The third annual Mister Rogers’ Robotics Adventure is set for 9 a.m. to noon at Sarah Heinz House, One Heinz St., North Side. The event is open to the public.
The competition is a collaborative effort among three local institutions — the public TV series “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” Carnegie Mellon University and Sarah Heinz House.
The competition involves 17 teams of kids between the ages of 8 and 14 from local schools and youth organizations. Each team will design, build and program a robot, which will then compete in a series of 10 challenges.
The event is a tie-in to “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” Days — a series of events presented by local cultural institutions that celebrate the legacy of the late Fred Rogers, who would have turned 80 this year. Some of the robot challenges are based on his popular children’s series. In one, the robots have to hit a door knocker to make the Daniel Tiger character come out of a clock. David Newell, a k a Mr. McFeely of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” will be at the competition, which runs from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., with an awards ceremony at 11:45 a.m.
Too bad the pics did not come with audio….I love the jet engine sound it makes when turned on…..
But remember YOU CAN NEVER GET UPDATES and that is the end of the story.
I wish few million to invest in this company… If they can get around the legal issues, which I believe is possible, they will be sitting in a pretty strong to position … could even license their tech to DELL. There’s obviously a huge market for people with less than $500 to spend on a computer … if they could get a mac-clone at that price, it would hot!
It’s common practice to have a barrier between the product and the shipping peanuts — like a bag or something. So, are you expected to open the computer up to clean out the peanut scraps? Or do they blow out when you turn it on?
They should show the inside, and how you open it. I bet it looks almost exactly like a Mac Pro — NOT!
To: goo goo
You are correct, but that busted-up box does NOT instill confidence. I guess Psystar had to dig into their cache of boxes from the ebay orders they’ve placed.
My guess is Apple will let them operate for a while until they get enough evidence to sue them out of existence.