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Psystar is now branding themselves as “the leading provider of Mac-compatible computers,“ and they’ve released server grade machines. Server-grade machines are all well and good, but “the leading provider of Mac-compatible computers?“ Really?

First of all, every computer on the market today—HP, Dell, and tons of others—is Mac-compatible. After all, the Mac is a computer, and it communicates back and forth with these other computers. Assuming they meant “Mac OS X-compatible,“ did they completely forget Apple existed? Or, have their sales somehow shot up above Apple’s recently? Also, I don’t know what they think “compatible” means, but the Psystar OpenComputer is just as compatible with OS X as any other computer is. The only difference is that it comes pre-installed with Leopard, while others require some do-it-yourself.

Questionable branding aside, let’s move on to the newest addition to the OpenComputer family, the OpenServ. It comes in many different configuration options, most comparable to Apple’s XServe, and at $1,000 off the XServe’s price. This raises colossal questions, however. Would you trust the hacked OS to run your server? Would you trust that Psystar would be around long enough to support the server? Would you trust the quality of a machine that is said to be comparable to and a stripped down version of the XServe in the same sentence? Do you think you will remain sane after hearing the 24/7 full-blast fans that are likely to be a feature of the OpenServ, just like the OpenComputer?

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