Mac clone ad pulled from eBay
Posted by Dave Merten 
May 7, 2008 at 11:13am
Recently, someone by the name of “chris555” had posted an ad advertising a ”$549 non Apple Mac OS X system that comes pre-loaded with genuine Mac OS X 10.5.”
The ad went on to say, “two such systems are currently available for direct purchase. Run the award winning Mac OS 10.5 on this custom-built desktop computer for hundreds less than a computer direct from Apple,” reads a description of the product. “This desktop comes preloaded with Mac OS X Leopard with all the latest features. The power of Mac OS X at a fraction of the price.
Constructed in a generic beige and black enclosure, the system sports a 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Dual-core processor, 2GB DDR2 RAM, 250GB 7200RPM Serial ATA hard drive, Intel Integrated 3D Graphics, DVD burner, Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet, and three USB 2.0 ports.”
It sounds like the exact same computer Psystar is selling. I presume Apple’s legal department made a call to eBay and made them pull the ad.
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