Dan’s Tech-n-Stuff Weblog

Its been nearly 10 years since the last of the Mac clones died off as a result of Apple bringing an end to the program after Steve Jobs’ return to the company.

Apple hasn’t changed their policy, but that apparently isn’t stopping small Miami-based Psystar from doing it anyway.

Their new OpenMac Open Computer computer is essentially a Mac Mini with twice the memory for half the price in a larger, more expandable case, with its specs including:

• 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
• 2GB DDR2 memory
• Integrated Intel GMA 950 graphics
• 250GB 7200RPM hard drvie
• 20x DVD+/-R drive
• 4 USB ports

Psystar claims that their OpenMac Open Computer is able to run Apple’s 10.5 Leopard operating system without needing any modifications, so that should mean that updates should work fine too.

For $399 it’s a good deal for sure, but does this technically violate’s Leopard’s EULA by having it installed onto a non-Apple piece of hardware?

Psystar’s website is down as I write this, but it’s not known if it’s the result of being hammered by people looking for a cheap Mac or because of legal action by Apple’s lawyers.

UPDATE: I was finally able to get into the site and poke around a bit–it’s slow but it’s up.

UPDATE 2: Looks like the company may not be legit. Check out the store here.

Update 2: Looks like they’re calling it “Open Computer”, not “OpenMac”, so I’ve updated this post to reflect that.

[Via Fortune]