CORE line of 'clones' now shipping.

serranoserrano
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
I'm surprised this hasn't been posted yet... I used the search and nothing relevant appeared, so here goes... I'm not putting it in Current Hardware because of this line in the posting guidelines "The Current Hardware forum is the place for discussion of Apple's current hardware offerings."...



The CORE line of kit Macs, arguably 'clones', is now shipping. See also this thread in the MacAch.



The prices on the low end kits' aren't bad, but the high end towers are near Apple's prices sans warranty. These are also Gigabit boards, so we're talking 2+ year old mobo tech.



The 800 Mhz seems comparable to the iMac, and its value, or the eMac's value, over the other seems to be a matter of your particular computing style.



Quote:

Crib Kit:

400 Watt Custom Powersupply

Sleek Expandable Ease Access Case

LED's and Side Viewing Window

Apple G4 Motherboard

Assembled, Ready for System Completion.

349.00



Quote:

Crib 800:

Crib Kit

800Mhz G4 Processor Installed

HeatSink and Fan Included

599.99



Quote:

G4 Processors from single G4 800Mhz - dual 1.33Ghz

400 watt Powersupply

PC100 Max 2048MB Memory

Up to 5x3.5" Harddrives*

Up to 3x5.25? CD DVD CDRW or DVDRW*

10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet

16-BIT Audio IN and OUT

Airport Card Slot (802.11b)

3 PCI Slots

2x Speed AGP Slot**

2 USB Ports

2 Firewire Ports



Comments

  • Reply 1 of 12
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    Matsu, the cheap macs are here!
  • Reply 2 of 12
    ibrowseibrowse Posts: 1,749member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Defiant

    Matsu, the cheap macs are here!



  • Reply 3 of 12
    stoostoo Posts: 1,490member
    They're not that cheap when you add in the cost of hard drives, optical drives, RAM, etc.
  • Reply 4 of 12
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    They don't even look real, I'm thinking I won't order something like that, evar, unless I can see it imperson, or at the least know from legitimate publishers in print and on the web, that these guys can actually ship those in quantity.



    How does a G4 mobo fit in that little case? WHere do the PCI cards go? Or the daughtercard plus heat sink and PS?



    Nah, somehow I think this isn't exactly what it appears to be.
  • Reply 5 of 12
    billybobskybillybobsky Posts: 1,914member
    keep looking at the site....



    its just a g4 motherboard w/ g4 upgrade processors in a off the street case...
  • Reply 6 of 12
    kecksykecksy Posts: 1,002member
    Apple's cases look better.
  • Reply 7 of 12
    serranoserrano Posts: 1,806member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Kecksy

    Apple's cases look better.







    Well, duh.
  • Reply 8 of 12
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by billybobsky

    keep looking at the site....



    its just a g4 motherboard w/ g4 upgrade processors in a off the street case...





    That's the idea.
  • Reply 9 of 12
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    I'm not sure exactly how "off the street" the case is, given that Apple boards are nowhere near the ATX standard(s).



    It could be a street case that they modify as necessary, but I don't think this is as simple as buying any old ATX case and throwing the parts in.
  • Reply 10 of 12
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    lol, so people can finally build their own macs but now they're too ugly.



  • Reply 11 of 12
    kecksykecksy Posts: 1,002member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by alcimedes

    lol, so people can finally build their own macs but now they're too ugly.







    Seriously, I would never put that ugly aluminum thing under my desk.
  • Reply 12 of 12
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    you're right, it would have to be on the desk!
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