This is pretty much the computer many of us have been clamoring for – an expandable Mac that costs a whole lot less than the Mac Pro. There appear to be three optical drive bays, and you can count on there being more than one hard drive bay inside the box.ĭimensions: not small.
#INTEL GMA 950 OSX86 PC#
Since it uses a PC motherboard, it probably has PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports as well. Based on photos on the company website, I’m guessing the Open Computer has one AGP slot and three PCI slots. It can run Mac OS X 10.5, and you can buy it with Leopard installed ($155 extra). Psystar, the company behind the Open Computer, doesn’t publish a lot of details about the Open Computer. The Open Computer doesn’t include FireWire, but if you need it, you can add 3 FireWire ports for $50. It’s now called the Open Computer (you can bet Apple Legal had something to do with that), supports up to 4 GB of RAM, and you can configure it with an Nvidia GeForce 8600 video card if you find the integrated graphics don’t meet your needs (add $110 with 256 MB of video memory, $155 with 512 MB). The 20x SuperDrive is built in, and there are 4 USB 2.0 ports on the back. The base configuration includes a 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU, a 250 GB 7200 rpm hard drive, Intel GMA 950 graphics, and 2 GB of RAM. And it makes me wonder, “Could this be a good choice?” On the other hand, if you already have some of the components, it could be a cheap way for a Windows or Linux user to move up to a more modern PC. It certainly shows how a $99 bare bones PC with Linux ends up costing nearly as much as Apple’s Mac mini once it’s fully configured. (A similar configuration with Windows adds up to $719.) Shuttle offers a Logitech bundle for $35.Īdd WiFi for $55 and an external USB 2.0 SuperDrive for $100, and you have a $594 computer (no mouse or keyboard) that will outperform the Mac mini – but without a commercial operating system, let alone all of the free iApps that come with Macs. This being a Windows computer, speakers are considered an option, but you can buy Logitech’s S-120 speakers for just $10.Īnd, shades of the Mac mini, the keyboard and mouse are extra. A 250 GB hard drive is only $15 more – a very good value.
#INTEL GMA 950 OSX86 UPGRADE#
You can upgrade to a 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo for $100 and max out RAM to 2 GB for just $15. A configurable model retails for $299 and includes a 1.8 GHz Pentium dual-core CPU, 1 GB of RAM, and a 160 GB 7200 rpm hard drive with an 8 MB buffer.
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