Psystar’s Open(3) launch says “We’re not scared of Apple”
March 18th, 2009Despite the on-going court battle with Apple over the bundling and installation of the Apple OS with Psystar’s range of products the clone-maker was happy to stick its head out a little further and launch their Open(3) computer yesterday.
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Psystar claims the new model is “Smaller, Faster and Sexier” and includes Intel’s E7400 2.8GHz Core2Duo processor. That’s more than 50% faster than its predecessor. The new machine is also housed in a smaller, sleeker case less than half the size of the Min-Tower format.
Component specifications also receive a boost over earlier options as can be seen below:
Main Specifications
- Operating System: Mac OS X Leopard v10.5 (iLife + iWork optional)
- Processor:
- Core2Duo (E7400 2.8GHz or E8400 3.0 GHz) or
- Core2Quad (Q8200 2.33GHz or Q8200 2.53)
- Memory options:
- 2GB DDR2 800
- 4GB DDR2 800
- Hard Drive options:
- 500GB 7,200RPM SATA
- 1TB 7,200RPM SATA
- Additional Hard Drive options:
- 500GB 7,200RPM SATA
- 1TB 7,200RPM SATA +$ 199.00
- Optical Drive options:
- 20x DVD±RW DL
- 6x Bluray Burner/16x
- Graphics Card options:
- GeForce 8400GS 256MB (single DVI)
- GeForce 8400GS 256MB (DVI + VGA)
- GeForce 9500GT 512MB (single DVI)
- GeForce 9500GT 512MB (DVI + VGA)
- Firewire: 3 Port Firewire 800 (PCI) (optional)
- Wireless: 802.11n (PCI-E 1x) (optional)
- Bluetooth: USB Bluetooth Adapter (optional)
Psystar claims that the options allow you to order your Open(3) in any confifuration to suit its intended use:
You can upgrade your GPU to a GeForce 9500GT which can play most modern games. Equipping an Intel Core2Quad, clocked at 2.53GHz will greatly enhance gaming as well as photo editing and other processor-intensive operations.
Options include an All-in-one card reader which reads many popular media including SD cards, Compact flash and Sony’s Memory Stick formats.
To Apple’s chagrin, the Open(3) comes boxed with Mac OS X version 5 (Leopard).
Prices start at $599 and the Open(3) is available to order now.
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