No mention of the trackpad on that page (unless I missed it) and for me that's one of the best things about Mac hardware. Anytime I jump on another laptop the trackpad is shockingly bad. Scrolling/zooming/gestures work so smoothly and accurately on the Mac hardware.
HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329
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#33"HacBook Elite ships with everything needed to start running the latest version of OS X. Once installed, OS X cold boots in 15 seconds and boots from sleep in 1 second."
Looks like don't actually ship it with OS X. If that's the case, then perhaps Apple can't shut them down. Although, considering that APple hasn't sold hard copies of its OS in some time, how difficult would it be to get a new copy of OS X to install?
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#34Does anyone know what exact HP EliteBook model they plan to use for this offer?
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#35No mention of the trackpad on that page (unless I missed it) and for me that's one of the best things about Mac hardware. Anytime I jump on another laptop the trackpad is shockingly bad. Scrolling/zooming/gestures work so smoothly and accurately on the Mac hardware.
The trackpad is one two things I miss after testing a macbook for a week. The other thing is battery life.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
They are using the 2009-2010 lower end EliteBooks which means that is also likely that they are using a refurbished stock. I'm pretty sure this is going to piss off both HP (for showing their logo clearly) and Apple and this is probably not going to last. There are plenty of "hackintosh" guides out there, anyone who's capable of installing OSX on a non-Apple device has probably better hardware options out there. And…
They claim to be using Sandy Bridge chips so wouldn't they have to be using at least the 2011's?
Then it's the 8460p which you can find for 100-200$ on ebay.
Re: HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329
#37"HacBook Elite ships with everything needed to start running the latest version of OS X. Once installed, OS X cold boots in 15 seconds and boots from sleep in 1 second." Looks like don't actually ship it with OS X. If that's the case, then perhaps Apple can't shut them down. Although, considering that APple hasn't sold hard copies of its OS in some time, how difficult would it be to get a new copy of OS X to install?
I suspect you're a Google search, a magnet link, and a blank DVDR away...
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#38Is this groundhog day? :)
The same page was linked last week with very similar comments:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12384050
I do agree with the sentiment that they can't get away with this for long.
I've got a similar Elitebook myself, though a i5 Ivy Bridge with 16GB RAM, and it is a nice machine albeit chunky and heavy.
I also run OS X on it, and it copes very well for a machine that cost ~£200 refurbed - I do sometimes find myself wanting a proper MacBook, but I really find it difficult to justify the cost of them, even used.
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#39For those asking: it is a HP EliteBook 8470p, released in mid-2012
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#40I had one of those HP Elitebooks. The trackpad is really really bad.