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HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329

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Re: HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

I doubt that either HP or Apple will be very happy with this webpage. I expect HP's lawyers to pounce on it first for selling products under HP's brand without being HP. Unless they're an authorized reseller, which I doubt because then HP would be in a lot of trouble from Apple.

Re: HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329

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Post by dogma1138 »

kayoone wrote: post #3

So how are they handling the fact that their business is violating Apples OSX terms and can be taken down at any time ? Also wondering how the $329 price works, as this seems to be based on HPs Elitebook which are more expensive.

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 considering that this will never come with a pre-installed OS you aren't saving yourself any trouble buy buying it from them rather than buying the same hardware or newer from any other source.

Re: HacBook Elite – A Fully-functional Mac for $329

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

jfoster wrote: post #8

This is nearly the opposite of what I think most people would want. Apple makes amazing hardware, but it doesn't usually support non-OSX operating systems very well. The only reason I can think of for anyone wanting this is for iOS development.

Yeah, the reason I bought a macbook pro was because it didn't flex, creak or wiggle when I use it.

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Post by bluedino »

dogma1138 wrote: post #23
kayoone wrote: post #3

So how are they handling the fact that their business is violating Apples OSX terms and can be taken down at any time ? Also wondering how the $329 price works, as this seems to be based on HPs Elitebook which are more expensive.

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?
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