Clones are back: Ali Baba will sell you a "G6" with a 3,8GHz P4 for 500$

[voldenuit]

Here's an example of a hit-and-run operation selling illegal clones:

http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/10895402/PowerPC_G6_Macintosh.html

The server of the company actually selling the thing is already down, I expect the alibaba page to go away soon, so I've attached a zipped webarchive of said page to insure your entertainment, pdf would have been above 100k ;) .

Article from the osx86project:

http://www.osx86project.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=183&Itemid=2

It'll be interesting to see whether Apple will be able to keep this kind of products below significant levels of marketshare...

[Photek]

they seem to have captured apples eye for design and styling!

mine is on order!

[marchutch]

Are you kidding????!?

[Fastmac]

Are you kidding????!?

No, he's being sarcastic ;-)

[Photek]

Are you kidding????!?

YES!

I dont buy fakes... and I dont buy things that look like the love child of a inflight black box recorder and Cryton from Red Dwarf!

[marchutch]

LOL! I thought so. My 'spidey sense' must be a bit off today.....

[tbsingleton73]

Here a working link, so you can still get your own G6 (aka P4 3.8GHz). :)
http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/10895402/PowerPC_G6_Macintosh.html

[Raven]

Would love to get my hands on a Kryten though ;)

YES!

I dont buy fakes... and I dont buy things that look like the love child of a inflight black box recorder and Cryton from Red Dwarf!

[AHunter3]

Wow! A genuine PowerPC G6 Intel x86 processor!

Does it run OSXP?

[marchutch]

alright, point taken. leave it now

[ThreeDee]

i found this somewhere using google news search for 'mac os x'...

http://www.osx86project.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=2