Send in the clones

Back in the days ten years ago there was a Mac OS clone market. It wasn’t long-lived. lowendmac has an interesting history lesson on Mac clones.

I love Mac OS X and wanted to get the updated iMac for home, but just can’t stand the glare in its glossy screen (interesting screen comparison).

The only non-glossy choices are the MacBook Pro (runs too hot under my palm, yikes, like putting your hand on the stove) or using your own monitor with Mac Mini (too slow disk for a stationary) or the Mac Pro (too expensive).

I have a few excellent currently unused Windows machines at home. My ThinkPad X30 is light, has a wonderful keyboard, runs very cool and is sufficiently speedy, but installing OS X on it is both illegal and awkward and doesn’t work that well (so I hear ;).

And I don’t want to run Linux on the X30. Sorry, been there, done that, got frustrated, threw the hardware into the wall, etc.

I wish Apple would figure out a way to sell OS X for any Intel box. As it is now, Apple just doesn’t have the hardware I want: a light, non-glossy laptop that doesn’t run too hot.

Comments

[Lau]

I use a MacBook Pro. If the computer gets hot, I have this little app called smcFanControl. It let's you speed up the fans if you think the computer is too hot. I use that sometimes when the laptop is uncomfortably warm on the top of my lap.

I chose the glossy screen though. Most of the time I use it on a desk with an external keyboard and an extra screen.

[patrick]

but there is the catch - offering OSX on any hardware would force Apple to open up the system, lose control over add-ons from OEMs, deprive them of their key end-to-end user experience and design > basically turn them into MSFT/Windows OS...

How about adding those small rubber feet that glue onto the bottom of the MBP? Any idea if that would help?

I suspect that using Core2Duo procs has created added heat problem, same on Windows boxes.