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Next Generation Mac Clones Hit The Internet Such a poor fake and obvious scam...	By Victor Mihailescu, Apple News Editor 11th of May 2006, 13:23 GMT Adjust text size:


Many long time Mac users remember the Mac 'clones' that became available some time ago. The interesting thing is that, now, nine years after the clones were killed by Apple, a new breed of clones has appeared, and they are so good that they are a generation ahead of the previous generation of Apple products. Confused? So were we. It seems that amongst other things, one item you can buy off the Internet is a "PowerPC G6 Macintosh." Not just any old clone, this one is years ahead of the product it is allegedly cloning, as you can see from the image to the left. The inside of the beast is even more interesting than the outside, with specifications such as: G6 CPU:90nm 3800MHz SSE3 Central Processing Unit Intel Pentium4 3.8GHz SSE3 Prescott 64-bit PowerPC-G6 Processor Intel Inside 284KB Memory On-Chip 800MHz Express i915GV System Bus Mainboard 512MB PC3200 400MHz DDR SDRAM Dual-Channel System Memory (6.4GBps) 250GB Maxtor NCQ 16MB 7200RPM SATAII-300 Hard Disk Drive (300MBps: Fastest System Storage Available! ) Intel ICH6 Quad-Channel Serial ATA Hardware Controller Fastest 16X PCI Express 256-bit Graphics! Intel Extreme Graphics3 400MHz DDR 224MB VRAM PixelShaders2.0 DirectX9 GPU QuartzExtreme-CoreImage 3D Graphics PCI-Express Card PCI-E X16 & AGP 8X PRO SlotsPCIe16X/AGP8X PRO Graphics Bus Creative Labs Soundblaster Live! Environmental Audio Extensions 2.0 Realtek ALC850 EAX2 Audio Eight-Speaker A3D Surround Sound Pioneer DVR-110D 16X DVD /-R & 8X Dual-Layer 9GB DVD /-R-DL & 8X DVD RW & 6X DVD-RW & 40X CD-R & 32X CD-RW Burner Optical Compact Digital Versatile Disc Ultra-Speed Combo-Drive VGA-out 480Mbps Universal Serial Bus 2.0 Peripherals 6-ports High-Speed USB2.0 Fast Ethernet LAN Network 7.1 Audio Jacks 2-Serial 1-Parallel PS/2 3-button Scroll-Wheel Mouse, Keyboard Thermaltake CL-P0071 Ultra-Quiet 120mm Copper CPU Cooler 12-DriveBay Aluminum 0.7mm ATX Case 550W Power Supply Dual Front USB2.0/Audio 16.2"(H) x 7.9"(W) x 16.9"(D) TriColor-Lighted Case Window Temperature Readout LCD Thermometer Display So far it is unclear if anyone has actually bought this thing, and received anything or if it is a pure scam. Allegedly, it comes with Mac OSX-86 Apple MacOS X Tiger 10.4.3, so it might very well be that it comes with a hacked version of OS X that runs on any old regular Intel "G6" processor. Those interested in seeing with their own eyes can find the obvious fake here.

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