Mac Clones

H2OSX

H2OSX

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I know that a while ago, there were companies who made mac clones, and I was wondering if it was possible to still make a mac clone, or if there are any companies who still do. I do know that most of the companies who did were bought out but mby there are still some. So ya ... :)
 
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple (with the purchase of NeXT), one of the first things he campaigned for was to kill the Clones. It is difficult to provide Support on a Computer you don't have the specifications for, so it was more expensive to service the Clones than what they were getting from OS Licensing.

(Also, since clones were Be Inc.'s biggest market at the time, and BeOS was the other competitor to NeXTStep, It could be argued that Steve wanted to completely Annihilate Be. Be survived, but that's another story…)

Apple have remained Focused on being a Hardware company ever since. OSX was designed specifically to sell Computers, so It's unlikely to run on anyone else's computers in a hurry. If you want OSX, you need an Apple Mac.

The closest thing to a Clone in todays market would be the Pegasos Machines, which, can run MacOSX through software Emulation using Mac-on-Linux, but it is definitely not a Consumer System.
 
But there are places that sell refurbished clones, if you really want one. Some can run OS 9 while most can run OS 8.1.
 
H2OSX said:
I do know that most of the companies who did were bought out but mby there are still some. So ya ... :)
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Apple acquired PowerComputing, probably the most successful clone manufacturer. I guess it was done probably to kill the licencing agreement without getting bogged down in complex legal issues.
 
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