Everex Launches Sub-$500, MySpace-Ready "Mini" PC

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Both the unit itself and the OS it runs look a little familiar...

 

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jsgrabo

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lol, lame! c'mon, if you need to buy a new computer just so you can have "easier access to myspace", you've got problems. just my opinion. anyone else?

 

Shadow

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I'm downloading "gOS Space" now to run in a VM now; I can barley wait to see the "MySpace apps"

 

iMpathetic

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IMBY

• Apr 9, 2008

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This is completely ridiculous.

Why would Apple let Everex run OS X on the little itty bitty PC.... Oh, wait......

 

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nick9191

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• Apr 9, 2008

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I smell a lawsuit.

 

clevin

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• Apr 9, 2008

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nick9191 said:

I smell a lawsuit.

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i doubt it, Aopen minipc was there years ago, about the same time of first mac mini, and it looks exactly like mac mini. this is just a cheaper version.

Apple didn't bring lawsuit previously, and won't this time neither, probably because they didn't actually own the design.

 

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• Apr 9, 2008

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It reminds me a little of the PC maker attempts to copy the G3 iMac in the late 90s:

I think the OS (on the Everex) is what's a more striking rip-off than the computer itself...!

 

jackc

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MySpace-ready? Please tell me that's not real.

 

Teh Don Ditty

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• Apr 9, 2008

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Wow. I can actually feel my brain cells dying.

 

ziwi

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Right back where I started...

• Apr 9, 2008

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I am thinking that the lawsuit mentioned is more for the interface look versus the hardware...

 

Eidorian

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• Apr 9, 2008

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jackc said:

MySpace-ready? Please tell me that's not real.

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MySpace is a disaster in any web browser.

ziwi said:

I am thinking that the lawsuit mentioned is more for the interface look versus the hardware...

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment_(window_manager)

 

clevin

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• Apr 9, 2008

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ziwi said:

I am thinking that the lawsuit mentioned is more for the interface look versus the hardware...

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still can't imagine it.

I doubt grouping windows/app together was such an original idea.

But hey, if apple does have the patent/copyright, go ahead.