With so much mayhem surrounding Psystar, the company that announced last week the availability of what are essentially Mac clones, I thought it a good idea to give an easy-reader breakdown of all the fuss.

It all started April 14th, when Psystar came out of nowhere claiming to be selling OpenMac computers, essentially really cheap Macs. The internet erupted with questions over the legality of it all. Someone named Robert then came forward and said that Psystar would challenge Apple’s license agreement in court. Then an official spokesperson from Psystar denied that Robert spoke for the company. The company’s website went down due to heavy traffic, adding to the pandemonium. Many assumed Psystar was a hoax or scam and had been taken down.

Everyone loves the comedy in the Get a Mac ads, but what do consumers really like the most? Windows, Mac and even Linux are all of different in their own way, but why do you choose each one. Ubuntu got a 4.5 on a scale of 0 – 5, which makes sense as its free more »

Microsoft employee Jeff Jones has released his findings from a comparison of Vista, XP, OS X Tiger, and RedHat Linux.

“Windows Vista One Year Vulnerability Report” by “Jeffrey R Jones, Security Guy (and Microsoft Director)” already has an inconclusive feel about it as soon as that title page is splashed up. But let’s give it a chance.

Before the report starts, we are met with an Executive Summary, telling me first that “This paper analyzes the vulnerability disclosures and security updates for the first year of Windows Vista and looks at it in the context of its predecessor, Windows XP, along with other modern workstation operating systems Red Hat, Ubuntu and Apple products.”

Did you know your MacBook not only runs Mac OS X and Windows, but a lot of lesser-known operating systems? If you’ve ever thought about getting your geek on, Friendly Linux has a tutorial on how to get Ubuntu Linux running on your MacBook. Installation was fairly straightforward, apart from adding a parameter to the more »