Want a Mac, but don't have the cash? OCOpenSource.com has you covered. Turn your PC into a Mac! OCOpenSource.com can install Ubuntu Linux on any PC or Laptop, for only $50, and turn it into a Mac! Click on the screenshot at right for the proof! That's one of our PC's running Ubuntu Linux (with Open Office Calc, Rhythm Box, an ITunes compatible app, and a Chess game running), configured to look and act like a Mac! We can save you $800 or more, compared to a MacBook! Let OCOpenSource.com do all the work installing Linux and configuring it for you! If you have an existing Desktop or Laptop with 256 MB of RAM, and a 4 GB HD, you can turn that into a Mac! [If you have less RAM/HD space, call us at (714) 213-4329, we can install FreeBSD! on your laptop/desktop, it's a great way to save money!]

Mac OS X is partially based on FreeBSD and NetBSD. At heart, Mac OS X is a Unix operating system. It's very much like Linux. Both are Unix Operating Systems. Both offer rock solid stability, freedom from crashes and viruses. Unlike Mac OS X, every bit of software you'd need on Linux is FREE!. Also, Unlike Mac OS X, you can configure/theme Ubuntu Linux to look like Mac OS X, Windows, or pretty much anything. Even better, Ubuntu Linux properly configured, plays any kind of media, without all the hassles of Mac OS X. Play DivX avi files, flash video saved to your hard drive, whatever you want. Best of all, Ubuntu Linux allows you FREEDOM. Freedom to choose the best/cheapest hardware, including computers you already own!

Let's look at two systems, a MacBook and a Toshiba Satellite, and compare

The secret is to run Ubuntu Linux, with the Aqua Theme. This allows you to make Linux look like Mac OS X! Now you can have a machine that performance wise, has a better screen than a MacBook a bigger hard drive, more ports, while sacrificing nothing. You'll be running the same rock solid Unix-based operating system that millions of other people use. All you need to do is install Ubuntu Linux, and you can surf, e-mail, write, create spreadsheets, listen to music, move tunes off and on to your Ipod, and more. And you just saved $800!

Installing Linux, even Ubuntu, however, is hard. So let us do the hard part, and you do the easy stuff (like have fun). For only $50, OCOpenSource.com will install Ubuntu Linux on any PC laptop. Dual Boot into Windows, or single boot, your choice. You can try before you buy (Live boot from the CD, no installation), so call us today at (714) 213-4329 to schedule an appointment.

And yes, you can run older Mac Apps, too. Including Hypercard. See our special below! [We can provide you with everything you need!]

Need to Save Hypercard Stacks?

Hypercard was great. A lot of fantastic stacks just can't be replaced. If you have existing Hypercard Stacks for Educational, Business, or Personal use, or have old Mac OS 8 and earlier applications, including GAMES!, OCOpenSource can help you save your old Mac apps! Just run them on Linux using Basilisk II. Setting up Basilisk II is not for the faint of heart, it requires valid Mac ROMs, OS 8 or earlier, some experience on what settings for Basilisk II work, and the patience to migrate existing data and applications to your Linux Machine.

Let OCOpenSource do this for you, we can take existing applications and move them to Linux machines. As you can see with the animated gif on the right, you can run Mac OS 8 or earlier right along Linux (or Windows).

Yes, we can also "fix" your old Type1 or True Type fonts from your Mac, to use with existing Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux machines. Don't let investments in thousands of dollars worth of fonts go to waste. Email us today at info@ocopensource.com

Only $50!

We are your complete Mac Rescue source! Old Macs don't last forever, good luck getting them fixed! The animated gif above is an emulated Mac Quadra 650, running in Ubuntu Linux alongside Firefox. If you need Mac Rom files, Mac OS 7-8, Basilisk II, and help moving old applications from an old Mac to emulation under Linux (or Windows) we have you covered! Save time and money, don't run around trying to gather all this stuff together, it could take weeks! Let us get you working on a newer computer you can replace as needed, while keeping your valuable old applications. We can install any old Mac application you like onto a new PC under Bailisk II! We also provide complete documentation, and show you how to move data off and onto your emulated old Mac to use with modern applications like Open Office. Yes, we can do this with old Windows applications too!