the unit comes with WattOS which is a version of Ubuntu made for low powered netbooks.

It's not recommended to use Alkaline batteries. You're welcome to try... It wouldn't take long at $5 a set of 8 to exceed the cost of the unit. For $13 in bulk, one would have a set of batteries that could be reused for a long while.

You can also use a 2.5" Laptop HDD or an SSD in the same form factor or interface. As far as I have been able to find out, there is a lot of flexibility in options.

It doesn't use Alkaline batteries, only NImH rechargeables or a LIon battery pack. So, you won't be replacing batteries for $1.79 a set. But a $13 set of AA Rechargeables (bought in bulk) is a lot cheaper than a $50 - $100 proprietary battery pack, and a available easily from multiple sources.

As far as I know, the $199 price includes the computer, ac cord, 8gb SD Card loaded with WattOS Linux, 512mb of RAM, Wireless and the batteries. IF you are buying direct from Nohrtec and in quantity. If you are buying from a distributor, they will have to make a profit and will unbundle things to make room for that.

Every time a Psystar thread is posted, it degenerates into people attacking each other over EULAs, Licesing, stealing IP, etc... This is ground covered constantly to no good result. Just once, I'd like a Psystar thread to contain useful information about Psystar and it's possible future. I'm tired of the flaming, attacks, and rehashing of old crap. An easy way to turn generic hardware into a Hackintosh would be great. I own many Macs of all vintages. I have several 3 - 5 year old PC's, the newest being a Dell Dimension 530 I'd love to turn into a Mac Desktop since it's faster and has a bigger HDD than my Core Duo 2.0ghz Mini. Someday, I might be able to afford a new iMac or a Mac Pro tower. But, there's just too much noise in every Psystar thread. Like 99 to 1, noise to signal.

Meant to spell JooJoo instead of JuJu. A Freudian slip perhaps?

A Crunchpad at $299 would have been a no-brainer. A JuJu at $499 is too expensive. I'll wait for Nohrtec to come out with the Touchpad version of the Gecko laptop instead. It seems that the people behind the Juju missed the point of the Crunchpad. It was supposed to be COST REDUCED because it had no internal storage, and used the cloud for all the apps. Not, a premium cost product. Maybe Arrington will get with Nohrtec and get something like that produced.

"the loansharking fly thing with the big nose" sounded Italian to me, not Jewish. I guess you've never met Italian shopkeepers before.

There were several solutions to run System 6 & 7 on Atari's (Magic Sac and Spectre 128/GCR), and Shapeshifter that ran MacOS on Amiga Computers. They worked nice because the ST was faster and had a larger screen than the Mac, though Apple took steps to prevent folks from obtaining MacPlus ROMs (needed for the emulators) as service parts.

Let me correct myself. At least a million Spectrums exist when you add up all the Sinclair units, the Timex Portugal units, the Amstrad units, and all the clones worldwide.

There really aren't all that few Spectrums around as they were made in the millions worldwide. They are on eBay constantly.