Gizmodo’s got proof!

Someone actually got an actual living, breathing Psystar Open Computing unit, that third-party hardware pseudo-Macintosh desktop and made a video of it booting up. Software Update can’t seem to figure out what it is, but it thinks it’s a Macbook Pro. Whatever it is, it’s damned fast!

See the exclusive video!

UPDATE: Psystar itself seems to want to validate itself. It just put up a video of its own on their site, although they can’t seem to shake off that cloud of seediness and smarm that’s been clinging to it from Day One, up to now. Especially now. Watch it here.

While not the most striking announcement by any measure, Apple’s newly introduced pink-colored iPod nanos are causing a bit of renewed interest in the obvious markets.

The iTunes Store went down for a couple of hours recently again creating a fierce hornet’s nest of speculation among the Mac faithful worldwide as to why. Ah, here’s the one more thing Steve forgot. The real sub-notebook? The Mac multi-touch tablet? The 3G 16gb iPhone? And then when the site came back, it was a …pink iPod.

The new Pink just comes in 8gb, and is available immediately.

Oh, well. Maybe I’ll get my wife one. Her pink iPod mini is looking a bit old.

See Akiko Wada’s Flickr photostream pics here.

One of the major points against the MacBook Air is the dearth of …nearly everything. Which should be its strength in the minimalist context, but after the RDF fades, just emerges as a way to squeeze more out of the fanboys. They yank everything out, tell us it’s the better for all that, then sells us back the parts they took out. At a premium. Sheesh.

Don’t get me wrong. The MacBook Air is beautiful. But hey, too much form over function this time, man.

So here is a partial list of the things that should have been in the box, if not in the laptop itself, that Apple is selling back to us, in Apple’s own words:

Apple USB Ethernet Adapter
Easily connect your MacBook Air computer to an Ethernet network with the Apple USB Ethernet Adapter. Small and light, it connects to the USB 2.0 port of your MacBook Air and provides an RJ-45 connector that supports 10/100BASE-T performance. $29.00

* Apple Micro-DVI to DVI Adapter
Newly designed to fit the slim profile of MacBook Air, the Apple Micro-DVI to DVI adapter allows you to connect to an external DVI monitor or projector. It can also be used in combination with the Apple DVI to ADC adapter to support older Apple flat panel Studio or Cinema Displays. $19.00

* Apple Micro-DVI to VGA Adapter
Newly designed to fit the slim profile of MacBook Air, the Apple Micro-DVI to VGA adapter allows you to connect to an external VGA monitor or projector. $19.00 (Doodler Note: I think this’ll be the more popular of the video adapters - I can imagine all the folk wanting to show off their new MBA at the office by using it for a presentation on a projector; they’ll need one of these.)

This next one is not on the Apple Store yet as far as I can see. Not the most egregious omission (because of the Remote Disk feature Apple made that makes this a bit moot), the USB Superdrive accessory seems a good one to get at $99, until you find that it only works for the MacBook Air. Huh?

All these things will be out in 2-3 weeks.

*Update: Oops. Apparently the video adapters ARE already in the box, as a couple of my outraged (and attentive) readers have pointed out. (Thanks to RBB and designissues.) I thought I looked. Must’ve missed it. Silly me. I should have known; for the price of the MBA, it should be in the box. Mac-A-Mea Culpa. Heh.

Macbook Air.