Twenty one year old entreprenuer John Fraser has a dream. In his utopia, every Mac user would be able to buy a bare bones system, containing only a case, motherboard, and power supply, and configure it with inexpensive, off the shelf components. Fraser is attempting to realize his dream with the CoreCrib Kit, a product of his new company, CoreComputers. The CoreCrib Kit contains the exact parts described above (and optionally, a single or dual G4 processor upgrade) and will be shipping to the first 100 customers in two weeks. We ask Fraser about his newest commercial venture and how he plans to succeed.

Here is an excerpt from the interview:

IMG: Most people would find Apple's hardware monopoly a daunting obstacle to overcome. How do you think you will survive?

John Fraser: Unfortunately I can't comment too much on this subject but we can say that we are targeting a market Apple has ignored or marketed incorrectly. The Cube was a step in the right direction with it's compact silent design but it's design also forced apple to develop a custom and expensive power supply, motherboard, for the Cube making it more expensive then the faster tower system at the time. If you wanted to build your own computer, Apple and the Mac OS was never an option. We have changed both of these things by offering a quiet compact and low cost do it yourself Mac OS compatible computer.

IMG Interviews CoreComputers' John Fraser

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