What is the difference between a clone and a retail Machine?
Clones are custom built, typically using industry standard parts. Standard parts make clones easy to repair or customize to a specific task, and parts can be purchased almost anywhere. The retail machines that you can buy today are proprietary and thus parts must be obtained from the manufacturer. Often a year or two after a computer was built the supply of parts is cut off to accelerate the planned obsolescence of these retail machines.
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