What do you do if you have been genetically rewired by Apple’s Macintosh ads, don’t want to fork over the cash but just flat-out need a Mac?

Well, if you’re the tech features writer for Austria’s The Standard you build one from clone parts.

See the article here (in German).

The best part is in the end, when he says (loosely translated), “now I’m finished. Of course, all that remains is to install Mac OSX, which should be no problem.”

Umm…. is this a case of doing the count your chickens dance?