(Well, to try to make people talk 'bout the original issue to be talked in the topic...)
I think the prospect sound interesting, but at the same time I doubt it could be a big success or a full-fledged alternative to 'normal' Apple hardware. The reason is simple: How this person will evade or bypass Apple-protecting beasts (I mean, lawyers)? And what about the customer support? Since the system will be made with old Apple hardware, how this future 'company' will fix hardware problems, etc. if Apple is the only one that's making that stuff and (I think) they don't make parts from old hardware if it's the newer parts the ones that make profit for them?
But the concept sound interesting after all...
(If I commit gramatical errors, please excuse me. My English is a bit broken...)
