Psystar Working on Mac Laptop Clone, Apple Files DMCA Charges
Defendant has manufactured, imported, offered to the public, provided or otherwise trafficked a product, device, component, technology, software, or "code" ("the Circumvention Devices") that are primarily designed or produced for the purpose of either circumventing Apple's technological protection measures that effectively control access to Copyrighted Works, or allowing third parties to access Apple's Copyrighted Works without authorization.
The court documents also confirm that Psystar was actively working on a Mac OS X laptop clone this past October:On information and belief, in fall 2008, Psystar worked to develop a laptop product that runs Mac OS X and in October, 2008, Psystar announced that it is planning to sell in commerce additional computers, servers, laptops, and/or hard drives that are preinstalled with or which will run a modified, unauthorized, version of Mac OS X operating system, including but not limited to a product referred to on Psystar's website as the "mobile Open Computer."
Whether Psystar will release such a product will obviously depend on their ability to successfully defend against this lawsuit from Apple. The lawsuit hasn't prevented Psystar from continuing to sell their desktop Mac clone and release new features such as Blu-ray and additional graphics card support.Top Rated Comments
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Nonetheless, I really wish Apple would offer a lower cost desktop. I realize their business model is based on having ridiculously high margins that we all pay for, but I think Apple is really shooting themselves in the foot in terms of their potential market share
Drain every last cent from Psystar with legal fees
Get them shut down
Get as many people responsible personally fined
Then release their own xMac that would have killed Psystar's offerings anyway, had they not been sued into oblivion. :p
Said it before, but I'm a Mac user since the late '80's and as far as I'm concerned Jan 6th is High Noon for Apple hardware. If we get more of the same and no midrange tower or equivalent, it's a Psystar for me on Jan 7th. Actually, if there's no Mac mini update it'll be two Psystars. It genuinely pains me to say all this, but I'm not kidding.
I hate to see you go... but you will, if this is your ultimatum.
I'd really love to see the design they've come up with. Then laugh at it.
It seems to me there's at least two kinds of Mac user: one who appears attracted by the design factors, and another who's primarily motivated by OS X and perhaps internals value-for-money. I'm in the latter camp as it happens and so couldn't care less what the Psystars look like. I'm not alone in this attitude either I suspect. Laughing at a product simply on the basis of its looks seems a little silly then, but to each their own I guess.
This is what I believe Apple will do:
Drain every last cent from Psystar with legal fees
Get them shut down
Get as many people responsible personally fined
Then release their own xMac that would have killed Psystar's offerings anyway, had they not been sued into oblivion. :p
I hate to see you go... but you will, if this is your ultimatum.
Not really meant as an ultimatum actually (my bad if so), more an increasingly desperate plea. My current office G4 crashes perhaps three times a day, but I've been holding on until MacWorld SF rather than grab a Psystar. I guess the resulting frustration might be showing through a little too much.
Oh: the EULA thing is not legally binding, and so I don't think there'd ever be the slightest question of Psystar's customers being fined. The EULA could well be ILLEGAL actually in many countries in the world if challenged, including perhaps my own.
PS All Apple really has to do to destroy Psystar is to release hardware that people want. Problem solved, everyone happy (except Psystar). Not hard, one would have thought.
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