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Psystar Announces Program for Third-Party PC Manufacturers to Enable Snow Leopard Installation

Monday October 5, 2009 9:48 am PDT by Eric Slivka
setteB.IT reports [Google translation] that unauthorized Mac clone manufacturer Psystar has announced the launch of a new licensing program that will enable third-party PC manufacturers to preload their systems with Psystar's boot loader to allow for simple installation of Mac OS X Snow Leopard directly from a retail disc. The move comes as Psystar has launched an increasing number of its own hardware products over the past 18 months that offer the ability to run Mac OS X.

In an effort to spread the Snow Leopard experience to an ever-expanding number of people, the licensing initiative will allow manufacturers to have their hardware Psystar Certified and have their computers pre loaded with our unique technology including the Darwin Universal Boot Loader (DUBL). Qualifying products must fall in Desktop, Server or Mobile categories. Once a product is certified, consumers can purchase it off the shelf or through standard channels and when labeled Psystar Certified would allow the installation of Snow Leopard simply by inserting the retail OS X DVD.

Apple and Psystar have been engaged in several ongoing lawsuits over the clone manufacturer's unauthorized use of and modification of Apple's Mac OS X offerings for installation on non-Apple hardware.
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stujmac26
31 months ago
Seems unlikely that any 3rd party manufacturers would take the risk...doesn't it?
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BeyondtheTech
31 months ago
Cohones. Seriously.
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basesloaded190
31 months ago
Pystar has gone from interesting at the beginning to just freakin annoying now. They just don't seem to quit or they just don't get it..
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crackbookpro
31 months ago
I can see the disclaimer now...

Disclaimer **The Windows PC will crash becuase the Mac OS is too powerfull for the available device. Please stop installing, and buy a real machine. Get a Mac! The "gotta Dell" is an ol' bag of tricks!!!

Poof!!! ...your new PC just blew to bits! :p
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Thunderbird
31 months ago
Psystar is certainly upping the ante. Seems like they are playing a game of 'chicken' with Apple.

They have the courage of their own convictions.
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brendu
31 months ago
I hope apple begins to create updates that cause non apple hardware to crash often in order to deter anyone from taking this route. psystar is going to really hurt OSX in the long run.
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22Hertz
31 months ago
Bringing a way for the masses to put an Apple OS on non-Apple hardware could potentially be a very good thing for Apple later on down the road when its time to buy a new computer.
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Bubba Satori
31 months ago

Pystar has gone from interesting at the beginning to just freakin annoying now. They just don't seem to quit or they just don't get it..



How is it annoying you ?
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iGod 2.0
31 months ago
I finally got my hands on one if these machines and the experience was just like I thought it was: terrible! The performance was sluggish, the rendering of graphics and animations was very laggy and the machines Wi-Fi capabilities rendered non-existant at some points. It doesn't even have Bluetooth. Completely poor user experience. Mac OS really does work the best on a Mac. Psystar's support team are idiots. They couldn't even answer a simple question about Automator. I rarely ever have an outburst when posting my views here on MacRumors, but I must say, Psystar = EPIC FAIL. So if you can't afford a Mac, you better save up for one rather than settle for this horrible alternative.
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abprime
31 months ago

I can see the disclaimer now...

Disclaimer **The Windows PC will crash becuase the Mac OS is too powerfull for the available device. Please stop installing, and buy a real machine. Get a Mac! The "gotta Dell" is an ol' bag of tricks!!!

Poof!!! ...your new PC just blew to bits! :p


While I don't necessarily agree that what Psystar does is right, the fact that people have successfully run OS X on a Dell Mini 9 (a relatively cheap netbook) does prove that you do NOT need a complete powerhouse machine to efficiently run the OS.
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