Psystar filed a countersuit against Apple back in August of 2008 claiming that Apple was engaging in monopolistic and anti-competitive practices by tying the sale of one product (operating system) to the sale of another product (computer). Judge William Alsup ruled Apple’s products don’t constitute a market to dominate. As a consequence, Apple then can’t be [...]

While Steve Jobs sits on his claim that Blu-ray is a “bag of hurt”, Psystar has released an “Open Computer” that features both a Blu-ray optical disc drive and the nVidia 9800GT graphics card. Meanwhile, Apple and Psystar are currently involved in Alternative Dispute Resolution after Apple sued and Psystar countersued. I’m not sure how this will [...]

Following Apple’s copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Mac-clone maker Psystar, Psystar has said they intend to countersue Apple for monopolistic and anti-competitive practices. It will be interesting to see how this all works out. [source]

It turns out that Psystar, the vendor of the recent “Mac clones”, is not only breaking the EULA of the Mac OS, but also the Netkas’ license of PC_EFI V8.0 which is what they are using to enable the booting of the Mac OS on non-Apple hardware. The license included with PC_EFI V8.0 explicitly states [...]

Charles Arthur did a little research into this newly emerged company. Who or what is Psystar?

A friend asked me today if I would consider purchasing a Mac clone, myself, or would I stick to Apple branded hardware instead. My answer was that if I am going to own a clone that is unsupported by Apple, I would much rather build my own, than buy one from a manufacturer who cannot [...]