|
Home / News / Tags / Mac clone
|
|
30
Psystar's official blog now reveals that the Mac cloner is already taking orders for Open Computers with OS X 10.6 pre-installed. Psystar is involved in a legal battle with Apple over copyright claims, as Apple’s EULA explicitly states that no systems except for Apple-branded computers may run Mac OS X. &... |
3 September 2009
11:02 GMT |
 |
|
As it continues fighting Apple in court, the now-famous Florida-based Mac cloner known as Psystar has introduced a new consumer-grade Open-computer model called the Open(Q). Starting at just $699.99, the tower comes with Mac OS X Leopard v10.5 (Leopard) preinstalled, a 2.33 GHz Core2Quad Q8200 processor, 4GB of DDR2 ... |
6 August 2009
05:44 GMT |
|
|
Since it started in April 2008 with the launch of the Open Mac (later renamed as the Open Computer) by Psystar Corporation, the Mac clone phenomenon has gathered momentum and now we can witness a global scale move towards migrating OS X to non Apple labeled machines. The Psystar saga continued during the last year an... |
1 June 2009
12:11 GMT |
|
|
Reports are flying in saying Psystar has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection through a federal court in Florida. The move will allow the Mac cloner to breath in and out for a while as Apple seeks to destroy its business for breaking the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Mac OS X Leopard EULA. The news c... |
27 May 2009
04:05 GMT |
|
|
Hours after news broke out that a Russian company was advertising the latest Mac clones, Softpedia learned that RussianMac was already shipping the units, claiming no conflict with Apple's End User License Agreement for Mac OS X. According to electronista, RussianMac's line of Mac clones includes the MiniB... |
21 May 2009
03:00 GMT |
|
|
Treading in the footsteps of Psystar in Miami, PearC in Germany, and OpeniMac in Argentina, RussianMac is just one of the many Mac cloners offering the cheapest way to use Mac OS X at home, or at work. However, unlike other companies that make profits off Apple's operating system, RussianMac even posts its metho... |
20 May 2009
10:57 GMT |
|
|
Psystar, which is currently facing legal fire from Apple, trusts its lawyers to handle the court filings as it continues developing and selling ever more affordable and higher-specced Mac clones. The latest advertised model, the Open (3) Computer, is the company's newest PC modified to run Mac OS X. The system c... |
18 March 2009
10:58 GMT |
|
|
World of Apple claims to have heard from its sources close with Psystar that Apple and the Mac cloner met for non-binding court-ordered mediation and, not surprisingly, didn't settle. Softpedia recently reported that a federal judge had allowed Psystar Corp. to continue its countersuit against Apple Inc., giving... |
23 February 2009
05:35 GMT |
|
|
German company PearC manufactures and sells Mac clones. Just like Psystar (who is currently fighting Apple on legal grounds), the company ships computers capable of running Mac OS X, and even pre-installs the OS on its machines.News broke out a couple of weeks ago that another Mac cloner was in business. That cloner ... |
17 February 2009
04:40 GMT |
|
|
We recently reported that a federal judge had allowed Psystar Corp. to continue its countersuit against Apple Inc., giving the Mac clone maker its first win in a seven-month-old battle with Apple. Towards the end of last week, Psystar filed an amended complaint saying Apple had misused copyrights by preventing Mac OS... |
16 February 2009
06:15 GMT |
|
|
Similar to a fighting video game scenario, Psystar has won its first round in the legal battle with Apple. Inc. Psystar is now being offered the possibility to continue its countersuit against the original Mac maker. The judge allegedly hinted that others like Psystar might also be allowed to sell regular PCs with Le... |
9 February 2009
05:56 GMT |
|
|
Until the verdict is given in the Apple vs. Psystar fiasco, we can only assume that PearC knows what it's doing when stating that the German law allows it to sell PCs with OS X pre-installed on them. And wait 'till you see the prices on these babies!Just like Psystar, PearC's business is to manufacture... |
6 February 2009
09:31 GMT |
|
|
Psystar's latest court filings show that the company specializing in Mac clones now thinks Apple is abusing copyright laws and locking Mac OS X to its hardware with code that prevents non-Apple machines from booting properly. Within the framework of Psystar's revamped countersuit, the Mac cloner alleges tha... |
15 December 2008
05:45 GMT |
|
|
Earlier today, we reported that OpeniMac was the latest company trying its luck in the Mac clone business. While OpeniMac's terms of license don't even come close to the imbroglio that is Psystar's EULA, there are a few interesting paragraphs to be read nonetheless.“OpeniMac. Terms of the license... |
8 December 2008
11:06 GMT |
|
|
OpeniMac is the latest Mac cloner trying its luck with PC's running OS X. With Apple actively taking blow after blow at Psystar, Argentina-based OpeniMac is offering almost identical solutions comprised of regular PCs that have been modified to run Mac OS X. According to the company's General Conditions, th... |
8 December 2008
03:49 GMT |
|
|
After filing (and being granted) a motion to amend its complaint adding a claim of violation of the DMCA, Apple is charging Psystar with ever more claims. The company now believes that there are corporations and/or individuals behind Psystar. An excerpt from the latest court filings, available courtesy of Groklaw, r... |
4 December 2008
04:27 GMT |
|
|
Reportedly, Apple has just learned that Psystar Corp. broke the anti-piracy defenses that Apple uses to lock OS X to its Macs. According to the updated filing dating Nov. 26, Psystar violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by dodging copy-protection technologies employed by Apple to tie OS X to its... |
1 December 2008
05:44 GMT |
|
|
Judge William Alsup of the U.S. Federal Court for the Northern District of California dismissed Psystar's counterclaims against Apple alleging that the Cupertino-based Mac maker engages in anticompetitive practices to prevent companies from selling computers that run Mac OS X. Court documents spotted by AppleIn... |
21 November 2008
05:57 GMT |
|
|
Apple is not lowering its guard in the legal dispute with Miami-based Mac cloner, Psystar. A 23-page motion that dismisses Psystar’s antitrust claims has been filed by Apple, which has decided not to issue a response to the company's counterclaim.Psystar first started making profits using Apple's OS w... |
2 October 2008
02:58 GMT |
|
|
Miami-based Psystar, owned by Rudy Pedraza, is suing Apple under two federal laws aimed at discouraging monopolies and cartels, the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act. The suit alleges Apple is tying the Mac OS to its own hardware, therefore engaging into "an anticompetitive restrain of trade," accor... |
28 August 2008
05:22 GMT |
|
|
Looks like Apple's wrath isn't something the guys at Open Tech are afraid of. While the real Mac maker is wrapping up its suit against Psystar, this company appears to have little to no knowledge of Apple's EULA, which specifically states that OS X Leopard should only run on Apple systems.Open Tech... |
22 July 2008
03:53 GMT |
|
|
For months, Apple has disappointingly taken no action against the bold, Florida-based Mac cloner going by the name of Psystar, that ships regular PCs equipped with Apple's OS X Leopard. The company went as far as messing around with Apple's Extensible Firmware Interface, which directly violates the latter&#... |
16 July 2008
05:18 GMT |
|
|
Recent changes occurring with Apple's Dot Mac collection of online services (the recent discovery of the Me.com dubbing), the nature of Mac OS X 10.6 (rumored to skip PPC) and some WWDC '08 spy shots that show OS X without the 'Mac' have given birth to quite a rumor - Apple is making OS X a platfo... |
6 June 2008
06:56 GMT |
|
|
Tired of Psystar news? OK then, why don't we talk about this fellow who is selling "non Apple Mac OS X" systems that come "pre-loaded with genuine Mac OS X 10.5" on eBay. OK, so it's Mac Clones Strike Again... again, but hey, at least the name of the "provider" name is not Psystar."A seller by the name of &... |
8 May 2008
02:44 GMT |
|
|
Proof that Psystar's Open Computer is a natural at running Leopard comes from a guy named Patrick (Whiskeyfrown), who is currently using Mac OS X 10.5 on his machine. He taped the booting process and yes, the Open Computer works as intended. He was also extra careful to show that the video is legit. Read on for ... |
30 April 2008
10:58 GMT |
|
|
Apple high-ups must be dancing in their offices reading this. Well, not that they were afraid Psystar was going to steal away their customers but no one needs more competition. A MacFixIt reader has revealed that Psystar "doesn't support customers attempting to install the Leopard operating system on [their] Ope... |
25 April 2008
18:51 GMT |
|
|
You know Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak right? He's the only Apple employee entitled to badmouth the company's products. Give this piece a quick look, you'll see what I mean. Most recently, folks at ars technica got the chance to chat with Woz. The man shares Apple's concerns with Psystar's M... |
17 April 2008
17:41 GMT |
|
|
By now you must be quite familiar with Psystar's Open Computer (if not, click here) formerly known as the OpenMac, a system that violates Apple's EULA (end user license agreement) for coming pre-installed with Leopard at the buyer's request. Psystar has started making pretty big waves with its cheap Ma... |
16 April 2008
04:58 GMT |
|
|
|
|
