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Apple has won an injunction against Mac cloner Psystar following a three year long trial that ended with Apple being granted the right to continue to restrict its operating system to Macintosh computers.In late 2009, US District Judge William Alsup ruled that by distributing Mac OS X with its machines, Psystar violat... |
30 September 2011
03:07 GMT |
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A report reveals that Psystar, which many now regard as dead and buried, has been granted an extension of time to file its opening brief in an appeal to last year’s ruling that it had no right to install Mac OS X on generic PC hardware. The news source also offers a look at what it calls "the latest docket entr... |
4 May 2010
04:26 GMT |
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Florida-based Mac clone maker Psystar has reportedly agreed to pay Apple $2.7 million in damages after a San Francisco court finally ruled in favor of Apple, which, in early 2008, argued that its end user license only let people install its operating system on Apple-branded computers. In what seems like a deal that ... |
2 December 2009
04:01 GMT |
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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 |
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Psystar, the Florida-based computer vendor that is legally entangled with Apple over copyright claims, has emerged from Chapter 11 (bankrupcy protection) with a new computer capable of running Mac OS X. The Open7 reportedly brings together Apple’s elusive OS and Intel’s Nehalem Xeon architecture. “... |
7 July 2009
07:38 GMT |
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In what seems like a surprise move from the already famous maker of Mac clones, Psystar has recently introduced a new computer, which, interestingly, isn't capable of running Mac OS X. Psystar has made a name for itself just because it provided (and still provides) regular computers that are modified to run Appl... |
8 April 2009
04:26 GMT |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Open Tech managed to make a few headlines by selling open-computers that can run OS X Leopard. Unlike Psystar, however, these guys have been in business for less than a month and are now selling the company, which includes the name, the website, the trade secrets and more, all for just 50 grand, via PayPal even."The ... |
26 August 2008
17:11 GMT |
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Last week, news broke out that Apple was suing Psystar for copyright infringement, over the latter's Mac clones which ran modified versions of Mac OS X Leopard. Internet real estate sites reveal now that the building that houses Psystar is up for sale."If Mac clone maker Psystar manages to survive what's su... |
21 July 2008
06:44 GMT |
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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 |
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Literally, Psystar is "bad news". I don't recall reading anything positive about the Miami-based company (if they're even based there) and its Mac clones. MacsimumNews is reporting that George Giftos got a very unsatisfying answer from the company (via email) regarding the installation of Leopard, the lack ... |
5 May 2008
09:48 GMT |
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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 |
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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 |
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Upon learning that its credit card payment processor had terminated its account, Psystar has employed another "high volume payment processor," sources inform, thus enabling the Miami based Mac clone makers to get back on track with their orders. "Orders placed the week of April 7th are currently being shipped," Psyst... |
22 April 2008
03:53 GMT |
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Computerworld is reporting the most predictable piece of news we could read this time of day. Psystar, the bold Miami folks responsible for creating lots of waves last week, have apparently and reportedly been "terminated" by a credit card payment processor.Of course, it's not Psystar themselves that got termina... |
21 April 2008
16:41 GMT |
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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 |
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Yesterday, Psystar was announcing the availability of its OpenMac system. The computer, available immediately for 400 bucks, is said to run Leopard just like Apple's Macs, becoming an attractive alternative to Apple's far more expensive systems (the system competes directly with Apple's $800 Mac mini, ... |
15 April 2008
04:24 GMT |
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