Psystar countersues Apple on Antitrust Acts

Psystar the company at the forefront of the law suit with Apple is fighting back and countersuing Apple, most people would have thought a small company would run a mile when faced with the big boys like Apple, but not these guys, they have come back fighting and going to battle it out using Antitrust Acts, saying that Apple’s restrictions and the tying of its OS to its own hardware are anticompetitive.

. The Law suit came about a month ago when Psystar branded an Apple Clone where selling Computers called “OpenMacs” but for a fraction of the price as a Apple Mac, reports from Psystar say they are still open for business and until the courts say otherwise it is business as usual, although since the law suit the “OpenMacs” are not called “OpenComputers”.

Although our money is on Apple winning this case, antitrust accusations are pretty serious business; Microsoft has had similar accusations thrown at them in the past.

It seems that Psystar are arguing that they are not cloning the Mac but cloning the PC and loading with MaxOS, they are also noted to have said that they have not modified the Mac software in anyway.

I guess if we try and make it simple, if you buy a car its basically got the same basic components in all cars to make it run, and then manufacturers upgrade certain parts to improve the cars performance and look, it’s the same with computers they are all basically get them working, then they are modified to improve performance, speed and make the more powerful its even said with the right components and technical know-how anyone can build one.

So the president and co-founder of Pystar Rudy Pedraza argument is that why should consumers pat exorbitant amounts of cash for something that is essentially generic hardware. Apple has argued that they have never authorized Psystar to install, use or sell the Mac OS software on any non-Apple-labeled hardware.

Apple have also accused Psystar of doing harm to their brand by selling inferior products, suggesting that they make noise, bad video signals and break-down, I guess the question we as a consumer need to ask ourselves, is cheap expensive in the long wrong, do we get what we pay for? Or are their generally people out there who can make products half the price of their competitors?

Source: blogs.zdet

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