Psystar and Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

It has recently been confirmed that Psystar Corporation have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which will most likely lead towards the company facing difficulties with Apple and their team of legal advisors. Read more

Psystar’s New Apple OS X Desktop with Blu-ray and NVIDIA’s GeForce 9800GT

Psystar is known for making computers than can run on Apple Mac OS X, the company has now stepped things up and a gear and have beaten Apple to this new faster system. The new Psystar ships with a Blu-ray® optical disc drive as well as the new nVidia® 9800GT graphics card. Read more

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

Unboxing and review of the Psystar Open Apple Mac Clone

Not so long ago people did not know or did not pay much attention to Pystar, but with their release of the Pystar Mac Clone they might just get the unwanted attention of Apple and their legal people. The computer is almost ready for shipping, but some lucky people have had the chance of trying the clone out before the masses get their hands on it.

Those lucky guys over at Engadet has been giving the opportunity to try it out and have some nice photos of the unboxing as well as their first review, well just a short one just letting you know about the performance of the Pystar Open Clone. As you would expect it comes with all the major parts that make up a computer and it also comes complete with a copy of Mac OSX Leopard.

I think that Pystar are very brave as it does not seem to bother them that installing a copy of Leopard on their computer is actually illegal, as the software should only be installed on Apple hardware.

When you first boot up the Pystar you will notice just how noisy the system is, but come on what do you expect from a clone rip-off. One thing you should remember, do not try and use the update feature for your Mac OSX software as it has been disabled. Ok so the Pystar does look like a clone and the build quality is like a clone, but one thing is for sure, the Pystar Open Clone is a lot cheaper then the real Apple Mac.

Source - Engadget