Apple: Psystar clones part of a larger conspiracy

As a long term user of Apple OSX and their computers. I hope that non of this business of installing OSX on anything other than Apple hardware succeeds. They are great products and anyone hacking away at the software to devalue them should find themselves in prison - that includes the OSX86 people.

umm just a small legal note... pleading in Doe defendants is incredibly common (in the word-for-word language of the quote you posted above), and done in most all complex cases to cover your ass just in case there's a conspiracy... it really doesn't imply that there in fact IS a conspiracy. I'm a lawyer, primarily in real estate and contract disputes and it is our standard practice to include "Doe defendant" allegations even in simple disputes where all the parties are known. but hey i do love a conspiracy, so maybe it's the russians

I absolutely love how the history of computers has unfolded up until now, and it looks like this season won't disappoint, either!

PsyStar is a secret subdivision of apple, testing how popular low cost custom built systems with osx are.

One of the strange things is how a tiny company like Pystar is able to get a top-tier law firm to defend them.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if DELL, HP, Gateway or ASUS was helping to fund their litigation in the hopes of being able to sell their own clones.

Apple is probably right, because who in thee-heellll is buying these boxes??

Oh I know... it's the likes of lab folks at CNET, etc who just want to run unboxing and benchmark stories, etc.

I don't know a single person who has legitimately bought one.

Did You read Ender's game? Fella

Steve needs to hire some different lawyers. First they come out with a "no reasonable person" would believe and Apple advertisement. Now a conspiracy? Sheeeesh!

Personally, I think allowing OS X to run on non-Mac hardware would be good for the economy as a whole.

It would increase competition in both hardware and For one thing it opens the door for poor user experiences due to hardware over which Apple has no control. On the other end of the spectrum we'll have more manufacturers building hardware that will be "Apple certified." This will of course cause a race to the bottom in terms of the amount of margin for a given set of hardware.

Apple is doing very well in part because of the amount of profit they have attached to the sale of each system. And for this reason Apple could suffer if they are forced to "open up" OS X.

An important question to ask is which Apple "company" is stronger, the hardware company or the software company? I envision some form of Apple certification being instituted in order for Apple to make back some of the lost margins. If Apple is willing to leverage their position in the software industry by courting other high profile PC manufacturers they could entice more people into "the fold." The end result is that Apple is making margin off of other companies hardware sales. I can't imagine them implementing this without either A) intervention from legislation that oversteps the bounds of what government should control or B) an economy in which consumers are unwilling or unable to afford luxury computer purchases.

I have no doubt that Apple is an intelligent company and they are clearly doing what is best for them (and doing a damn good job at it). My fear is that blind legislation could force Apple into a position in which they have no control over how their OS is forced into the market. I firmly believe that competition is a good thing, but when government mandates how that battle should be fought, well, that is a very bad thing.

Dude, you're getting a Psystar.