So long, Psystar - permanent injunction halts Mac clone biz

What ride, eh? In what may have provided more blog fodder than a golfer hitting a tree, the end may have finally come for the ~~storied~~ life of Pystar's Mac clone business. AppleInsider, Gizmodo and The Loop are reporting U.S. District Judge William Alsup just put the smackdown on Psystar's selling of derivative works of OS X, doing anything to circumvent several things -- all of which wind up putting OS X on your non-Apple hardware. Still no ruling on the Rebel EFI software.

Bottom line: Psystar has until December 31, 2009 to stop selling Mac clones forever. Word is they have already started to comply.

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What ride, eh? In what may have provided more blog fodder than a golfer hitting a tree, the end may have finally come for the storied life...

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ian m

LOL, ZING

props to you.

December 17 2009 at 4:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chris

@MikeS

768 (sounds like a made up number) = 512 + 256 (powers of two) which is much lower than the number of "unauthorized" computers the appropriately pronounced "sigh"-star sold. If they told Apple how many they really sold, instead of finding a way to cover it up, Apple probably would have gone to an effort to try and collect all of their "unauthorized" computers.

Anyway, it's hardly a secret that most dislike Psystar, so it's the perfect opportunity for them to disband, leave the states, and gain an infamous reputation as some other company, elsewhere.

December 16 2009 at 4:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

SIP

Jordan and what's-her-name? will be here to make some snide remarks about Apple any time now...

December 16 2009 at 5:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Drifter71

LOL, thats funny. It, however, appears that they are busy bashing iPhones on the whole Chokehold debacle.

Thanks though, I am still chuckling.

December 16 2009 at 1:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chris

Until... Psystar disbands and sets up shop where it is very legal to do this and offers international shipping options. I'm sure it isn't hard for even the less gifted to figure out.

BTW Apple, it is almost 2010. When will your computers stop running slow 1066Mhz RAM? Let's see 2000Mhz RAM like high end PCs already have!

December 16 2009 at 2:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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MikeS

Why would Psystar set up shop elsewhere? They sold 768 machines, so it is not like Apple squashed an otherwise successful business model. It would appear that if people want Mac OS, they either buy an Apple or build their own hackintosh.

December 16 2009 at 12:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

JimB

"Bottom line: Psystar has until December 31, 2009 to stop selling Mac clones forever. Word is they have already started to comply."

Based on Psystar's sales figures that came out a few weeks ago, haven't they more or less been complying all along?

December 16 2009 at 1:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Alex

Someone big was likely behind this company... perhaps we will never know.

Conspiracy theories could easily fit on this case.

December 15 2009 at 10:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Josh

Awesome..

While I don't agree with apple's stance on keeping their software strictly to their hardware, it is their IP, and imglad pystar got slapped in the face for their inflated sense of entitlement

December 15 2009 at 9:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply