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Mac clones , thought to be making a comeback thanks to a Florida company called Psystar, may once again be headed for the dustbin...At issue is Psystar's right to resell the Mac OS under the guidelines of "fair use."...The court agreed, and it will decide...
Tags: Psystar, Mac OS, Alexandria, Macintosh clone, Power Computing Corporation, Macintosh, NeXT, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Psystar Corporation, Business Finance, Technology Internet
Part of the copyright infringement found against Psystar was ‘creation of derivative works'. In order to boot OS X on what was essentially a ‘hackintosh' (a PC modified to load and run Mac OS X, despite it being licensed to run on Apple machines only),...
Tags: Apple, Psystar, Microsoft, apple wanted, New Zealand, Auckland, Psystar Corporation, Macintosh clone, Mac OS, OSx86, Macintosh, Mac OS X, Steve Jobs, Mach, Technology Internet
Originally, Psystar tried to claim that Apple was violating antitrust law , which seemed like a wasted path for exploration -- and, indeed, a court rejected that claim. Then Psystar went back to more reasonable defenses ... or so we thought. The court...
Tags: Psystar, master copy, legally purchased, unauthorized copy, Kyrgyzstan, Oş, Mac OS X, Mac OS, Macintosh, First-sale doctrine, Apple Inc., Psystar Corporation, Steve Jobs, Mach
The PDF of the ruling explains that the problem comes down to this line: "Psystar has modified Mac OS X to run on its computers and has sold them to the public." Psystar had claimed that "first sale doctrine" in the US means that the buyer (Psystar) can...
Tags: Mac OSX, Psystar, Apple, United Kingdom, London, Mach, Mac OS, Personal computers, Macintosh, Apple Inc., Mac OS X, Psystar Corporation, Steve Jobs, Technology Internet
Microsoft is ready to regain its stronghold in operating system war over Apple as the Redmond giant released Windows 7 to fight for the mindshare of consumers after the failure of Vista. Through the comparison below you can see the pros and cons of both...
Thursday May 7, 2009 But what if you look at the issue from the perspective of what's best for your business rather than from according to personal preference?...Microsoft was huge, everyone else was using Windows too, PCs were cheaper, they integrated...
Tags: Psystar
The brand loyalty that Apple enjoys is not the same as lack of competition, a California judge decided in throwing out Mac-clone maker Psystar’s countersuit against Apple. Apple originally sued Psystar in July for making computers that ran its OS X operating...
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Wednesday August 27, 2008 Psystar's is counter-suing Apple over the case surrounding its OSX-toting Open Computer. Related nzherald links: Mac cloner Psystar is responding in kind to a lawsuit filed by Apple last month. Psystar is intending to file a...
Tags: Psystar, antitrust act, Apple