Psystar plans to fight for right to sell ‘OpenMac’ Mac clone
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Apr 15, 2008 at 9:30am
Yesterday we reported that a company called Psystar was planning on building a US$399 Mac clone dubbed “OpenMac.” Soon thereafter, the company’s web site went down.
Now the site is back up and the company has told Information Week it’s not breaking any laws and that “Apple’s terms violate U.S. monopoly laws.” An employee, who would only identify himself as “Robert,” told Information Week that Apple grossly overcharges for the hardware on which its operating systems, including Leopard, come pre-installed. “They’re charging an 80 percent markup on hardware,” he said.
The company says it will fight for the right to sell its Mac clones.
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Bic Parker Says:
This is another company that just misses the point. It’s not just about the box, or the software. Whatever legal actions apple takes, it really won’t matter in the end. Psystar won’t be able to support this package and they will likely have a lot of disappointed customers after a few months.
While it is interesting that they do this, I doubt their capacity to provide quality support over time. I also suspect it will take a slight tweak on Apple’s part and all of a sudden, OS X won’t work on the clones.
Additionally, how do they expect to maintain software updates? This is a pretty untenable business model (again, legal action aside).
Posted on April 15, 2008