Psystar "Definitely Still Shipping" Mac Clones 833
Preedit writes "Continuing its defiance of Apple, Psystar is reassuring customers that it is "definitely still shipping" its line of Mac clones. And, in a further nose-thumbing at Steve Jobs, Psystar this week said it's now making Leopard restore disks available to its customers, even as Apple insists that Mac clones sold to date be recalled.
In its story on the latest developments, Infoweek is reporting that tiny Psystar apparently has no intention of backing down in its legal dispute with the much larger Apple."
Well good for them (Score:5, Funny)
I can't stand Apple anymore... (Score:2, Funny)
...so I think I'm going to buy one of these just to piss them off. Maybe we should all pitch in and buy Steve one for Christmas too.
When do we get a $99 PsiPhone? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:WRONG!! (Score:2, Funny)
They'd probably be much happer(and less whinier) if they spent their hard-earned money at the gay disco instead.
Disco Stu's workin' pro bono!
Re:Follow the money (Score:3, Funny)
1. Sell Mac clones
2. Rake in profit
3. ???
4. Get sued, loose but all the money is already in your pocket and the company goes out of business
Re:Follow the money (Score:5, Funny)
Note, I am neither a lawyer nor a master criminal. As such an advice taken from this poor excuse at humor, may not be in your interest. And this posting should not be taken as an endorsement of any crimes or misdemeanors, but rather as a crudely constructed parody of such.
Re:I can't stand Apple anymore... (Score:5, Funny)
Why, so he can throw it while screaming he's going to "fucking kill Apple"?
Oh... Steve Jobs... sorry.
Honest mistake.
who is this taco guy... (Score:2, Funny)
... and why is he suddenly posting here so much? Is he new? :-)
Re:Well good for them (Score:1, Funny)
I am also tired of McDonalds monopolistic business practices with their hamburgers! They are the only outlet which is able to sell McDonalds hamburgers! This is UNFAIR!!1! Let White Castle sell Big Macs! Let Burger King in on some o' that Filet o' Fish action!
Re:Futile (Score:3, Funny)
No, they have to retry the Compaq case. And IBM lost that one.
Re:WRONG!! (Score:2, Funny)
Or Apple's reputation of "just working" will go down the tubes because they no longer have total control over the hardware.
This argument is ridiculous. People who buy a Mac clone won't blame system problems on Apple if Apple hardware doesn't suffer from the same ailment.
The only problem with Apple's reputation is that we can't trust them anymore because the company is over 30 years old.
Re:Well good for them (Score:2, Funny)
You heard it here first. (Score:2, Funny)
Or Apple's reputation of "just working" will go down the tubes because they no longer have total control over the hardware.
I predict in 2012, we'll see the OSX BSOD projected on the ceiling at the Olympics.
Except, knowing Apple, it will be fuchsia instead blue.
Re:WRONG!! (Score:1, Funny)
Bruce Schneier doesn't laugh. He speaks encrypted binary that translates to 'ha ha'.
Re:WRONG!! (Score:3, Funny)
The issue is the software. PsyStar is buying copies of Leopard that are labeled "to be used on Apple-branded computers only". Since the Apple-branded computers already come with an OS license, the retail copies of the OS are effectively upgrades to the version already on a Mac. However, PsyStar is selling those copies preinstalled on machines that do not have licenses from Apple.