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OpenMac vendor vows to fight Apple
Ben Parfitt Apr 16 2008, 10:43am
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Psystar casts doubt on whether Apple’s end-user licence agreement will hold up in court
After being seemingly shut down after announcing its $399 OpenMac Apple Mac clone earlier this week, US vendor Psystar is back online – and is vowing to fight Apple for the right to sell its controversial PC.
The $399 OpenMac operates on Apple’s Leopard OS, directly contravening Apple’s end-user licence agreement, which forbids the use of its software on third party machines.
Speaking to InformationWeek, a Psystar spokesman stated: "What if Microsoft said you could only install Windows on Dell computers? What if Honda said that, after you buy their car, you could only drive it on the roads they said you could?
"We're not breaking any laws. Apple is charging an 80 per cent markup on hardware.”
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“Interesting...”
Posted by: MC_Mac - Apr 16, 10:52am
Have never really though about this before, but the chance to enjoy the Mac experience on a cut-price desktop is hugely tempting. will hang back until the legalities iron themselves out though...
“turn auto update off”
Posted by: shea - Apr 16, 10:05pm
turn auto update off, problem solved. Mac OS X leopard is the most advanced and functional operating system in the world, even if you couldn't update ever again...it still beats the pants off Windows Vista.