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  • Psystar.com is dead

    Psystar.com is dead

    Posted on December 18, 2009 | No Comments
    Bye, bye, Psystar.com. The last vestige of Psystar has gone dark after a court order to stop selling Mac clones. The company has provided us with an untold amount of entertainment and drama over the last couple of years. But Goliath killed David this time. The hackintosh movement will live on though and we’ll likely [...]

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  • Psystar is approximately over

    Psystar is approximately over

    Posted on December 16, 2009 | No Comments
    So Psystar can no longer sell OS X. Straight up. They can’t assist people in installing it on their Hackintoshen. They can’t mention the word Apple. They can’t circumvent anything dealing with OS X. No how and never. That’s right, it’s official. Psystar is just about dead. These guys have been forced to pay $2.7 million [...]

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  • Psystar settles with Apple to the tune of $2.7 million (but won’t pay up just yet)

    Psystar settles with Apple to the tune of $2.7 million (but won’t pay up just yet)

    Posted on December 2, 2009 | No Comments
    More Psystar news for you. We now know that the Florida-based company will have to pay Apple $2.68 million in damages over its little Hackintosh business. (That's a partial settlement, not court-mandated or anything.) Go ahead and go to its Web site: everything is out of stock!

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  • Psystar, Apple reach settlement: No more PCs pre-loaded with Mac OS X (but Rebel EFI may be safe)

    Psystar, Apple reach settlement: No more PCs pre-loaded with Mac OS X (but Rebel EFI may be safe)

    Posted on December 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Some more Psystar news for y'all. You'll recall that the renegade company was more or less shut down last week, slapped with an injunction and expected to pay Apple an awful lot of money. Put all of that aside for a minute, for there's new news: Apple and Psystar have struck a deal! The deal, which ends a 17-month-long legal battle, means Psystar will stop selling computers pre-loaded with Mac OS X. This ends our long, national nightmare.

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  • Psystar, she is dead

    Psystar, she is dead

    Posted on November 25, 2009 | No Comments
    Apple has been given a permanent injunction against Psystar, preventing the company from selling Hackintoshen and their Rebel EFI software. The company has been accusing of "trafficking in circumvention devices."

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  • Court sides with Apple, those dudes at Psystar are hosed

    Court sides with Apple, those dudes at Psystar are hosed

    Posted on November 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Apple's charges of copyright infringement and DMCA violation against Psystar have stuck and, friends, things ain't pretty for the two brothers in Miami. The problem with Psystar's approach wasn't that they were crazy for trying it. It's that the were selling a counterfeit unit.
    Apple contends that Psystar has violated its distribution right by offering and selling Mac OS X on Psystar computers to the public. Psystar admits that it has distributed Mac OS X (Chung Exh. 17 at 4). But Psystar responds that its conduct is protected by the Section 109 first-sale doctrine. Section 109 provides that "the owner of a particular copy or phonorecord lawfully made under this title, or any person authorized by such owner, is entitled, without the authority of the copyright owner, to sell or otherwise dispose of the possession of that copy or phonorecord." 17 U.S.C. 109. This provision is a limitation on the distribution right. It applies only to an owner of a copy.

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  • News Flash: Psystar is not a faceless corporation, it’s two dudes in Miami

    News Flash: Psystar is not a faceless corporation, it’s two dudes in Miami

    Posted on November 12, 2009 | No Comments
    For some reason I always imagined Psystar differently. The company has been making Hackintoshes - against Apple's wishes - for nigh on a year and their various lawsuits and machinations have given lazy Hackintoshers everywhere the opportunity to buy OS X hardware for a fraction of the cost of a new Mac and, more recently, the ability to Hackintosh almost anything. Well, it turns out this hive of industry is actually just two dudes, Robert Pedraza and his brother Rudy. Yes, the company that has been making Apple cry for the past year consists of the kids you knew down the street who were really good at computers.

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  • Citizen Journalism: Making a Psystar Hackintosh

    Citizen Journalism: Making a Psystar Hackintosh

    Posted on October 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Reader Louis sent in this longish missive about his own experiences installing a Psystar Hackintosh. We were stymied last night by the authentification procedure so we didn't even get as far as Louis but it seems that the install, while fairly seamless, is fraught with problems. The speakers on our HP, for example, don't work and while Apple's Ink feature shows up in the control panel, the touchscreen is about useless. Here's Louis' take:
    I saw your article about the success you've had. I'd like to share my experience to date. I'm running a G31M-ES2L and an 8800GT. It's an original PsyStar machine with an upgraded video card. I purchased the app yesterday. Followed install instructions posted . The SL install reports a failure but I could boot to the desktop in SL with the Rebel EFI CD. (The instructions have since been revised to reflect this).

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  • Psystar’s Rebel EFI allows you to install Mac OS X on any PC, no crazy Hackintoshing required

    Psystar’s Rebel EFI allows you to install Mac OS X on any PC, no crazy Hackintoshing required

    Posted on October 22, 2009 | No Comments
    You can almost hear Steve Jobs flipping out right now. Psystar, notable for its efforts to sell generic PCs with Mac OS X pre-loaded, has just released something called Rebel EFI. It's software that allows you to instal Mac OS X on generic PCs without having to Hackintosh said PC. (Hackintoshing isn't for the weak of heart!)

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  • Apple, Psystar ask for summary judgemets, looking to avoid trial

    Apple, Psystar ask for summary judgemets, looking to avoid trial

    Posted on October 9, 2009 | No Comments
    This Apple-Psystar business sure is hotting up! Both Apple and Psystar have asked for summary judgments based on what they believe to be What's Going On. Such an action would avoid a pesky trial, which would necessarily costs both companies a whole lot of money.

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  • Psystar still taking the crazy pills, sues Apple for being a “premium computer monopoly”

    Psystar still taking the crazy pills, sues Apple for being a “premium computer monopoly”

    Posted on September 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Psystar, putter-togetherers of Hackintosh PCs, are suing Apple for monopolizing the market for premium computers, a move akin to a prairie dog popping its head up under a lawnmower. The lawsuit states:
    "By tying its operating system to Apple-branded hardware, Apple restrains trade in personal computers that run Mac OS X, collects monopoly rents on its Macintoshes, and monopolizes the market for 'premium computers,'" said Psystar's lawsuit, filed last Wednesday. "Apple's share of revenue in the market for premium computers -- computers priced at over $1,000 -- is currently 91%."
    I was actually pulling for Psystar before but now it's clear that the company is fast on its way to being sued into oblivion. Their quixotic quests mixed with a consistent failure to deliver support - just try getting a "repair disk" from them: you have to send in what is essentially copy of your original invoice and esoteric proofs of purchase - shows that they're not quite serious when it comes to the manufacture of quality hardware and are instead going the troll route.

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