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Psystar – Still Here – Still OS X

Posted by on Mar 19, 2009 | 5 Comments

Despite Apple going to court over Psystar’s use of OS X on non-Apple authorized hardware, Psystar continues to sell a multitude of “PCs.” But as if trying to make things worse for Apple, it seems that Psystar is now ready to launch yet another OS X powered PC.

But it should also be pointed out that despite their perspective on using Apple’s OS X on their machines, Psystar is also using Linux and Windows on their PCs as well. I suppose this provides some level of balance, although I think they are on Pluto with the idea of running a crappy Celeron CPU with a single Gig or RAM with Vista. It’ll run, but it’ll run like syrup in a keyhole.

The idea of purchasing a PC, running the ever-popular OS X for WELL under a grand with reasonably high-end hardware is pretty darn attractive. But I do find myself wondering how attractive this will be once Apple starts finding ways of making OS X updates near impossible in the future for those people running these machines. Not saying it will happen, but I would hardly put it past Apple in the future.

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  • Chip Black

    Talk about your choices! I’m amazed that Psystar will give custermers what they want including their choice of operating systems. The only thing missing is a Windows OS clone.

  • http://www.giltinvites.com Zavrion

    It seems like every time a company tries to lock down their software they just make the problem worse. Windows Live Game is a a great example, where you can use any CD-Key to get any game.

  • MBproFan

    wait, why would you want to clone windows? lol unless you can fix its problems

  • Mike W.

    This is one of the reasons why Micro$oft will always have the biggest market share in the OS scene. I think that Apple should let this company do their thing as long as they’re selling legal copies of OS X.