How else can they afford to keep paying their lawyers?

I’d really like to know (and I’m sure Apple does too) if there’s anything new in their package or if they’re simply trying to get money for existing hackintosh code they grabbed from the internet.

The new iMac’s 27” IPS display has made a hackintosh less appealing to me, but I’m upset that the display is still so glossy and that the quad core models are so expensive when it should cost Apple less to make the i5 model than the Core 2 one.

I’d really like to see a third party glass replacement for the iMac that uses museum glass to reduce glare without introducing the fuzziness that traditional matte displays are known for.

Psystar has been founded for one reason only:

To break Apple’s hardware/software integration. They are secretly funded by a big competitor of Apple’s that wants to push all the legal as well as PR buttons they can to force Apple to sell/offer their OS on non-Apple hardware.

This is one of Apple biggest unique value propositions that allows them to continuously out-design and out-implement all PC competitors.

This action is another way for Pystar to get there. If users try and expect MacOS to work on other hardware, this will push the case for Apple to “open.”

It’s all setup to attempt to weaken Apple’s market position. That’s why they declared bankruptcy and got new lawyers. They are not actually interested in their business…

Of course, if there are big pockets behind Psystar with their own motives, we should expect to see more of this since they most likely would have a vested interest in seeing Apple losing control of the hardware Mac OS X runs on.

Unless they - using Mr. Hamilton’s famous catch phrase here - get caught.

This is like the guy who’s going to commit suicide, so he decides to go ahead and off his family and coworkers.

I think they will die much sooner than later if the judges can just open there eyes! Apple should make the move for a restraining order forbidding any sale that involves products related to any Apple OS period!

I wonder how the people who did all the hard work in the Hackintosh community will feel about Psystar profiting from their hard work? Interesting if Psystar makes enemies on both sides…

-Jon

Is it just me or is this this story about 5000 pixels wide for some reason?

Just can’t wait for Apple to subpoena the entire list of customers who purchase this with the intent on violating the EULA and starts prosecuting them too. Psystar picked on the deepest pockets they could and it’s gonna bite them in the @$$. $34 billion is nothing to scoff at, so caveat emptor. Buyer beware. You’re gonna be on the hook too.

And how Chicken $#it is this?

“Psystar is not responsible for possible data loss due to installation or use of Rebel EFI.” The company has also provided a handy 49-step set of instructions for your convenience installation help.

If you provide 49 steps on how to break something, how are you NOT liable for people who do it? If not enabling, at least its contributory negligence.

Just can’t wait for Apple to subpoena the entire list of customers who purchase this with the intent on violating the EULA and starts prosecuting them too. Psystar picked on the deepest pockets they could and it’s gonna bite them in the @$$. $34 billion is nothing to scoff at, so caveat emptor. Buyer beware. You’re gonna be on the hook too.

That would be the worst PR move ever.

http://www.wired.com/listening_post/2008/05/will-metallica/

Isn’t there some point at which these violations cross the line into criminal activity? I mean, according to the letter of the law, I can get a year in the pokey just for making a backup of my Stargate DVDs. If I write and sell a utility for breaking DVD encoding or cracking instaler codes, I can also face criminal as well as civil prosecution. (At least that is what the various label warnings tell me - are they lying?)

So why aren’t these pudknockers in jail?