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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 14th Apr 2008 21:44 UTC

The website of a Miami-based networking and security solutions reseller became inaccessible Monday, shortly after the company began advertising an unauthorized Mac clone for a fraction of the cost of Apple's cheapest system. Dubbed OpenMac, the USD 400 offering from Psystar Corporation is described as 'a low-cost high-performance computing platform' based on the ongoing OSX86Project - a hacker-based initiative aimed at maintaining a version of the Mac OS X operating system for everyday PCs. The website is back online now, and the machine has been renamed to Open Computer. Update: Psystar says they will continue to sell the Open Computer system, despite the fact that it appears to violate Apple's EULA. "We're not breaking any laws," they insisted.

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RE[7]: That damn EULA argument again:

by kaiwai on Tue 15th Apr 2008 07:02 UTC in reply to "RE[6]: That damn EULA argument again:"

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Again, splitting hairs, but does the contract actually define "Apple-labeled" as "machine with Apple firmware" or, does it reference another document that does?

You are the one coming up with the term 'Apple-labeled', the MacOS X EULA is quite clear, alo

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