Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 28th Aug 2009 22:05 UTC
The week isn't even over yet, and we already have another instalment in the Apple-Psystar soap opera. Psystar has filed a new lawsuit in the Florida Southern District Court in Miami, asking for an injunction and damages because of Apple's "anticompetitive attempts to tie Mac OS X Snow Leopard to its Macintosh line of computers".
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You've hit on the one point that truly stands out to me. EULAs aside, it is just as trivial to install OS X on a PC as it is to install Windows or Linux on a Mac; either way it's a small freely available bit of software that enables booting the "foreign" OS. As far as I'm concerned, Apple is being quite hypocritical about it. They would have a valid argument in my eyes if they completely disallowed other OSes on their hardware, but in fact they promote the ability to run Windows as a benefit to buying a Mac. This makes them seem petty and childish with their lawsuits against "clone" makers.
I love OS X, and I love the simplicity and overall design of Macs. But I can't stand Apple's business practices sometimes.