Psystar backs up new hackintosh distributor

Original author: Aidan Malley
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Despite a lawsuit filed against Psystar , the new company, Open Tech, announced the release of its own Mac OS X-compatible personal computers and claims that the owners of the company are aware of an Apple puncture that can protect them.

Open Tech follows in the footsteps of its now-famous predecessor and launches two supposedly “open” personal computers - the budget version of Open Tech Home and Open Tech XT based on a quad-core processor. Both assemblies are ordinary Intel-based systems based on widely available (and somewhat outdated) hardware.

Unlike Psystar Open Computer(formerly OpenMac), Open Tech intends to provide Mac compatibility, while avoiding a conflict with the Apple Software License Agreement, which prohibits selling Mac OS X for installation on non-Apple hardware.

Instead of installing Mac OS X or attaching a licensed disk to the purchase, this company offers its customers a mysterious do-it-yourself guide that will help them install a separately purchased copy of the Apple operating system step by step. In this way, the company itself avoids responsibility that falls on the user.

While claiming software compatibility, Open Tech still runs the risk of stumbling over the same pitfalls that led last week to Apple's lawsuit against Psystar, details of which AppleInsider was able to learn.

While Apple’s main complaint in the 35-page lawsuit is based on the fact that Psystar installed (and gave others a reason to install) Mac OS X without permission, the document also blames this company from Florida (founded - as it became known now - by brothers Robert and Rudy Pedraza) in copyright infringement simply showing Apple trademarks without permission. The document also talks about the damage Psystar did, giving customers the impression that their products are “blessed” by the creators of Mac.

The consequences of losing the court for Psystar will be even more serious than expected, and will serve as a warning sign for Open Tech and other companies. In addition to immediately closing the sale of all Psystar products, which includes Mac OS X Leopard, Apple’s lawsuit also requires the court to forcibly seize all systems purchased by Psystar customers because they reduce the company's image by presenting Apple products in a bad way, including breakdowns and imperfect patches.

Although it is unlikely that the people at Open Tech knew about the true nature of Apple’s lawsuit against their friendly supplier, it seems that the new player in the market is considering the possible risk and is trying hard to hide his own location. Prices are in US dollars, but the site itself is located under a domain registered in Tokelau, New Zealand, and the only known contact person is Elijah Samara, presumably either an Apple lover from the UK who once commented on TUAW or a young American from Davy , Florida, head of the computer company CPU Prodigy .

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