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Psystar Exposed: Looks Like a Hoax [Exclusive]

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2008-04-16 12:52:24 by Jason Chen in Gizmodo
...Psystar yesterday, we decided to take it a step further and see if they actually exist , in the physical sense. How could a company so brazenly challenge Apple and have little to no record of actually being a company? We sent the Gizmodo army down there to get pictures of both their supposed addresses, and found that they're as much vaporware...
 
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Psystar eggs Apple on, releases Leopard Restore Disc to customers

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2008-08-13 12:28:52 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
Psystar is crazy like a fox. Apple's attorneys are currently pummeling the plucky "Open Computer" manufacturers for their Mac clones, and while Psystar have hired some anti-trust attorneys of their own to fight them off, the general impression is of an enraged grizzly bear swatting a prone, overweight Special Ed preschooler back and forth with...
 
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Yup, Psystar will sue Apple for anti-trust violations

2008-08-27 17:56:04 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
 
...Psystar. You're like Tyler Durden in Fight Club , giggling up blood and spitting teeth all over Apple's Lou. We love you so much. As predicted, they are fighting Apple's lawsuit by going anti-trust. Miami-based Psystar, owned by Rudy Pedraza, will sue Apple under two federal laws designed to discourage monopolies and cartels, the Sherman...
 
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OSx86 Project not too happy with Psystar either

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2008-04-16 13:12:00 by Nilay Patel in Engadget
...Psystar has more than one licensing issue with the Open Computer : the company didn't get permission from developers working on the OSx86 Project to sell their work. Netkas, who developed the EFI emulator Psystar is using, posted up a blog entry yesterday calling Psystar "liars" and has re-released his code under a license that specifically...
 
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7 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Buy a Psystar Computer Right Now [Psystar]

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2008-05-01 13:15:00 by Jason Chen in Gizmodo
...Psystar actually managed to ship units out to users. Salud! However, there are still a number of problems with Psystar's implementation that makes us have to recommend to our readers not to buy it. Maybe when they get their act together (and probably not even then), but definitely not now. Here's what we think 1) You can't update . System...
 
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Psystar says rumors of its demise are greatly exaggerated, still selling Open Computers

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2008-04-15 12:53:00 by Nilay Patel in Engadget
...Psystar are getting pretty wild out there -- we've heard everything from "Apple has shut the company down" to "Psystar is going to challenge Apple's EULA in court" in the vacuum following the company's site meltdown yesterday. That's a big spread, so we hit up Psystar's president Rudy Pedraza for some answers. Rudy was relatively cagey on the...
 
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Army of Giz Readers Expose Psystar Fakery

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2008-04-16 13:26:35 by Bryan Gardiner in Gadget Lab
Psystar just keeps getting shadier and shadier. Gizmodo has summoned its legions of readers to do some additional investigative journalism and the results don't inspire confidence . Specifically, Giz readers snapped a number of photos that not only cast doubt on Psystar's physical existence as a company, but also its status as a legitimate...
 
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Apple Demands That Psystar Recalls All Hackintoshes

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2008-07-17 04:20:02 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
...Psystar vs Apple cage-fight continues, and Apple now wants the Mac clone maker to recall all the OS X equipped PCs it has sold something that will likely come as a relief to Psystar's disappointed customers (unless, of course, they have a pile of leaves that needs blowing That Psystar has violated the OS X End User Licensing Agreement is...
 
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Psystar hires Apple-killing attorneys

2008-07-31 13:49:06 by John Brownlee in Boing Boing Gadgets
 
...Psystar, Psystar was going to start sneezing hemoglobin and teeth. But Psystar's being surprisingly resilient. They've just hired an attorney, and it doesn't appear to be some bargain-basement defender. They got a good one The firm they've hired is Carr & Ferrell, who specialize in intellectual property cases. A few years back, they...
 
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