Open Tech’s Chances vs. Apple?

Posted by EsquireMac in News Commentary on Jul 22nd, 2008 | 4 comments
This is a follow up of a post from earlier this week: Open Tech: Ain’t Skeert of Apple v. Psystar. Engadget reported on the issue this morning with a headline of: “Open Tech’s ‘Mac clone’ demonstrates a firm misunderstanding of the law.” Engadget went on to say: We’re guessing they figure that as long as they aren’t loading OS X onto the computer themselves, they won’t have any trouble from Apple, but that’s where they go wrong. In addition to the EULA and copyright allegations, Apple’s complaint against Psystar has claims for inducing...
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Open Tech: Ain’t Skeert of Apple v. Psystar

Posted by EsquireMac in News Commentary on Jul 21st, 2008 | 1 comment
Hot on the heels of Apple’s fresh lawsuit against Psystar for selling PC boxes with OS X preinstalled, a new challenger shows its face. TUAW reported this evening that Open Tech has announced a PC box that is capable of running OS X.  According to Open Tech’s website: Open Tech is proud to announce a desktop that is fully capable of running many operating systems including Windows XP, Windows Vista, OSX Leopard, and Ubuntu 8.04. The Open Tech Computer is meant to be open, you can choose want you want it to be. Since the Open Tech Computer is fully customizable, you can customize the RAM,...
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