Psystar begins circling drain, Apple lawyers exchange high-fives


Ah poor plucky little Psystar, how I had hopes that you would succeed if only by a little bit but it seems that is not to be. For those of you who might know of the Psystar story it is one of a small company willing to take on the might of Apple and their well fed lawyers by selling off the rack computers that came with Mac OS X installed.

It was a little over a year ago when Psystar first made headlines in the tech blogosphere by releasing their Mac clones and everyone waited with baited breath for Apple to hit them and hit hard. Interestingly enough apple’s response lacked any or the real ferociousness that Apple, and its lawyers, is known for. While the company was eventually sued by Apple they seem to take a more casual approach to the whole thing.

In return to Apple suing them Psystar caught most of the tech pundit off-guard by turning around and suing Apple. However as it seems in most cases when it comes to battling Apple, might wins over right and Psystar has finally filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The one interesting thing to come out of this is that we will finally be able to see who has been bankrolling Psystar as that information is revealed as a part of the court hearing on June 5.

Even though they might be in trouble money and legal wise this hasn’t stopped Psystar from continuing to sell their Mac clones on their site. As the MacObserver blog notes though it really is only a matter of time before Psystar will be a footnote in Apple history

Even if Psystar has plans of continuing its battle against Apple to sell PCs with Mac OS X installed, it isn’t in a strong position to move forward once the Judge overseeing its bankruptcy lifts the automatic stay since it doesn’t likely have money to pay for its legal defense. Without the cash to pay its legal team, Psystar probably won’t have anyone to represent it in court, and won’t be in a position to defend itself against Apple.

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