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psystar

Mac Clone Maker Psystar Says Apple's EULA Violates Monopoly Laws, Wants to Challenge it in Court

Psystar, who's just announced that they're going to sell a $399.99 Mac clone called Open Mac, doesn't care that Apple's EULA prohibits using OS X on any machine not made by Apple. In fact, they say that Apple's terms "violate U.S. monopoly laws", posing the example of Microsoft theoretically saying you could only install Windows on Dell machines. More »

8:41 PM on Mon Apr 14 2008
By Jason Chen
18,828 views, 155 comments

Latest by nutbastard: @winexprt: "on a single Apple-labeled computer" so stick an apple label on it and they're solid gold. one could argue that having the os on the computer labels it. when you boot it up, what do you see? An apple. it's more »

microsoft

No Clean Installs With Upgrade Versions of Vista

Planning on formatting your hard drive to lay down a nice, clean install of Vista Ultimate Home Premium where you had XP? Well then you had better plan on spending $80 more than you originally intended. It turns out that upgrade versions of Vista won't accept your old XP CD as proof that you really are just upgrading—you actually have to install Vista on top of XP. This annoys the hell out of me because clean installs simply make for better performing machines. Why is Microsoft making our lives difficult? More »

10:40 PM on Sun Jan 28 2007
By Matt Buchanan
8,802 views, 83 comments

Latest by shanewj: I bought a new laptop and it came with Windows Anytime Upgrade. So I install Vista onto my desktop using that cd. Well, I immediate use for my desktop so I put it in my closet. Well now I more »