Psystar Corporation

Psystar Corporation
Industry
DefunctMay 14, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-05-14)
FateDissolved
Headquarters
Doral, Florida
,
USA

Psystar Corporation was a company based in Miami, Florida, owned by Rudy and Robert Pedraza who sold "Open Computers" though one article claimed "Psystar, run by HyperMegaNet, based in Wolfsburg, Germany, currently ships to 23 destinations including the UK via delivery firm DHL."[1]

These computers, first announced in April 2008, had the option of being pre-installed with Mac OS X Leopard, making them the first commercially distributed "hackintosh" computers.[2] In November 2009, a U.S. Federal District Court ruled Psystar violated Apple's copyrights in doing so.[3] Some of Apple's "trade secrets" officially entered into public view as a result of the lawsuit in January 2012.[4]

  1. ^ Spence, Nick (Apr 10, 2009) Is Mac Cloner PearC Flouting Apple's EULA in E.U.? Macworld
  2. ^ Lawinski, Jennifer (14 April 2008). "Psystar Releases Mac Clone, But Has Apple Shut Them Down?". CRN.
  3. ^ Order Re Cross Motions for Summary Judgement, Apple v. Psystar, No. C 08-03251 WHA
  4. ^ Gullo, Karen (January 3, 2012). "Apple Loses Bid to Keep Software Information Under Seal in Psystar Case". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2015-02-02.