Amaya Toman At the end of April of the year 2008 started the company psystar distribute to the first customers of their new computers with name Open Computer. For the user, it meant not at all first since the mid-nineties of the last century they didn't have to to assemble "hackintosh", if they wanted to run operating system OS X on a computer that does not come from from the company's workshop Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. Computers Open Computer they looked rather good, were not expensive, but they had one essential one lack – they saw the light of day without blessing Cupertino company. So it is understandable that legal consequences they did not keep each other waiting long.
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Mac clones were in the nineties Relatively extended matters. These were computers from third party workshops, on which the desktop was running operating system from Apple. Era of these clones began in 1994, when the firm Apple licensed its operating system to companies like Power Computing or Radius. Apple wanted this step contribute to growth brands, but soon you realized, that it is more about loss money. Licensing fees namely they weren't very high and therefore the company did not bring none significant income. Interruption made to the Mac clones upon his return to the company Steve Jobs - activity of the last manufacturer of Mac clones, Power Computing, has been discontinued in early 1998.
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Over the next decade Apple struggled through back to the top. She was producing good looking and powerful počítace, to her portfolios gradually increased iPhone, iPod, or maybe iTunes Music Store. There was no single reason, why the company should go back to licensing its operating systems for Mac clones. Miami company Psystar Corporation, founded by Rudy and Robert Pedrazo, but she saw potential in Mac clones, and she started distribute own computers with installed Mac OS X Leopard operating system. Computers Open Computer were equipped with a 2,2 GHz processor Intel Core 2 Duo E4500, 2GB DDR 667 memory, integrated graphics Intel GMA 950, and equipped with a DVD drive, a gigabit Ethernet port and four USB ports on the back. Price started in conversion roughly at 18 thousand crowns, za OpenPro computer with OS X v highest configuration customers paid approx 28 thousand crowns. Psystar advertised its Open Computer as "A PC that works exactly like a Mac", and emphasized that while customers pay less, get much more, he compared it to that of the time Mac Mini and mentioned that his Open Computer is also suitable for playing games.
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Apple v July 2008 rushed with a lawsuit. According to the Cupertino company Psystar broke operating system license agreement Mac OS X Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), accused the company psystar from direct Copyright Infringement, trademarks, and infringement laws on unfair competition. Psystar yourself he defended with an argumentthat Apple misused rights to Mac OS X to forced customers to buy computers of his own production. In 2009 but american the court ruled in favor of Apple, and Psystar had to to end the production of their computers. Psystar eventually had to Apple pay for damages in the height of $2,67 million.
