Psystar: Address Changes, Emulators, And Woz

April 16, 2008

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The attention-getting tale of a Miami company offering a cheap non-Apple branded personal computer spiraled wildly with several sites offering new aspects of the story.

A little-known company called Psystar attracted attention with its blogger behind Netkas claimed ownership of the PC EFI v8 emulator, which was designed to do what Psystar offers: provide an emulation layer between Leopard and the underlying hardware. "Redistribution and use in binary form for direct or indirect commercial purposes, with or without modification, is strictly forbidden," the license reads.

When gadget-loving If so, they got a lot of people with the gag, including no less an Apple luminary than Steve Wozniak. He told We advise him to hold off on giving Psystar a credit card number anytime soon. Even if Psystar suddenly starts churning out these machines, all it will take is one update from Apple to turn them useless bricks, as they did to people who modified their iPhones.