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Psystar: Mac clone is truly on its way

By Tom Krazit, CNET News.com
April 21, 2008
URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/Psystar-Mac-clone-is-truly-on-its-way-/0,130061702,339288294,00.htm

The US company, Psystar, which claims it makes clones of Mac systems is standing by its claim that Open Computer orders will ship in the coming weeks.

Psystar is selling home-built Open Computers with Mac OS X Leopard preinstalled, which is a violation of Apple's licensing policy for Mac OS X.

The company finally managed to get its Internet store back up and running Saturday, after closing several times as interest in the company swelled in the past week, and promised that all Mac clones ordered to date will soon be on the way.

The company has been besieged with orders, attention, and skepticism this week after news of its existence spread far and wide. Most of the attention focussed on the fact that Psystar changed its address no less than four times over the week, and that its payment processor pulled its services from the company after learning it was selling products, not just IT services.

But Psystar is back once again, and it's promising that all Open Computers or OpenPro Computers ordered this month will soon be shipping.

"To all, we challenge you: let's see if we can max this one out. Regarding shipping, orders placed the week of April 7 are currently being shipped. We will be shipping units out of our new facility starting Monday, April 21, including those orders placed the week of April 14," Psystar said on its site.

"Orders are being shipped in the order that they were received — don't worry; you'll get yours soon. Upon shipment, an e-mail notification, including tracking information, will be sent to you automatically."