Psystar? I Hardly Knew Yar!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 7:56AM 
Yesterday, we learned that illicit (at least in the eyes of Apple, and perhaps the law) Mac clone maker Psystar would be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This doesn't mean the company is going away quite yet, as the reorganizational filing might be meant to be a strategy for dealing with Apple.
However, we can't help but think the end is near for Psystar. We've never really heard any sales figures, but there's no reason to think the machines were flying off the shelves. Still we'll miss the little "p". We made so many jokes at their expense on TDL Live, and their refusal to send us an evaluation system (we would return, of course) but instead they would offer free shipping if we wanted to purchase a system, will continue to be a thing of legend around here.
There's still plenty yet to unfold from this story, but it felt like it might be a good time to get in our farewells.
Reader Comments (2)
Great for Apple!
These screw driver shops just don't have the financial backing to fight Apple and to develop their companies. It's almost as if they think that they can pressure Apple to open OS X for any system. The only way to really force Apple to license OSx to a standard PC would be if Dell, Acer or HP started marketing a system. Until that happen Apple has no real reason to offer OSx to window user on non Apple hardware.