New would-be Mac cloner ‘OpeniMac’ rears its ugly head

“With unsanctioned clone maker Psystar still pushing its knock-off Macs in the face of ongoing litigation, another company is testing Apple’s legal resolve and treading on its trademarks in the process through sales of a pair of new ‘OpeniMac’ systems,” Slash Lane reports for AppleInsider.

“It’s not immediately clear who’s behind the latest effort spotted by Engadget, but the Argentinean-based dealer has dubbed its systems the ‘OpeniMac’ despite their lack of an all-in-one design. It’s also constructed a snazzy website to promote them,” Lane reports.

Full article here.

OpeniMac’s website can be found here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “MacSmiley” for the heads up.]

MacDailyNews Take: Caveat emptor multiplied by infinity.

51 Comments

  1. @ Agree…

    “Absolutely agree. the remedy is to buy the full retail Mac OS X license for $129 and put it on your choice of cheaper hardware.”

    And doing so will lead to their no longer being an OSX, as Apple will be crippled. Apple is a HARDWARE company that uses software to drive sales. I can’t believe there are still people as thick as you who cannot grasp this most simple of concepts.

    “The mere fact that sentence is there indicates yet again that you can use it either to replace another version or as a full version in it’s own right.”

    The operative word there being OR.

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