“Psystar said on Thursday that its Rebel EFI suite is available for download from its Web site. The software will allow anyone to install any modern operating system on their computer, including Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard,” Dalrymple reports. “Psystar said after downloading the software, users just need to burn it to a CD and follow the onscreen instructions. The full version of the Rebel EFI suite, removing any hardware limitations, costs US$49.99.”
Dalrymple reports, “Psystar is best known for selling clone computers and being sued by Apple for copyright infringement. A trial date has been set for January 11, 2010.”
More info in the full article here.
This is awesome. I’m going to partition my Macbook Pro hard drive, install Windows 7 with Boot Camp, then install the Psystar cloning software so I can run Snow Leopard!
What?
Interesting development… Why sell the cut rate computer when you can sell the enabling jailbreak, instead?
I can’t see PsyStar being profitable. So the fact that the company is still around after extended legal action and a brush with bankruptcy (a legal ploy?) and continues to play cat and mouse with Apple indicates to me that there is an opportunistic backer or backers. Someone is utilizing this company to harass Apple. Hopefully the perpetrator(s) will eventually be revealed.
Maybe I’ll buy one copy of this, make a bunch of copies and then sell them for $10 each.
Not much different than what this “company” does for a living.
You beat me to it, MidWest Mac. I’m supposed to pay Psystar $50 to “fight the power”? F*** them.
——RM
Someone with deep pockets in the background is probably backing this in order to attack and destroy Apple’s business model…
They appear to be hellbent on harrassing Apple and pushing the attack forward at any cost… even at a cost to themselves.
Messrs. Pedraza (Rudy and his brother) are more likely just living with their parents, on their retirement (this is Florida, after all). The legal battle is being fought by their legal firm, which is currently working on the percentage of any awards they misguidedly expect to win. In other words, brothers Pedraza aren’t really incurring any expenses. Their company may be ready for bankruptcy, not paying any creditors, but the two of them have no personal obligations or debt.
While I also suspect there are some bigger interests (if not big pockets) behind this operation, there is still a great chance that the IT world is just watching this entertaining saga, while the two dimwits go with the flow, sustained by some opportunistic lawyers.
Definitely a sponsored ploy of some conspired intention.
Apple should pursue conspiracy charges.
This just HAS to be Michael Dell, he’s the ONLY one I know of that has publicly ridiculed Apple. He’s probably just bent because Steve Jobs was right after all…
@ KingMel,
I agree with you. This move exposes their ulterior motive.
@ MidWest Mac,
I think that cloning it and giving it away would be just what Psystar wants.
Just to emphasize my point, the type of people who would be interested in such a “solution” are NOT the type who are willing to pay anything for it.
——RM
This is fantastic news and Psystar once again strikes a blow against Apple and their over priced hardware. Psystar, my hat is off to you for your valiant efforts.
I used “strings” on their bootloader and it seems they’re using APSL-licensed code illegally.
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@ KingMel
you are right on the money
@Midwest Mac:
“Maybe I’ll buy one copy of this, make a bunch of copies and then sell them for $10 each.
Not much different than what this “company” does for a living.”
How do you figure? Last I heard, Psystar buys a copy of Leopard/Snow Leopard at retail for each machine they install it on, and then resell to consumers. If they were simply buying one copy of Apple’s OS, copying, and including the copies in their hardware, the case would’ve ended months ago in favor of Apple.
If you’re going to make a comment, at least make an intelligent one. The court case is *NOT* about Psystar illegally copying Apple’s OS. It’s about Psystar installing the OS on non-Apple hardware, thus violating Apple’s software license.
The big question is whether or not you believe shrink-wrap licenses are legitimate. If they are for Apple in this case, then they are for other situations that you might not think about as well.
@shiva
I think midwest’s mac’s point is Psystar’s blatent disreguard for apples SLA is just as bad as pirating the OS. Why should they make money off off Apples R&D;? But a know it all like youself is bound to have an opinion…
John Galt is literature’s most famous moron.
I think I will check pirate bay for a torrent.
I have no hardware to use it on, I just have this urge to download it and violate the Eula.
$50 from Psystar this week.
$0 on the torrents next week.
Live by theft, die by theft.
Will this nightmare of a company ever topple?
Enough already!
@ shiva105
Close, but not quite on the point.
The real issues is that Psystar are
1) Psystar is buying a license to the software and installing it on a computer then selling that computer. The SLA (Apple does not call them EULAs) forbids that.
2) Psystar has to load software that modifies OS X in order for it to run on non Apple branded software. This creates two sub issues: a) the SAL forbids it running on anything but Apple branded software and b) modifying the software is forbidden under the SLA
3) Psystar’s hack intentionally circumvents installation control and protection software Apple has written into Mac OS X. Apple claims this is contrary to the DCMA.
Ah a great little twist, or maybe another card of their hand revealed. The conspiracies are interesting.
King Mel and others points out the deep pocket investor out to harass Apple. Certainly possible, but well just doesn’t seem to go far enough, at least until now. Besides that is a dangerous game if you get caught. Mind you people can be that stupid.
Regardless it is now an interesting Connundrum. Macs can run both Windows and OSX, a good selling point to switchers. With this software, a Dell can run Windows and OSX.
That sort of changes the model. You can bet with that software out there, people will be looking at it. This is enabling software.
Either Psystar is making desparate shots trying to hit something or this is a well thought out manipulative plan.
One way or the other it does make for great entertainment.
I’ve said it here before…
At this stage it is all about Psystar trying to do the most damage to Apple it can. Recently they have tried to get the court to put all of Apple’s Mac OS X protection technology into the public domain (as part of the open court record).
Now they are trying to get widespread use of it’s hacking software that circumvents all of Apple’s protection techniques — though at this price I don’t see how many people making “Hackinthoshes” will buy it. More likely it will be one out of a large group of acquaintances will buy it and it will get passed around the group. Even this fulfills Psystar’s objective.
Apple needs to get the court to issue an injunction against Psystar shipping this hack as soon as humanly possible.
Okay Zune Tang, time to fess up and admit your the backer for Pileofsh*tstar stupid hell bent drive to mess with Apple.