A Brief History Of Mac Clones

Though the company held on for an admirable 17 months, the inevitable happened this week: Psystar, maker of Mac clones, was ordered by a judge to immediately and permanently stop selling computers with Mac OS X preinstalled. The Miami-based company, founded by brothers Rudy and Robert Pedraza, tried challenging Apple’s assertion that its end-user licensing agreement prevents anyone from installing Mac OS on non-Apple hardware. It argued that Apple was a monopoly and engaged in unfair business practices, but in the end was found to have violated Apple’s copyright and trademark.

However, there are other Mac clones out there (aside from the now owned by Apple ‘Power Computing’) which get around legal issues by… Well, you can read about it here.