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Psystar Drops Mac Clones for Linux

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“Mac clone maker Psystar last week indefinitely suspended sales
of its only product, a $50 utility that lets customers install
Apple’s Snow Leopard operating system on generic Intel-based
computers.

“The company also said it would resume selling systems “in the
coming days.” Those machines will run Linux rather than Mac OS
X.

“Psystar, which began selling Mac clones in April 2008, has been
battling Apple in federal court in California since July 2008, when
Apple sued the Doral, Fla. firm, saying it violated copyright laws
by preinstalling the Mac operating system on its machines.”


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