»Apple and Mac clone maker Psystar agreed Monday to settle a 17-month lawsuit that will effectively stop Psystar from preinstalling Apple’s Mac OS X on the Intel-based computers it sells.
It may not prevent the small Florida computer maker from selling Mac clones, however. Instead, Psystar laid out an argument that would shift responsibility for installing Apple’s operating system onto its customers.
Settlement details were not available, although Psystar indicated in a motion submitted Monday that additional information would be filed today in federal court in San Francisco with Judge William Alsup.
The settlement, which requires Psystar to pay Apple an as-yet-unspecified amount of damages, would not be awarded until Psystar has exhausted all appeals.
Seen at ComputerWorld
Apparently Psystar will not rest until Mac users have to deal with ridiculous registration and activation crap Windows users have been dealing with for years. At least that’s what I’m getting out of this. The controversy surrounding this is pretty much all Psystar has going for them and I hope for Apple customers’ sake it blows over so we can keep our simple OS installs.
