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 is a monopoly that engaged in unfair business practices. But in the end, it was Psystar that was found to have violated Apple's copyright and trademark.