Feb 09
First there was Power Computing. Then Psystar. Now, there’s PearC, the latest company to begin selling clones of the Apple Macintosh while tip-toeing through a legal minefield.
The difference? So far, PearC is only selling the Apple clones in Germany, using a twist on German law as an apparent shield. PearC’s argument, as a spokesman for PearC’s corporate parent, Hypermeganet, told Der Speigel: since Apple’s Mac OS X EULA is inside the box and not able to be viewed until the box is opened, the document has no legal validity in Germany. Apparently, PearC believes that loophole allows them the right to then load the operating system on a line of… well, call them nondescript PCs. (See image, left.)
Apple has yet to comment so far.
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