Psystar sold around 768 computers with Mac OS X installed?
Zowch. According to Computerworld, Mac Clone-maker, Psystar, never got close to its investor estimates of 70,000 - 130,000 machines for 2009. Their estimates of millions and tens of millions for 2010 and 2011 respectively would then seem a little off the mark as well.
Under its conservative projections, Psystar told investors it would sell 70,000 computers in 2009, 470,000 systems in 2010 and 1.45 million machines in 2011. The firm's aggressive growth model, however, put those numbers at 130,000, 1.87 million and 12 million during 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively.
In fact, an economist hired by Apple found that it might not have even reached the 1,000 computer mark from April 2008- August 2009.
"Psystar produced incomplete financial records," Dr. Matthew Lynde, who works as an economics consultant for Cornerstone Research, said in a declaration submitted to Alsup on Monday. After digging through invoices, purchase orders and other documents, Lynde was able to pinpoint only 768 sales of machines with Mac OS X pre-installed. "Psystar has not challenged my analysis of its financial records," Lynde added.
Strangely, Psystar also thought that their litigation with Apple would insulate them from competition from other would-be cloners.
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How the fuck are they able to pay their legal fees against Apple when they have only sold 768 computers?
Anyone who "invested" in Psystar is a fucking moron!
Investors money and loans.
Typical. all that fight for such few sales. I don't even understand why Psystar fought so hard.
I just want to know who their investors were now.
Psystar's failure is epic.
Apple's lawyers pocketed a huge chunk of change.
Apple wonders why they had imagined in their minds that Psystar was deemed a threat.
What's the deal with Quo? Have they sold anything yet? Apple's not suing them...
Their website is hideously annoying too...
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Fuck man, Speak English and lose that stutter!
Sucker buyers and what a bunch of moron investors! I hope it was DELL or Microsoft.
Shame on you, Apple! obviously this situation was going to take care of itself. But you had to be a bully. Why not do your job and make good (and reliable, like you used to) product instead of spending your time and money crushing those who don't? Afraid someone someday might come along and force you out of your exorbitant pricing?
You sell us software and tell us where we can use it. Is this not like selling mp3's and telling where and how we can play it? Oh, wait - you did that too!
I guess the free market is great, except when it's not for you?!?!?
If you don't deliver a netbook soon (or tablet) at a reasonable price then one day I'll be loading OS X on a rival netbook. Without your support? not that good anyway any more and that's what happens when you fail to provide. Psystar would have attracted no attention had Apple filled a hole in its product line in a timely manner.
Not your father's Apple!
You, sir, are a total moron. STFU until you get a clue...
Haha check out this fucking maggot ! He yells his drunkard nonsense and then licks Apple's dick begging for a tablet ! Hey, maggot ! You got a hole in your ass don't you ? Well shove a banana into it, take it out and eat it !
just get up the courage to talk to a girl, she might (not likely, though) go out with you. (sorry, no expletives - do you know what that means?)
Suckers!!
Suckers!!
I would hate to have been one of those venture capitalists who fell for their bull!
Cause come Monday next theirs going to be hell to pay...
So this is where all the Asperger kids hang out.