Psystar Asks for Donations, Sells 'I Sued Psystar' T-Shirts

[Krafty]

I had one 360 that sounded like a buzzsaw after only 4 months and another with dvd drive issues.

Shoddiest console hardoware I've ever owned. I have never experienced RROD tho so I'm lucky in that respect.

The first 360 I had was the lauch rev, which RRoD 2.5 years later. I called M$ and they exchanged it for free and threw in a 1 month trial. They even kept the skin I had on the first one. Been working flawless ever since, surviving various moves from NY back to GA.

 

[cmaier]

A Quadcore would be crappier than an iMac, sure.


Macs are personal computers! Furthermore, they have standard Intel CPUs and graphic cards from Nvidia or ATI inside them and you think they're still unique?


Speak for yourself. I want MacOS, but I'm not willing to shove so much money up Apple's bum.

So I you want something but can't afford it, you're entitled to steal it?

 

[zync]

It should read "iSued Psystar"

Ah yes, then it would actually be funny—but still not worth purchasing.

 

[Gray-Wolf]

Hopefully, this gets them shut down for good. They can always go back to making windows machines.

the shirt would be a collectors item, but I refuse to give any money to psystar.

 

[Kristenn]

I havent had a problem with my 360 for 4 years.

My friend has a 360 that hasn't failed yet and it's three years old so I'm surely not going to say you're lying =D

However mine was about 2 years old... working great (it was actually at my grandparents and I'd play it up there... they bought it) and then Microsoft did an update that bricked it.

We sent it back.. got it back and it worked for another few months then the sound went out and it would freeze all the time. So... we sent it back... and about the same time after the video went out.. it might have been 6 or 7 months or so. Then we just gave up. I will gladly pay a Sony premium (if it's even a premium at all) for a PS3 because it can obviously cool itself off properly.

The Xbox 360 I had was a 2008 Elite. I don't know what the heck the deal is. But its my point. Hardware is hardware and it's basically all the same besides the case (which is considered hardware last time I checked) yet some companies seem to assemble their hardware better than others.

HP laptop vs Toshiba laptops for example. Its all the same hardware... but one has strange heating problems the other's don't. By Winni's logic, the HP is a Toshiba because it also carries graphics from Nvidia and a processor from intel. Yet, Toshiba didn't design and assemble the HP computers case.

What the heck is a computer without a case? It can't function, its all over the place, a pile of hardware.

I agree that the Macintosh (Mactel) was more unique with the PPC chip but because it now has intel it doesn't mean it isn't unique. HP doesn't look like Toshiba and Toshiba surely doesn't have the heat problems HP has. Because Toshiba is more expensive than HP nobody thinks it at least a little possible that MAYBE price DOES matter and at one point you DO get what you pay for? Or is it Toshiba tax?

There isn't a law on how expensive a computer can be. If Apple had massive tax, I don't think people would buy it. They are a premium computer company. People call them that, the people with brains, anyway. The morons insist they are being porked up the bum by Apple's prices.

Simple, can't pay, don't want to? Don't buy. This does NOT entitle you to the Mac OS. I'm sorry it just doesn't. I don't have anything against Hackintoshers but some of the excuses they try to make to feel better about using Apple's software improperly just don't hold up...

 

[zync]

Simple, can't pay, don't want to? Don't buy. This does NOT entitle you to the Mac OS. I'm sorry it just doesn't. I don't have anything against Hackintoshers but some of the excuses they try to make to feel better about using Apple's software improperly just don't hold up...

That's pretty much how I feel about the issue. I have no problem with people making Hackintoshes, but hate when they try to act like they're defying some sort of oppressive regime. Apple is simply a company that wants to offer the best user experience by only allowing their OS to run on their computers—something that is perfectly fair and legal to do.

If you want to be a hacker, be a hacker. That's cool with me. Just don't call yourself a patriot.

 

[chris200x9]

Obscene. People are starving and you guys are donating money to a bunch of thieves.

Obscene. People are starving and you are donating to the humane society.
Obscene. Americans are starving and you are donating to Africa.
Obscene. I have student loans and you are buying a new iphone.
Obscene. Some people have none others have millions.
Obscene. Apple has billions and sued psystar.

just wow

 

[cmaier]

Obscene. People are starving and you are donating to the humane society.
Obscene. Americans are starving and you are donating to Africa.
Obscene. I have student loans and you are buying a new iphone.
Obscene. Some people have none others have millions.
Obscene. Apple has billions and sued psystar.

just wow

Donating to animals is better than donating to thieves like Psystar.
Donating to Africans is better than donating to thieves like Psystar (are you suggesting that only people who live within your own geographic boundary are worth saving?)
If you have student loans, that's your problem. Get a job.
Unequal distribution of wealth is not obscene.
Apple has billions so they should let people steal from them? Are you one of those people who think stealing is okay as long as you steal from the rich?

 

[chris200x9]

Donating to animals is better than donating to thieves like Psystar.
Donating to Africans is better than donating to thieves like Psystar (are you suggesting that only people who live within your own geographic boundary are worth saving?)
If you have student loans, that's your problem. Get a job.
Unequal distribution of wealth is not obscene.
Apple has billions so they should let people steal from them? Are you one of those people who think stealing is okay as long as you steal from the rich?

My point is who are you to pass judgement on what they do with THEIR money.

 

[cmaier]

My point is who are you to pass judgement on what they do with THEIR money.

Your rhetorical question assumes that not everyone has the right to judge. I disagree. If you donate to murderers, thieves, felons, etc., I certainly have the right to judge you. These people are donating to thieves.

And in this case, it's a pretty clear line - a company is set up for the sole purpose of stealing intellectual property and violating the law, and people are donating to it.

Your post listed a few A versus B cases where both A and B were good causes (and a couple, like your student loans, that are not), but this is not a case of selecting between two good causes. These people are donating to a BAD cause, and if they feel like donating money they should instead donate to any good cause of their choosing.

 

[zync]

Agreed. This case clearly is a bad cause to spend money on.

 

[charlituna]

I havent had a problem with my 360 for 4 years.

and I haven't had a problem with several macbooks, imacs, airport routers, ipods etc. I even still have a g4 that runs well enough to check my email and run ichat.
nor have I had a problem with the customer service, tech support etc at any of my 3 local Apple stores. or with the telephone sales or applecare.

however other folks mileage varies.

just like with the 360

 

[Kristenn]

Obscene. People are starving and you are donating to the humane society.
Obscene. Americans are starving and you are donating to Africa.
Obscene. I have student loans and you are buying a new iphone.
Obscene. Some people have none others have millions.
Obscene. Apple has billions and sued psystar.

just wow

QFT

I'm still not donating xD

And Psystar deserved to get sued imho.