When a company hits the headlines with something big it’s bound to garner a bit of press interest, which is why we were a little surprised to see that the company touting the OpenMac machine seems to be so... unprepared, for the amount of attention it’s receiving.
Miami based Psystar announced a Mac clone dubbed the OpenMac (now called Open Computer and Open Pro) this week and with a price tag a quarter of the price you’d pay for a real Mac, it wasn’t long before the Internet was buzzing with news.
"We’re here to help Steve Jobs. He’s not making enough money. We’re here to help him increase sales."
Pedraza indicated that there’s a lot of bad press going on, but that all the the articles published so far were too quick to jump to conclusions.
When we asked about Apple’s EULA for Leopard and that no one was allowed to use Leopard on a computer that wasn’t Apple-labeled, Pedraza said "we’re going to do it whether Steve Jobs likes it or not."
Of course, we don’t need to tell you, were there’s a lawsuit, there’s several journalists sniffing around for a story.
If that wasn’t enough, the physical address listed on the Psystar website changed half way through the day. This address housed USA Koen Pack, a company that is in no way affiliated with Psystar. Gizmodo spoke to the manager of USA Koen Pack who claims the company has been at that address for two years. When we asked about the three address changes inside a week Pedraza confirmed that the address that was currently listed on the site was incorrect. When we asked for the correct address, Pedraza said he’d update the address (for the fourth time) right away, all while he was on the phone with us. The new address is now live on the Psystar website (changed from 10481 NW 28th St. to 10475). Pedraza said that the company needed to change its location to deal with the huge flow of incoming orders.
At the mention of Gizmodo’s investigation, Pedraza laughed and replied:
"Gizmodo got it completely wrong. Sorry Gizmodo - stick to News!"
Pedraza: "well you gotta cover what’s hot [laughs]."> Tom’s: "You’re saying they got the wrong information?"Pedraza: "Gotta get those hits right?"
We’ll post more information as it comes.
[Editor’s note]: this article was written on a genuine Apple MacBook Pro.
