Global Dispatches: German Mac clone maker, Apple to face off

23.02.2009
Mac Clone Maker Doesn't Fear Apple

WOLFSBURG, Germany -- HyperMegaNet UG, a maker of Macintosh computer clones, last week said it is ready to defend the use of .'s in its PearC computer line in court if necessary.

"First, we try to settle with Apple out of court," said a spokesman for HyperMegaNet, which is based here. "But if necessary, we are not afraid of going to court with Apple."

Like computers sold by Doral, Fla.-based Psystar Corp., which has been locked in a legal battle with Apple over its Mac clones since July, the PearCs run Mac OS X 10.5.

The HyperMegaNet spokesman said that Apple has yet to contact the company. Apple did not respond to a request for comment.

Gregg Keizer, Computerworld