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United States Supreme Court denies Psystar’s request and company remains banned from selling its “Hackintoshes”

Before the news, a small recap of a story that started in 2008: Apple was not at all happy to see Psystar, a Florida company, selling beige (or black) PCs with hacked versions of OS X, in order to run the Apple’s desktop operating system on computers other than Macs.

Psystar Open Computer with Snow Leopard

Obviously Apple sued the company, which lost almost all legal battles. Still, she tried one last breath via the United States Supreme Court, which has just gone down the drain. The company’s request for the ban to be revised has been denied, and it remains prohibited from marketing its products. “Hackintoshes”.

“We are sad. I am sure that, eventually, the Supreme Court will take the case on this important issue forward, ”said the law firm Camara & Sibley, which represents Psystar. THE CNET News tried to contact Apple for comment, but was unsuccessful.