German Mac clone maker PearC answers critics, plans Mac OS X laptop
Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 11:21AM 
Psystar is currently in court battles with Apple over it’s Apple clones, so you’d think others would stay out of this clone business. Not so, PearC based in Germany is doing the same and has says it has not been contacted by Apple so far.
This is what you get for your money:
Price 729 Euros, or $959 US
- Operating System - OS X
- Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 / 2x 2,80 GHz
- Memory - 2GB DDR2 800 MHz / Dual-Channel
- Graphics - MSI GeForce 8400GS / 256MB
- Hard Drive - 320GB 7200rpm 16MB / S-ATA2
- Optical Drive - 22x DVD±RW Double-Layer
PearC, run by HyperMegaNet, based in Wolfsburg, Germany, currently ships to 23 destinations including the UK via delivery firm DHL.
PearC clearly has a customer base beyond Germany’s borders in mind, the company’s Web site now has the option of viewing in English and a detailed FAQ aims to put minds at ease over the legitimacy of their computers.
Following our story, PearC representatives contacted Macworld to clarify points raised by the report. Firstly HyperMegaNet spokesman Dirk Blößl got in touch to insist PearC are doing nothing wrong and insisting the company did not sell illegal copies of Mac software. “We buy our licenses at a well-known German software distributor,” Blößl said.
