Apple Fires Back At Psystar: ‘We’re Sooo Not A Monopoly’

Remember when Psystar turned their little hardware dalliance with Mac OS X into an ideological crusade against monopolies? Apple isn’t having any of it. The company has just filed to dismiss Psystar’s antitrust lawsuit, and, as if channeling John McCain from the last debate, seems pretty angry that Psystar just doesn’t understand:

“Ignoring fundamental principles of antitrust law, and the realities of the marketplace, Psystar contends that Apple has unlawfully monopolised an alleged market that consists of only one product, the Macintosh® computer.”

It’s doubtful that Psystar has the grounds to win or even the money to fight this case, but the stated principle here is kind of weird. The whole line of Macintosh computers is one product? Hardware that could run Mac OS comprises an “alleged market?” It’s hard to quite make sense of what they mean other than “PLEASE DIE.” We’ll see what happens in court on November 3rd, when Apple passes that sentiment on to Psystar’s face(s). [The Register, with full filing at ZDNet]