Earlier today I checked the Psystar website, and they must’ve been doing some maintenance on the server or changing something with the configuration; got nothing but errors. And the pit in my stomach came back.
It was Sunday, so it wasn’t difficult to put it out of my mind for most of the day. When I checked it again just now; the site is back, with a new post on the front page saying they’ve contracted with a new payment processor with more capacity (… we challenge you, let’s see if we can max this one out.) Last I heard they had switched to PayPal when the original processor dumped them. I went through the order process just for fun, and no sign of PayPal anywhere, just the standard Visa, MasterCard & American Express.
The post also says that they’ve started shipping orders that were placed the week of April 7; that’s funny, I thought they hadn’t started selling until April 14, which is the first day they showed up on the Internet radar and announced that they were building a Mac clone. They say, “We will be shipping units out of our new facility starting Monday, April 21st, including those orders placed the week of April 14th.” I wonder who the lucky recipients of those early shipped machines are. I keep hoping to see something on the net from one of these people, reporting their experience with the machines.
Forbes Magazine has an article containing an interview with Rudy Pedraza. There, he’s being as evasive as usual, but insistent that Psystar is legitimate, and people who have ordered will receive the goods they’ve ordered. The facts of the matter — that the website is still up, still being updated, and orders can be placed — is all a bit reassuring. I’m still a little nervous, but still holding out hope.
And Apple continues to be silent on the whole matter. Hmmm.