Psystar announced yesterday that they would sell Mac Clone OpenMac with preinstalled Mac OS X Leopard. According to InformationWeek, the Miami based vendor said that Apple’s restrictive licensing terms run counter to antitrust laws and it’s vowing to fight. The company further added “what if Microsoft said you could only install Windows on Dell computers?” One of the employee identify himself as Robert said “They’re charging an 80% markup on hardware, What if Honda said that, after you buy their car, you could only drive it on the roads they said you could?” Psystar is trying to get all the attention it can, but each and every statement made by Psystar is wrong. Microsoft can license Windows to Dell and not to HP, they have the right to deny HP the Windows license. If Apple is charging 80% markup then so is Psystar. The configuration that Psystar is selling will cost $555 (with OS installed) and can be compared to Mac mini $599, as the computer doesn’t have a dedicated graphics card. The processor Core 2 Duo E4500 used by Psystar is half the price at just $119 compared to the processor used in Mac Mini Core 2 Duo T5600 at $249. We don’t even need to consider other components used and we can see who will or is charging more markup. Now for the Honda analogy, imagine a new automaker ‘Ponda’ they start selling car that uses Honda’s engine without an agreement with Honda, then Honda has every right to stop Ponda from doing that. Mac OS X is the engine of every Apple computer and Apple has every right to decide whether they want some other company to use their engine or not.