New HP Laptop rips off Apple's MacBook

[accadacca]

See any resemblance. BTW...Apple released this design 3-4 years ago.

MacBook Pro


HP Envy

[DOSS]

hmm that doesn't look much different than my 3 year old HP G62...

[jman]

Well, the Envy looks WAY better than the Mac. Hehe

[Don]

At least they were honest about where they got the design inspiration when they named it Envy.

[stefan]

they said this two years ago with the envy too, though (aside from the exterior of the computer which looks nothing like a macbook) the envy looks more like the macbook now than ever.

[trackrunner]

one opens to the left the other opens to the right how is that a resemblance

[DiscGo]

one opens to the left the other opens to the right how is that a resemblance

:)

[BLUEberryBOB]

Dude... Laptops are going to look similar, its a 2 piece design at the moment, not a whole lot you can do with it.


Besides its not like Apple hasn't been imitating other companies for years.

[accadacca]

Dude... Laptops are going to look similar, its a 2 piece design at the moment, not a whole lot you can do with it.


Besides its not like Apple hasn't been imitating other companies for years.

Who does Apple imitate with their designs in the computer world?

[stefan]

Who does Apple imitate with their designs in the computer world?

oh you know, acca, they use cpus, ram, harddisk drives, etc. totally imitating other computers ;)

sorry I couldnt resist

[trackrunner]

Who does Apple imitate with their designs in the computer world?

clearly NeXT computers

[accadacca]

clearly NeXT computers

Nice try. They bought NeXT along with Steve Jobs. However none of the NeXT computers resemble anything in Apple's current design. We are talking about physical appearance, not software.

[stefan]

this is the titanium powerbook G4 apple introduced 10 years ago (jan 2001)

[Kent K25]

This is the Fanboy Who Gives a Crap 1.0
It was released at the beginning of time. People, animals, etc have all been copying it since then. I think we should make a big deal out of it, it REALLY REALLY matters to me that others know that what I prefer is the right choice.

[accadacca]

Some prefer originality. Others are content following the pack. Nothing wrong with either choice. It's simply an observation.

[stefan]

This is the Fanboy Who Gives a Crap 1.0
It was released at the beginning of time. People, animals, etc have all been copying it since then. I think we should make a big deal out of it, it REALLY REALLY matters to me that others know that what I prefer is the right choice.

thanks for that lovely image, but it looks to me like brownie mix imitating Crap 1.0.

not sure who's making a "big deal" out of it. the rest of the thread just seems like ordinary bogley, general discussion commentary. if anything it's acknowledging the dynamics of business in which imitation is one strategy. it could be interpreted as there being demand for this type of design in a pc.

and keep in mind, apple imitated sony in many ways. steve jobs looked up to sony as a role model

and yea regarding choice ... choice is in the eye of the beholder. there is no "right choice" for all, just depends on the person and what they want.

for fun here's acer's alleged new computer (leaked in aug). looks a tad like another computer