PC maker rips off G5 Mac design!!!

[Stike]

This is terrible news, but it was bound to happen.

Some PC manufacturer copied the G5s design.
This is the ultimate rip-off (http://www.nokytech.net/actualites/3671.html)

Let the cursing commence :p

Edit: The PC makers site is not available, got possibly /.-ed. I will attach one here for you to behold.

[Stike]

first one

[Stike]

another

[Stike]

and the third

[SpaceMagic]

I cannot believe the cheek of these people! Surely Apple Patented their design? Copyrighted or whatever. They simply cannot do this!


Well Afterall.. it's missing the most important thing... the Apple Logo.

Love my G5 :p

[CmdrLaForge]

Originally posted by SpaceMagic
I cannot believe the cheek of these people! Surely Apple Patented their design? Copyrighted or whatever. They simply cannot do this!


Well Afterall.. it's missing the most important thing... the Apple Logo.

Love my G5 :p

I am not sure if its really possible to patent the design. And its not a real one to one copy. From my perspective its not as nice as the G5.

[Nuc]

Look at those dumb looking wheels, thats a dumb design... Someone give at little nudge and see it fly down the stairs.

Ps I think those are wheels in my opinion....

Nuc

[Doraemon]

Originally posted by CmdrLaForge
I am not sure if its really possible to patent the design. And its not a real one to one copy. From my perspective its not as nice as the G5.

Yes it is.
And Apple sued companies in past for copying designs. For instance eMachines was sued for an iMac rip-off.
The first two towers are so obviously copied from Apple that Apple would easily win a lawsuit.

The third model is different. And personally, I think it looks awesome.

[edesignuk]

I like that 3rd one, very clean. The other two look crap though.

[MisterMe]

Originally posted by Doraemon
Yes it is.
And Apple sued companies in past for copying designs. For instance eMachines was sued for an iMac rip-off.
The first two towers are so obviously copied from Apple that Apple would easily win a lawsuit.

The third model is different. And personally, I think it looks awesome. Those cases are sufficiently different from Mac cases to avoid confusing the buying public about their Apple origins or lack thereof. The major threat of lawsuits to these vendors will come from their customers when those things roll off their desks and crash onto the floor.

[Dont Hurt Me]

How can you patent a space heater design from the 50s? they all look just as good as apples which isnt saying much. 3rd one is slick. I still find it interesting how Mac zealots think only what apple does is correct and everyone else is crap even if its the same. They all look just as good or better in my view.

[rdowns]

Originally posted by Dont Hurt Me
How can you patent a space heater design from the 50s? they all look just as good as apples which isnt saying much. 3rd one is slick. I still find it interesting how Mac zealots think only what apple does is correct and everyone else is crap even if its the same. They all look just as good or better in my view.

These threads always make me laugh. Anything Apple does good, anything done by another company, bad. I'm convinced Steve Jobs could get on stage at an Expo and poop on a plate and the zealots would eat it up, so to speak.

Oh yeah, one more thing. iPoop

Then again, the "pro" users would cry that they need a pro version, PowerPoop.

[the future]

Originally posted by rdowns
These threads always make me laugh. Anything Apple does good, anything done by another company, bad. I'm convinced Steve Jobs could get on stage at an Expo and poop on a plate and the zealots would eat it up, so to speak.

Oh yeah, one more thing. iPoop

Then again, the "pro" users would cry that they need a pro version, PowerPoop.

If you're gonna post the ever-so-popular "Mac zealots like everything Apple do and hate everything else" sentiment, please at least try to find an appropriate thread. This PC manufacturer just very very obviously ripped off the G5 design and to complain about it has zero to do with being an Apple zealot.

[XnavxeMiyyep]

Originally posted by Nuc
Look at those dumb looking wheels, thats a dumb design... Someone give at little nudge and see it fly down the stairs.

Ps I think those are wheels in my opinion....

Nuc Wouldn't it be awesome to race them down a hill?:D

While it's obvious that they copied from Apple, Apple should learn from them and put more optical drives in their next Powermac.

[virividox]

imitation is the best form of flattery, who cares if the design got copied, it just means apple is once again ahead of the curve, which is a good thing

[Stike]

Originally posted by XnavxeMiyyep
Wouldn't it be awesome to race them down a hill?:D
You can actually do that with a G5 (http://www.drbottkg.com/prod/G5Skateboard.html), too! :p

[MorganX]

Originally posted by Stike
and the third

Now this one's nice, the others suck.

[takao]

1st and 2nd are really like 'copied'

3rd one really looks very good it hasn't as much in common with the G5 like the first 2 models

[fatzmack]

Originally posted by virividox
imitation is the best form of flattery, who cares if the design got copied, it just means apple is once again ahead of the curve, which is a good thing

ditto.

[XnavxeMiyyep]

Originally posted by Stike
You can actually do that with a G5 (http://www.drbottkg.com/prod/G5Skateboard.html), too! :p Racing the G5 against this PC would be the ultimate speed benchmark!

[BenRoethig]

I'm not surprized. PC makers have ripped off everything else Apple ever did.

[virividox]

Originally posted by BenRoethig
I'm not surprized. PC makers have ripped off everything else Apple ever did.

not their philosophy on pricing :)

[Fukui]

Originally posted by virividox
not their philosophy on pricing :)
They would if they could!

[MacRAND]

Originally posted by XnavxeMiyyep
Wouldn't it be awesome to race them down a hill?:D

While it's obvious that they copied from Apple, Apple should learn from them and put more optical drives in their next Powermac. Yes, there isn't even a 2nd door on the G5, and the QuickSilver's 2nd door is specifically designed to house an Iomega Zip Drive (waste) and cannot easily be converted to hold a 2nd half-height drive. The brace that holds the two drive boxes would have to be substantially modified. Rats!
APPLE, we want dual doors for real size drives! ...and racing wheels too.

Racing Cases - Mac vs. PC
I LOVE IT!
Dual now, the "new" Quadra next, eventually G5 V8 cluster under one hood. Zoooom!!!

[MacRAND]

Originally posted by MisterMe
The major threat of lawsuits to these vendors will come from their customers when those things roll off their desks and crash onto the floor. Hey, you guys missed the safety factor designed into the 1st two boxes. What else would a PC manufacturer install a Floppy Disk Drive into the case except to hold s floppy disk suitable for using as a chock under the wheels to keep it from rolling! How dumb can we be - it's brilliant!

And, did anyone use Sherlock to translate what the website reporting on the 3 boxes said in French?

News towers Lian-Li Lira comments

Here new range of turn made by the célébre manufacturing
Lian-Li; it is frankly superb and I have like the impression that
Lian-Li tried to be more "insane-insane" that usually for these turns.
This new series of case will be with format ATX like with the future
format, the BTX (but not, it is not the last wb from DangerDen). It
acts of the range V2000 and V2100.

How about going directly to the Manufacturer?
http://www.lian-li.com/

I think our LEGS HAVE BEEN PULLED. The G5 immitation design is NOT real.
Here is the reality:

[Grimace]

MacRand - what is that image you posted?? It's not like the 3 faux images above, and looks like a G5 base - minus the wheels.

[MacRAND]

The images provided of the G5 look alike are obvious Photoshop/Illustrator type images, not photos of something real. Are the images of real prototype drawings? Who knows. More of reality though:

[MacRAND]

Originally posted by carletonmusic
MacRand - what is that image you posted?? It's not like the 3 faux images above, and looks like a G5 base - minus the wheels. Oh, it's got plastic wheels if you want, just like office chairs - not metal as depicted.

Want to see the REAL Aluminum boxes from Lian-Li manufacturing, all of them?
Go directly to the Manufacturer's website.
http://www.lian-li.com/

What's not there is the front and back panels with tiny holes to make them look like a G5. Not there, folks! Looks like we've been fooled with a 3-D concept drawing.
Possible? sure.
Probable? no.
Here's another view of their own idea of a PC box.

[gwuMACaddict]

not their philosophy on pricing :)

haha. touche! ;)

[Opteron]

http://yohanng.free.fr/li1.jpg
Here it is.

Apple should put in atleast a second optical drive bay.
However this case looks pretty poor, and I wouldn't buy one. Those wheels :confused:WTF:confused:

[ThomasJefferson]

I smell a lawsuit over this one. I have to agree, the first two are so obviously an Apple rip off. Interesting how just a little design shift can take a great design (G5) an make it look like it got hit with an ugly stick.

[GUSTO]

http://yohanng.free.fr/li1.jpg
Here it is.

Apple should put in atleast a second optical drive bay.
However this case looks pretty poor, and I wouldn't buy one. Those wheels :confused:WTF:confused:

You can fit a second drive in the G5 there is no space due to it needing alot of cooling. But with the new FX version of the chip it may not need as many fans at the current G5s and in that case a second drive may be added.

[MacRAND]

MacRand - what is that image you posted?? It's not like the 3 faux images above, and looks like a G5 base - minus the wheels.carletonmusic http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11831
Don't you just love the new design, it lets us put all as many images together as we need. Thanks, arn.
http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11825http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11827
http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11826http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11835
http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11836

[Jerry Spoon]

And I thought the eMachine was a rip off. Those first two are just too much like the g5.

[Darwinstoy]

[/QUOTE]Edit: The PC makers site is not available, got possibly /.-ed. I will attach one here for you to behold.[/QUOTE]




http://www.lian-li.com/

[Mr. Anderson]

That's just plain ugly, regardless. The middle one, or super tall is plain silly :D

And wheels should only really be an option, since I don't know how many people would actually be rolling their pcs anywhere :p

D

[janey]

dude guys
lian-li is possibly the best PC case manufacturer...nobody else can design anything that looks/is remotely useful and beautiful...

and its not a G5 rip..*sigh* you Mac zealots lol...

btw, sometimes its nice to have a rolling case :D especially when the computer weighs a ton and you're like me (you cant lift **** ) :p

[MacRAND]

lian-li is possibly the best PC case manufacturer...nobody else can design anything that looks/is remotely useful and beautiful...
... sometimes its nice to have a rolling case :D Yeah, it's got super access, not crowded like standard HP, Delli, Gatewoodie, Compacted, or other brands. Lian-li's basic internal design pre-dates the G5.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if Apple spends more money on its cases than anyone other major manufacturer (save IBM) and Apple has steadily imporved. I absolutely love the design of my 2002 Quicksilver dualie, and am loathe to giving it up even for a dual G5. Maybe 3rd G of G5...maybe! Hopefully by then tower cases will be built with a fully functional Double Door to accomodate a 2nd Laser Drive; the QS 2nd drive box is specifically designed to house much smalleer Zip drive. Kind of interested to see where the frame design of the next generation of Cinema Displays will lead us...:p

[gerror]

If the designs is different on 5 different things, it is not a copy. Legally.
Everybody with commen sense sees it is a complete ripoff.

[blackfox]

Huh...kinda interesting...'copied' designs or not, I am all for aesthetically pleasing designs, whomever the manufacturer...bloody big though...a nice step in the right direction it would seem.

[Savage Henry]

I absolutely love the tacky-outrageous gall of some companies. I once saw a Packard Bell in the window of Dixons that was a vague image of the new iMac, but this Powermac copy does take the crown.

I think it's the wheels that does it for me, making it look as though it's a air-hostess trolley.

Good effort guys, that's evidence of some excellent brainstorming in action you have there - everyone spending all day discussing, drawing, arguing, re-drawing, and then at 4:55pm deciding on copying what someone else has done and put wheels on it. ;)

[markjones05]

Haha check out this sleek design...http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2790116703&category=51036

[Hemingray]

imitation is the best form of flattery, who cares if the design got copied, it just means apple is once again ahead of the curve, which is a good thing

I agree. It also means that Apple will have to keep innovating to stay ahead of said curve and keep people looking. It's a mixed blessing!

[Santiago]

You cannot patent a design (although you can patent innovative mechanical features of a design). The earlier lawsuits against eMachines revolved around the principle of Trade Dress--basically, the claim was that their clones looked so much like an iMac that a reasonable individual would suffer confusion as to which was the genuine Apple product.

[Hemingray]

Haha check out this sleek design...http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2790116703&category=51036

LOL! That MUST be a joke! You can buy a 4'x8' sheet of 3/4" plywood for $10 LESS than than his opening bid! And at least put some NICE casters on that thing, not some ugly 80's office wheels. Yech! It's amazing what some people try to pass off... I mean, it's not even painted! :p

[GUSTO]

Haha check out this sleek design...http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2790116703&category=51036

OMG it does not even look like a real G5, where are the handles/legs at the bottom?¿

[MacRAND]

LOL! That MUST be a joke! You can buy a 4'x8' sheet of 3/4" plywood for $10 LESS than than his opening bid! And at least put some NICE casters on that thing, not some ugly 80's office wheels. Yech! It's amazing what some people try to pass off... I mean, it's not even painted! :pPainted, heck, it should at least have a piece of Formica™ on top, with trim. The width is probably smart to avoid tipping over, but the length sucks.
I still like the Dr.Bott made-for-Mac wheelsl though the $129 price is a bit steep - ah, what the heck is $130 for "wheels" on a $3,000.00 G5, right? But at that price it really should have a wirelessly activated electric motor with batteries...imagine it rocking back and forth in time to an iTune. ;)
Might as well kick in $75 for the "roof" too.
http://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=11831
http://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?code=5166-G5SB
http://www.drbott.com/
http://www.drbott.com/images/lg/5168-G5RF.jpg

Didn't know that Dr.Bott more than makes stuff (like the 2 wireless antennae for the Apple AirPort Extreme)

but his (like Dr.Bott is a real person, as if...?) website is a veritable warehouse of 3rd party Macintosh products from all kinds of manufacturers. Awesome list of stuff, like everything Mac but an Apple.
http://www.drbott.com/prod/index.html

[Hemingray]

Painted, heck, it should at least have a piece of Formica™ on top, with trim. The width is probably smart to avoid tipping over, but the length sucks.

I dunno dude, judging from what this person considers a great G5 caddy I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't know what Formica™ is! I wonder if he genuinely thinks he's got a winner here. If he does, I sure feel sorry for him. I mean, that's something I'd expect under an old 486, not a G5. Too funny. :D

[Counterfit]

You cannot patent a design (although you can patent innovative mechanical features of a design). The earlier lawsuits against eMachines revolved around the principle of Trade Dress--basically, the claim was that their clones looked so much like an iMac that a reasonable individual would suffer confusion as to which was the genuine Apple product. From the USPTO (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=16&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ptxt&s1='Apple+computer'&s2=design&OS="Apple+computer"+AND+design&RS="Apple+computer"+AND+design) note this: Claims
The ornamental design for a display device with a moveable assembly, as shown and described

[MacRAND]

I dunno dude, judging from what this person considers a great G5 caddy I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't know what Formica™ is! I wonder if he genuinely thinks he's got a winner here. If he does, I sure feel sorry for him. I mean, that's something I'd expect under an old 486, not a G5. Too funny. :DGee, hope some PeeCee person doesn't rip off his Mac design for MacWheels. :eek:
:D :cool: