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Apple Reportedly Pressures Pegatron into Ceasing ASUS Zenbook Production
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Do you own a business? Would you let your suppliers work for your competition and copy your product? Really?
I'm not buying this.
I think it would be anti-competative behavior which opens Apple up to serious problems. So the risk-reward ratio isn't good: The Zenbook isn't going to have a significant effect on the MBA sales regardless. So why would Apple put itself in such a bad position to temporarily squash it?
I think it would be anti-competative behavior which opens Apple up to serious problems. So the risk-reward ratio isn't good: The Zenbook isn't going to have a significant effect on the MBA sales regardless. So why would Apple put itself in such a bad position to temporarily squash it?
the difference there is that they are not building the laptop, which is all Apple is saying. Stop building for both if its going to look the same.
I've used these clones at my local Microcenter. They really are garbage and only suckers would purchase them. Screens are dim, keys feel flimsy, build quality just isn't there.
But it's also ridiculous they have to carbon copy the looks of apple.
But it's also ridiculous they have to carbon copy the looks of apple.
And this helps your case how?
You're not used to debating adults, are you?
So, our choices are either blind consumption or Cro-Magnon man? What kind of screwy logic is that?
It has nothing to do with how many they will sell. They are not even telling Azus to stop making them. They are telling the company go with them or us. If they want they can go with ASUS and Apple will find someone else.
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No android phones means no competition and the return of the 600 iphone and stagnation of innovation. You really want this?
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No android phones means no competition and the return of the 600 iphone and stagnation of innovation. You really want this?
Has anyone seen the Dell XPS 13? THAT's a Macbook Air ripoff
http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/10/2690272/dell-xps-13-ultrabook-pricing-release-date
http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/10/2690272/dell-xps-13-ultrabook-pricing-release-date
Apple is doing nothing wrong here. It is simply called conflict of interest.
Go into any major resturant and try to order a Pepsi product and a Coke product, you cannot. They have exclusive contracts with one or the other.
Any company that uses outside services has a right to decide if they want to continue using that service, if said service also works for the competion you can give the choice the the outside service. Apple gave them a choice, us or them, the contract manufacturer made their choice.
No gorrilla, no elephhant in the room and no foul.
You guys need to actually work for a business that makes or sells a product then you will understand how conflict of interest works.
Go into any major resturant and try to order a Pepsi product and a Coke product, you cannot. They have exclusive contracts with one or the other.
Any company that uses outside services has a right to decide if they want to continue using that service, if said service also works for the competion you can give the choice the the outside service. Apple gave them a choice, us or them, the contract manufacturer made their choice.
No gorrilla, no elephhant in the room and no foul.
You guys need to actually work for a business that makes or sells a product then you will understand how conflict of interest works.
It's striking me as odd that as Apple gets more users it is starting to become afraid of other companies making similar devices, Those loyal to Apple are not going to buy anything else and we know what copy cats look like, so why are they so worried, I for one am sick of Apple suing everyone, it's one of the reasons I decided not to buy a new iMac yet and just upgrade the old one, they need an attitude adjustment not more of our money.
PC users with Mac envy a la copycat. Why not just buy a 17 pound Alienware? That's a unique design for Windoze users.
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lol, people tent to cover their eyes not to see the evidence.
It's clearly a ripoff made by people without any imagination.
It's clearly a ripoff made by people without any imagination.
I would think the Apple fanboys could relate quite well to that seeing most don't have an ounce of individual thought.
The article, as most from Digitimes, is probably as fake as a politician but can't help thinking that maybe Asus CEO should have answered that "call from Steve" after all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqjoRMHyYQc (@ 00:00:35 for the impatient, but always worth watching for a good laugh)
Also why did Asus sell Pegatron only 1.5 years ago? Seems a very bad mistake, they could have kept some manufacturing control - again if there's actually any thruth in this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqjoRMHyYQc (@ 00:00:35 for the impatient, but always worth watching for a good laugh)
Also why did Asus sell Pegatron only 1.5 years ago? Seems a very bad mistake, they could have kept some manufacturing control - again if there's actually any thruth in this.
I agree with you 100%. If a Windows PC vendor want to compete with Apple, they need to stop coping Apple and start making actual PCs. This is why Apple is the #1 computer maker in the world. Imagination + Hard work + Very good costumer service = 15.43 million iPads and 5 million Macs in Q1 2012
So, when Apple was near extinct and clearly the underdog, how many times did they get sued or accused of copying Microsfot, HP or anyone else. They haven't changed. They've just succeeded.
This is downright unfair.
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Says the Apple fan who jumped on the bandwagon Post-PPC era. Sorry buddy, you don't count as an Apple user.
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Says the Apple fan who jumped on the bandwagon Post-PPC era. Sorry buddy, you don't count as an Apple user.
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Yep. And they're full of ****.
That fruit logo company gets more disgusting by the day.
