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New PC is MBP Look A like.... More Blatant then Envy..

Just from glancing over the pictures and article,

sharkzfanz said:
"From the glossy screen to the aluminum finish, from the black bezel to the keyboard, this portable computer is a MacBook featuring a Windows key, and a slightly offset trackpad."
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-Glossy screens are nothing new
-Black bezels are nothing new
-aluminum finishes are nothing new
-it appears to have black finish on the underside

That being said, it looks pretty similar.
 
I'm sure they included enough slight differences to avoid a lawsuit. But it is very blatant to the naked eye though.... just shameless lol.
 
If apple didn't sue HP over the Envy then i don't think it will sue Shuttle. Beside, Apple has no merit for suing because all of the features of the current MPB's are nothing new.
 
if Apple is not going to release any updates, someone has to! :D


p.s. on a side note, what exactly does Apple have a patent for that would be grounds for any legal action? Every aspect of the MBP has been done previously in other laptops before Apple did it.
 
It is a pretty blatant ripoff even down to the power button location. Whether Apple can sue them depends largely on the trademarks and patents they have.

But above all it shows a lack of effort that seems to be pretty prevalent with PC laptops. Many manufacturers are content with just cramming the latest hardware inside any chassis without paying any attention to ease of use etc. I mean most PCs still have that awful two button, recessed trackpad.
 
sharkzfanz said:
Check out what Shuttle showed off at Cebit

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Shuttle-Showcases-MacBook-Replica-at-CeBIT-2010-136477.shtml

"From the glossy screen to the aluminum finish, from the black bezel to the keyboard, this portable computer is a MacBook featuring a Windows key, and a slightly offset trackpad.


I think it looks more Blatant then Envy..
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To be fair, they will probably carry i5/i7 processors before Apple will, if they haven't done so already. :D

Here's another knockoff, that is almost cheaper/better than the Apple equivalent:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/keepin-it-real-fake-part-cclviv-x-slim-x340-kirfed-macbook-a/

This 13-inch (1366 x 768) bad boy features a 1.2GHz Intel ULV processor, 1GB of RAM, up to 250GB of HDD, WiFi and Bluetooth, an SD card slot, three (count 'em!) USB ports, and HDMI out.
 
gfiz said:
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p.s. on a side note, what exactly does Apple have a patent for that would be grounds for any legal action? Every aspect of the MBP has been done previously in other laptops before Apple did it.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_dress



In the U.S., like trademarks, a product’s trade dress is legally protected by the Lanham Act, the federal statute which regulates trademarks and trade dress.[3] Trade dress protection is intended to protect consumers from packaging or appearance of products that are designed to imitate other products; to prevent a consumer from buying one product under the belief that it is another.[4] For example, the shape, color, and arrangement of the materials of a children’s line of clothing can be protectable trade dress (though, the design of the dress itself is not protected),[5] as can the design of a magazine cover,[6] the appearance and décor of a chain of Mexican-style restaurants,[7] and a method of displaying wine bottles in a wine shop.[8]
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gfiz said:
that's fine, but the new MBP is more or less a copy of the Envy, which existed well before the current MBP design.
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Huh? Wikipedia gives October 15, 2009 as the release date for the HP Envy. Are you sure that you don't mean some previous model?
 
It's pretty damn easy to prove that Apple ripped HP off. However, Toshiba did the edge-to-edge shiny black bezel with a silver laptop back when Apple was still making PowerBook G4s.
 
zipa said:
Huh? Wikipedia gives October 15, 2009 as the release date for the HP Envy. Are you sure that you don't mean some previous model?
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The envy has existed atleast as early as 2005 that I'm aware of, but probably even earlier than that. First it was made by Voodoo before HP bought them. Now HP has released a new iteration, that is all.
 
Apple, please take note - it IS possible to fit a full sized set of arrow keys on your notebooks, not those ****** little half sized keys!
 
I like the half size keys + apple keyboard. Hah shuttle. i would hate to tell someone yea my laptop is a shuttle looks like a mac? A *******? say that again.
 
gfiz said:
The envy has existed atleast as early as 2005 that I'm aware of, but probably even earlier than that. First it was made by Voodoo before HP bought them. Now HP has released a new iteration, that is all.
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The old Voodoo ENVY looked nothing like a MBP. The new one is a blatantly influenced one.
 
Wow. Strikingly similar. Open and not up close, almost indistinguishable.

I smell a lawsuit! And aside from weird "Apple ripped off HP" arguments, let me posit this:
Truth on that one aside, Shuttle is alot smaller than HP. Apple has the advantage in the legal department.
 
I think some of these companies who make blatant copies of Apple's products are literally using Apple's look to fool the poor average customer.
"Oh look, there's that Apple I saw the store the other day but they've moved it to the PC department", "Excuse me sir, I want this one". "OMG, this doesn't say Mac on it, it's called "Shuttle". "Where's the big Apple logo on the back"? "I've been cheated, oh well, I'll keep it, I thought it seemed cheap". :rolleyes:
 
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