PC maker rips off G5 Mac design!!!

[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]

G5 Lookalikes fake?

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]

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 WTF

 

[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]

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 WTF

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]

Wheels?

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

Don't you just love the new design, it lets us put all as many images together as we need. Thanks, arn.

 

[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

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

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 especially when the computer weighs a ton and you're like me (you cant lift **** )

 

[MacRAND]

Lian-li's basic design pre-dates the G5, so it's not really a copy of anything Mac

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

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...

 

[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]

G5 design

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!

 

[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]

G5 on wheels - Zoooooom ! Cool. Better than a skateboard, Dude. Sweet!!!

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!

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 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://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?code=5166-G5SB
http://www.drbott.com/

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.

 

[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 note this:

Claims
The ornamental design for a display device with a moveable assembly, as shown and described

 

[MacRAND]

Design protection for Mac Wheels

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.

Gee, hope some PeeCee person doesn't rip off his Mac design for MacWheels.