And to back up the guy above me, Lenovo came out with a Windows ultrabook at the same time as the Air came out. Why? That's when the hardware was available. Just like capacitive touchscreens in phone size.
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And to back up the guy above me, Lenovo came out with a Windows ultrabook at the same time as the Air came out. Why? That's when the hardware was available. Just like capacitive touchscreens in phone size.
really, you must not have looked at some of the crap asus, sony and others are putting out as all in one pc's. As for ultrabook, same thing, very lame copies of MB airs. They will continue to copy and will never compete with the Apple stuff.
Asus All-in-one computer:
Sony All-in-one computer:
iMac:
Doesn't look the same as the iMac.
Asus Ultrabook:
Sony Ultrabook:
Macbook Air:
Doesn't look the same.
And I guess because Samsung said they have not copied the iPhone it must be the truth
No, and can you point when I have said so?
Yeah you're right... The unibody construction,the shape,keyboard,the trackpad all happen to be just a coincidence....
I can't quite figure out how someone can deny the fact that laptops like the Asus (screenshot above) is a direct copy of the MBA. You would have to be blind not to see. How many laptops were there in the current MBA wedge shape before the 2010 MBA came out?
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The Asus is a direct copy. The shape of the MBA is quite unique in comparison to any laptops before it came out in 2010. Are you blind or have convinced yourself that you can't see it?
No one copied anyone over anything. All-In-Ones have been around for years and years in some shape, form, or fashion. The only difference now is they're being crammed in behind an LCD instead of stuffed in alongside a bulky CRTs. Since there are only so many ways you can design one, they're all gonna look similar by necessity.
And those ultrabooks copying the Airs? How? PC manufacturers were making small, thin computers long before the Air showed up. Just because Apple managed to jump ahead and make one thinner than the rest doesn't automatically give them the exclusive right to thin from here on out. If Asus were to come out with a computer that's 1.5mm thin, would you bitch about Apple copying Asus when they eventually come out with a similar model in the Air series?
And just like the all-in-one PCs, they're all gonna look similar since there are only so many ways you can design a laptop. Specially a small one.
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Admittedly, yeah. It does. That tapered design does seem to take more than a few nods towards the air. But..eh...it's more rounded in the back. I dunno. Hell if I care.
Also, it has a higher resolution screen.
And those ultrabooks copying the Airs? How? PC manufacturers were making small, thin computers long before the Air showed up. Just because Apple managed to jump ahead and make one thinner than the rest doesn't automatically give them the exclusive right to thin from here on out. If Asus were to come out with a computer that's 1.5mm thin, would you bitch about Apple copying Asus when they eventually come out with a similar model in the Air series?
And just like the all-in-one PCs, they're all gonna look similar since there are only so many ways you can design a laptop. Specially a small one.
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Admittedly, yeah. It does. That tapered design does seem to take more than a few nods towards the air. But..eh...it's more rounded in the back. I dunno. Hell if I care.
Also, it has a higher resolution screen.
Lil difference in form factor.... concept is the same....
Recent iteration :
Asus Zenbook UX31
ASUS Eee Pad
Lenovo IdeaPad U400
No it's not, the grey is darker, the keyboard isn't black. Only thing they both have in common is that they're thin.
Also, the wedge shape design was done by Sony x505...8 years ago. the x505 was the original super skinny laptop made from carbon fiber. nobody has yet to make one like the x505.
It was also the first with a chicklet keyboard:
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I'll give you that, if you give me that Apple copied the use of Intel chips from all the PC makers. Dirty rotten thieves should have come up with their own ideas!
I just don't get comments like these. Both parties agree that it's samsung technology in the iphone. The question is whether it is licensed.
So why are you acusing Samsung of stealing and copying when its their technology?
Just to be clear: are you agreeing Apple was not the first to make a wedge-shaped ultrabook?
It seems a bit silly that Qualcomm manufactured the chip but the licence that they pay would not mean that the purchaser of the chip was not licensed. But if that is the case and Apple didn't want to pay the same amount as other manufacturers well I hope Samsung wins, although it seems rather obvious that this wouldn't fly in court and more believable that Samsung tried to charge Apple more for the patents.
Don't you understand sony went into the future and stole the idea and design from Apple. At least that is the logic people like *LTD* use it seems.
That is excellent, and I'm not being sarcastic. Now though, do you believe the MBA is a copy of the x505?
no way it is a copy, look at the pos sony and then look at the air
Right, how silly of me.
Steve invented the wheel too. Anything any company makes, Apple made it first. Even if they didn't.