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How is this a ripoff of a MacBook, of all things? It's far closer to a Surface Pro in its target audience and basic functionality (tablet, most notably).
by vinay427 11y ago
How is this a ripoff of a MacBook, of all things? It's far closer to a Surface Pro in its target audience and basic functionality (tablet, most notably).
- wingerlang 11y agoI meant the name and the likeness to the MacBook name. MacBook MateBook
- sebiol 11y agoBut there are also the Chromebook and Surface Book, so it`s hardly the only one going with this theme.
- wingerlang 11y agoI'm not criticising the product, I just said it /felt/ like that.
- simplexion 11y agoAnd you know... how laptops were also referred to as notebooks decades ago.
- huxley 11y agoDefinitely, in fact as far back as 1988-89, but Apple called their "notebooks" Powerbooks starting in 1991 before anyone else was using -Book in the branding* * as far as I can recall with the exception of Alan Kay who was dreaming up the future in 1972 and called it the DynaBook