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Is it legal to sell something that looks almost indistinguishable from a MacBook? These responses to anyone pointing out how similar the design is are so disin
by decremental 5y ago
Is it legal to sell something that looks almost indistinguishable from a MacBook?
These responses to anyone pointing out how similar the design is are so disingenuous. Very strange!
- kevinherron 5y agoHuawei and others have been doing it for years. Google the “Matebook”.
- Ancapistani 5y agoI have a Matebook D, and I wouldn’t say it’s any more of a clone of a MacBook than any other manufacturer. Check out HP’s current line up. They seem to come in two flavors: “MacBook clone” and “MacBook clone, but in black”. https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/slp/optane/2-in-1-laptops?jumpid=ma_lt_featured_na_2_200816 https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/slp/optane/2-in-1-laptops?jump...
- 8note 5y agoI don't think I could distinguish it from any laptop. Do MacBooks come with a windows key?
- dylan604 5y agoUm, this thing has actual buttons, so clearly not a rip off of a MacBook. It also has what appears to be a dedicated power button. Also, this thing is user repairable. That's clearly not copied from Apple. Edit: so not a dedicated power button, but an integrated finger print reader. uh-oh, case is getting weaker ;-)
- ben-schaaf 5y ago> To make device security convenient, we also built a Windows Hello-compatible fingerprint reader into the power button It's both a dedicated power button and a finger print reader.
- dylan604 5y agoIt can't be a dedicated anything if you just used the word "both" implying it does 2 things.
- chipotle_coyote 5y agoSo, uh, like a MacBook? (For the record I'm not bothered by the similarities; I honestly think that if you go minimalist with your design language you kind of converge on this look. I would offer the gentlest of criticisms, though, in the way the up and down arrow keys are half-height but the left and right are full. That's another trend Apple started and it is bad. Ironically, Apple's current laptops are moving away from it again!)
- dylan604 5y agoActually, my 2019 Macbook has all 4 arrow keys half-height, but the left/right keys are bottom aligned with the down key rather than .keys { vertical-align: center; } I try my best to never use those keys.
- chipotle_coyote 5y agoThat was the first one that switched back, I think. Personally, I prefer that design to the full-height left/right and half-height up/down keys, because it's just easier for me to find the right arrows that way. (I'd prefer full height on all of them, but I recognize a laptop keyboard is space-constrained, at least if it's 13" or below. The 16" MBP has less excuse.)
- unpixer 5y agoI don't really care so much about half-height left and right keys versus full-height ones, but I've discovered that what I really hate is when half-height PgUp and PgDn keys are on either side of a half-height Up arrow key. This means I constantly hit PgUp/PgDn with my pinkie when reaching for Left or Right (and ultimately on my current machine I had to override this with a keyboard remap).
- numpad0 5y agoApple nailed the “generic laptop” design with MacBook but they also has their own design language like the iconic fillets. I guess that’s how they draw a line and I guess that’s enough for each sides.
- wayneftw 5y agoThere's not a whole lot of trade dress to claim on aluminum rectangles. So that just leaves the logo.