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How is it that when someone takes inspiration from an Apple product it's stealing, but when Apple does the same thing it's either genius (to the point of being
by forza 15y ago
How is it that when someone takes inspiration from an Apple product it's stealing, but when Apple does the same thing it's either genius (to the point of being one mans creation) or the importance of original invention is trivilized? Being inspired is the foundation of creating new things, as almost everything new is actually taking one or more known things and combining them. What bothers me is when you take inspiration from something, claim it's your own unique invention and try to prevent anyone else from doing something with it.
- ugh 15y ago“Stealing” isn’t used once in the linked article.
- forza 15y agoI'm referring to the general discourse and the comments made by Jobs in regards to Android.
- hmottestad 15y agoIt would have helped if you said so in your original comment...since the article has nothing to do with androids but instead with the ultra-portable pc market.
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- gmac 15y agoEasy. When you do something that's been done before and do it better, you get credit. When you do something that's been done before and do it worse (e.g. this Macbook Air clone), you don't.
- hmottestad 15y agoI read the article, and my understanding was that the asus isn't any better than the macbook air. Taking inspiration from something and making something new doesn't count for anything unless you can make it better or cheaper. I'm not saying apple doesn't copy, because they do. Who doesn't in this day and age?
- pbhjpbhj 15y ago>unless you can make it better or cheaper. // They did say that it's cheaper, no. That can be a form of better.
- arthurschreiber 15y agoNot if you throw away quality to achieve the lower price.
- pbhjpbhj 15y agoHence "can".
- evilduck 15y agohttp://arstechnica.com/gadgets/reviews/2011/11/the-asus-zenbook-a-steely-marvel-with-an-appalling-trackpad.ars/2 http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/reviews/2011/11/the-asus-zenb... Between an unevenly lit screen and unusable trackpad, no magsafe connector and sharp case edges, it doesn't matter what hardware specs are being offered at any price, Asus missed the mark on 2 of the 3 primary means of interacting with the computer. I wouldn't want that computer if it were free. On the level of a $1000-$2000 purchase, details matter and the Asus Zenbook just fails here. It doesn't matter that it has twice as much SSD space and RAM as the MBA because, I don't want to use a device that has a bad screen and bad trackpad.
- dpark 15y agoNo one's getting MagSafe on a PC until Apple's patent expires or they decide to license it.
- gnaffle 15y agoFor me, the main difference is whether they made something _better_ than the original and innovated in the process. Apple did this with many of their products.