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I'm not sure if you are kidding, but I'm quite certain that my dad (who owns an iMac) wouldn't be able to tell them apart at BestBuy.

Tichy 14y ago
You realize the second photo actually is an iMac, not the HP product? There is a huge white (or aluminium) bar at the bottom of the screen of the iMac, which the HP doesn't have. From the photo I'd estimate it is at least 10cm high. If your dad couldn't tell the difference, maybe he needs new glasses? Or perhaps the money for an iMac was wasted on him and he could have gone with a cheaper (plastic instead of aluminium) PC.
- jrnkntl 14y ago
  It's more like a thunderbolt display: http://www.apple.com/displays/ http://www.apple.com/displays/ EDIT: I see that lloeki said the same already.
- timcederman 14y ago
  "If your dad couldn't tell the difference, maybe he needs new glasses? Or perhaps the money for an iMac was wasted on him and he could have gone with a cheaper (plastic instead of aluminium) PC." I wouldn't expect a comment like this from someone with over 14,000 karma, and who has been a member of HN for over 5 years.
  - oemera 14y ago
    That makes it even worse. This whole "X is not copying Apple" is getting ridiculous at HN...
  - Tichy 14y ago
    Whatever - the whole thing is so pointless. Just downvote me into oblivion and be done with it.
- niels_olson 14y ago
  27" iMac owner here. The bar at the bottom of an iMac is more like 5-6 cm.
- arthurschreiber 14y ago
  Not having an aluminium bar at the bottom makes it very much look like the Apple Cinema Display, though.
- oemera 14y ago
  Your point is ridiculous! I'm so angry at the moment... How can people say something like this... I don't get it. Non-tech-guys don't see such little differences. Especially if they are bit older. They just don't care and often people wouldn't even see the HP logo on the bezel either. They don't care. It looks like an iMac, which saw in a TV ad and want to buy one. Plus if the best buy guy says it is the same thing they will believe your words cause they don't know better. It's not even about design but also about marketing budget which Apple pays for it's products. With copying the design, you even get the marketing for free... I hate to say this but at the moment the whole PC / Tablet industry is copying Apple. And this nothing good at all. Not for Apple and not for everyone else!
  - buro9 14y ago
    I'm absolutely baffled by the emotional reaction of anger over this. Is this really something to be angry about? I mean, I feel anger at times. Anger at libraries being shut, poverty in the local estates, jobs being cut, growing up without a father present, that we go to war, that cycling in London is more dangerous than it need be. But I don't get angry when <company A> does anything to <company B> for any values of A and B.
    - oemera 14y ago
      I didn't get angry because someone copied Apple but that someone would say that old people like my would need new glasses if they couldn't differentiate both machines. This arrogant and offensive at the same time. What makes you say something like that? Not everyone knows everything about technology. My Dad is 67 and I know he couldn't distinguish those machines but that is ok. He doesn't need to. HN is not Digg or Youtube comments.
      - Tichy 14y ago
        It's ok if your dad can't distinguish such things - but maybe you shouldn't quote him as authority for "x copied y" then.
      - esolyt 14y ago
- MikeKusold 14y ago
  "If your dad couldn't tell the difference, maybe he needs new glasses? Or perhaps the money for an iMac was wasted on him and he could have gone with a cheaper (plastic instead of aluminium) PC." Yes, because the reason people pay "more" for Apple hardware is only because of the looks. It wouldn't take new glasses to see the difference between Windows 8 and OSX.
- mietek 14y ago
  Maybe you need a refresher on what constitutes a constructive comment.
thoughtsimple 14y ago
I should have mentioned that it doesn't look like an iMac if you go to the Engadget article that TNW references. They have pictures from different angles and those don't look much like an iMac to me. i.e. http://www.engadget.com/photos/hp-spectre-one/#5256830 http://www.engadget.com/photos/hp-spectre-one/#5256830

Tichy 14y ago

You realize the second photo actually is an iMac, not the HP product? There is a huge white (or aluminium) bar at the bottom of the screen of the iMac, which the HP doesn't have. From the photo I'd estimate it is at least 10cm high. If your dad couldn't tell the difference, maybe he needs new glasses? Or perhaps the money for an iMac was wasted on him and he could have gone with a cheaper (plastic instead of aluminium) PC.

jrnkntl 14y ago
It's more like a thunderbolt display: http://www.apple.com/displays/ http://www.apple.com/displays/ EDIT: I see that lloeki said the same already.
timcederman 14y ago
"If your dad couldn't tell the difference, maybe he needs new glasses? Or perhaps the money for an iMac was wasted on him and he could have gone with a cheaper (plastic instead of aluminium) PC." I wouldn't expect a comment like this from someone with over 14,000 karma, and who has been a member of HN for over 5 years.
- oemera 14y ago
  That makes it even worse. This whole "X is not copying Apple" is getting ridiculous at HN...
- Tichy 14y ago
  Whatever - the whole thing is so pointless. Just downvote me into oblivion and be done with it.
niels_olson 14y ago
27" iMac owner here. The bar at the bottom of an iMac is more like 5-6 cm.
arthurschreiber 14y ago
Not having an aluminium bar at the bottom makes it very much look like the Apple Cinema Display, though.
oemera 14y ago
Your point is ridiculous! I'm so angry at the moment... How can people say something like this... I don't get it. Non-tech-guys don't see such little differences. Especially if they are bit older. They just don't care and often people wouldn't even see the HP logo on the bezel either. They don't care. It looks like an iMac, which saw in a TV ad and want to buy one. Plus if the best buy guy says it is the same thing they will believe your words cause they don't know better. It's not even about design but also about marketing budget which Apple pays for it's products. With copying the design, you even get the marketing for free... I hate to say this but at the moment the whole PC / Tablet industry is copying Apple. And this nothing good at all. Not for Apple and not for everyone else!
- buro9 14y ago
  I'm absolutely baffled by the emotional reaction of anger over this. Is this really something to be angry about? I mean, I feel anger at times. Anger at libraries being shut, poverty in the local estates, jobs being cut, growing up without a father present, that we go to war, that cycling in London is more dangerous than it need be. But I don't get angry when <company A> does anything to <company B> for any values of A and B.
  - oemera 14y ago
    I didn't get angry because someone copied Apple but that someone would say that old people like my would need new glasses if they couldn't differentiate both machines. This arrogant and offensive at the same time. What makes you say something like that? Not everyone knows everything about technology. My Dad is 67 and I know he couldn't distinguish those machines but that is ok. He doesn't need to. HN is not Digg or Youtube comments.
    - Tichy 14y ago
      It's ok if your dad can't distinguish such things - but maybe you shouldn't quote him as authority for "x copied y" then.
    - esolyt 14y ago
MikeKusold 14y ago
"If your dad couldn't tell the difference, maybe he needs new glasses? Or perhaps the money for an iMac was wasted on him and he could have gone with a cheaper (plastic instead of aluminium) PC." Yes, because the reason people pay "more" for Apple hardware is only because of the looks. It wouldn't take new glasses to see the difference between Windows 8 and OSX.
mietek 14y ago
Maybe you need a refresher on what constitutes a constructive comment.

thoughtsimple 14y ago

I should have mentioned that it doesn't look like an iMac if you go to the Engadget article that TNW references. They have pictures from different angles and those don't look much like an iMac to me. i.e. http://www.engadget.com/photos/hp-spectre-one/#5256830 http://www.engadget.com/photos/hp-spectre-one/#5256830