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so the Personal Computer industry is like every other industry. How is this news. Don't manufacturers/designers in the fashion industry (sunglasses, clothing,

so the Personal Computer industry is like every other industry. How is this news. Don't manufacturers/designers in the fashion industry (sunglasses, clothing, hats, shoes ETC.) The auto industry, house design, art, home furnishing, appliance, Hollywood movies and sitcoms, advertising industry, landscape (I could go on and on) do the same thing? Please stop with this...

publicfig 14y ago
Yet this is a site that mostly focuses on the tech industry so of course we are going to focus in on stories like this as opposed to other stories in different fields.
- goggles99 14y ago
  You are missing my point completely.
randall 14y ago
Fun sidenote, the sunglass industry doesn't actually copy anyone else... they literally OWN the entire industry themselves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxottica http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxottica Secret monopolies ftw. (LensCrafters' doctors have you buy designer glasses you need. Vertical integration gone wrong.)
jarjoura 14y ago
There is a slight difference though, you should still be able to tell distinctly at a distance this is an HP vs. a Mac. Having a high resolution display built into an all-in-one body makes sense to copy, but using the same color scheme regardless of materials with the same shapes makes it look like a copy of an iMac.
- goggles99 14y ago
  I am not disputing that HP made it to look like a Mac. I am only saying that this happens in literally every industry, yet we don't see headlines because some pair of Walmart imported sunglasses look like Oakleys.
goatforce5 14y ago
Yes, but there's more than one fashion house or car company that people imitate. It's not like everyone is wearing obvious Versace knock-offs and driving Ferrari clones. As much as I love my Apple products and will probably continue to buy them, I wish some other people were coming out with interesting ideas that would gain traction.

publicfig 14y ago

Yet this is a site that mostly focuses on the tech industry so of course we are going to focus in on stories like this as opposed to other stories in different fields.

goggles99 14y ago
You are missing my point completely.

randall 14y ago

Fun sidenote, the sunglass industry doesn't actually copy anyone else... they literally OWN the entire industry themselves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxottica http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxottica Secret monopolies ftw. (LensCrafters' doctors have you buy designer glasses you need. Vertical integration gone wrong.)

jarjoura 14y ago

There is a slight difference though, you should still be able to tell distinctly at a distance this is an HP vs. a Mac. Having a high resolution display built into an all-in-one body makes sense to copy, but using the same color scheme regardless of materials with the same shapes makes it look like a copy of an iMac.

goggles99 14y ago
I am not disputing that HP made it to look like a Mac. I am only saying that this happens in literally every industry, yet we don't see headlines because some pair of Walmart imported sunglasses look like Oakleys.

goatforce5 14y ago

Yes, but there's more than one fashion house or car company that people imitate. It's not like everyone is wearing obvious Versace knock-offs and driving Ferrari clones. As much as I love my Apple products and will probably continue to buy them, I wish some other people were coming out with interesting ideas that would gain traction.