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It would have been better if they didn't make it look a little bit too inspired by the Macbook Pro.

by operatingthetan 5mo ago

dustfinger 5mo ago
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wussboy 5mo ago
What a boutique criticism
bryanlarsen 5mo ago
There isn't exactly a lot of design freedom in a black rectangle with a screen a keyboard and a touchpad. A real Macbook copy would include Macbook misfeatures, like: - control key in wrong place - camera notch - half sized arrow keys
- operatingthetan 5mo ago
  >There isn't exactly a lot of design freedom in a black rectangle with a screen a keyboard and a touchpad No, every laptop does not look exactly the same and they are not all macbook clones.
  - ShinyLeftPad 5mo ago
    It doesn't look exactly the same. Sure, if it had a tiny touchpad with separate buttons or missing indent so that it's inconvenient to open the lid or didn't have stereo speakers or was really thick then it would look even more different than an MBP... If one company nails some design elements before others, why should everyone who gets those elements too be blamed for copying it.
  - bryanlarsen 5mo ago
    The ones that look more different are generally made of plastic and/or eschew minimalism. minimalism as a design choice far predates Apple, and constrains design choices substantially.
sho_hn 5mo ago
I think in reality it will look/feel a fair bit different due to the ceramic-coated material. Asus has similar materials in recent models I believe; I rather like it.
- baybal2 5mo ago
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dylan604 5mo ago
And what design would you rather them emulate?
jjtheblunt 5mo ago
why?
ulrikrasmussen 5mo ago
It doesn't. It looks like a slick laptop, but it is as similar to Macbook Pro as it is to a modern Thinkpad. The hinge in particular stands out and looks like a Thinkpad hinge as opposed to the hidden hinge of a Macbook. Other than that, there is not much design freedom left when the whole industry has kinda agreed that a big trackpad and rounded corners is the way to go.

It would have been better if they didn't make it look a little bit too inspired by the Macbook Pro.

dustfinger 5mo ago

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wussboy 5mo ago

What a boutique criticism

bryanlarsen 5mo ago

There isn't exactly a lot of design freedom in a black rectangle with a screen a keyboard and a touchpad. A real Macbook copy would include Macbook misfeatures, like: - control key in wrong place - camera notch - half sized arrow keys

operatingthetan 5mo ago
>There isn't exactly a lot of design freedom in a black rectangle with a screen a keyboard and a touchpad No, every laptop does not look exactly the same and they are not all macbook clones.
- ShinyLeftPad 5mo ago
  It doesn't look exactly the same. Sure, if it had a tiny touchpad with separate buttons or missing indent so that it's inconvenient to open the lid or didn't have stereo speakers or was really thick then it would look even more different than an MBP... If one company nails some design elements before others, why should everyone who gets those elements too be blamed for copying it.
- bryanlarsen 5mo ago
  The ones that look more different are generally made of plastic and/or eschew minimalism. minimalism as a design choice far predates Apple, and constrains design choices substantially.

sho_hn 5mo ago

I think in reality it will look/feel a fair bit different due to the ceramic-coated material. Asus has similar materials in recent models I believe; I rather like it.

baybal2 5mo ago
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dylan604 5mo ago

And what design would you rather them emulate?

jjtheblunt 5mo ago

why?

ulrikrasmussen 5mo ago

It doesn't. It looks like a slick laptop, but it is as similar to Macbook Pro as it is to a modern Thinkpad. The hinge in particular stands out and looks like a Thinkpad hinge as opposed to the hidden hinge of a Macbook. Other than that, there is not much design freedom left when the whole industry has kinda agreed that a big trackpad and rounded corners is the way to go.