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I really wish this didn't look like a bad imitation of an Apple product. Surely it's possible to build a nice looking laptop that doesn't look so similar to a M

by state 12y ago

I really wish this didn't look like a bad imitation of an Apple product. Surely it's possible to build a nice looking laptop that doesn't look so similar to a MacBook. If you're going to do something different, just be different. I think these things are actually kind of sweet, but I can't stand the way they look.

fit2rule 12y ago
There's something to be said, though, for the standard that Apple have set with the unibody design of the Macbooks .. its a very functional design and can take a beating. I wish more manufacturers would just copy this feature, personally .. the only reason I persist with the Macbook is that its not at all a creaky, plasticy slab .. but rather a more functional, industrial-strength product.
calbear81 12y ago
It looks heavier than it's spec'ed for (3.3lbs). I'm not sure what it is but it just looks really thick, like a 2011-era Macbook Pro. I too wish they went a different direction with their industrial design.
jonathantm 12y ago
#fanboy4life Show me a good looking laptop and I'll show you a laptop that somebody will say looks like something Apple made first. There are many ways this does not look like an Apple laptop. But you know what? It doesn't fucking matter. Buy it, don't buy it. Like it, don't like it. Whatever. Just - for the love of Ullr - please don't dirty this otherwise wonderful website with such fucking banal commentary. Say something meaningful, say something funny, but please don't say something that sounds like a failed (or ironic) attempt at trolling.
- dntrkv 12y ago
  Examples of beautiful laptops that don't look like MacBooks: https://brooksreview.net/imgs/sony_vaio_505.jpg https://brooksreview.net/imgs/sony_vaio_505.jpg http://www.sony.co.in/product/resources/en_IN/images/hubpages/vaio/Hub-Child-Feature/feature10/p13_11/ultrabook_0.jpg http://www.sony.co.in/product/resources/en_IN/images/hubpage... http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/voodoo-envy-white_-flat-view-02.jpg http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/voodoo-env... http://blog.laptopmag.com/wpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sony-x505.jpg http://blog.laptopmag.com/wpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/... http://www.lenovo.com/shop/americas/content/img_lib/530x430/x1.jpg http://www.lenovo.com/shop/americas/content/img_lib/530x430/... Believe it or not, it is possible to design great looking products without being called an Apple-clone. Most companies just try to stick with what works.
  - scholia 12y ago
    Oddly enough, that superthin diskless Sony X505 pre-dates the first MacBook Air ;-)
- outworlder 12y ago
  > please don't dirty this otherwise wonderful website Same goes for you.
- gress 12y ago
  Try to brush it away, but laptops didn't look like this before Apple made them look like this. This may have minor differences from from Apple's design, but let's be honest about the fact that the design is based on Apple's and not anyone else's.
- vlunkr 12y ago
  Eh, I might agree with you, but this looks SO much like a fatter, cheaper macbook pro.
dman 12y ago
I own both a macbook pro and a pixel. In person they are nothing alike at all. The feel of the two devices is very different. And to be honest in my subjective opinion I like some of the details on the Pixel better. (The charger has a small led band that goes from red to green as you charge your device, theres also a colored led strip that fades in / out when you turn the machine on / off. Lastly I have never been happy with the various iterations of magsafe, I always end up fraying the cable, the pixel charger connector is pretty good).
spankalee 12y ago
It's just a seamless metal rectangle, and much more squared-off and flat than Apple products. It's also a different color, has different speaker placement, different screen aspect ratio, different hinge... I hope we don't get into a situation where every metal slab notebook is considered an Apple knockoff. I prefer that basic design and want more choices than just metal and Apple or curvy, wedgey, plasticy PCs.
- JustSomeNobody 12y ago
  Indeed. My last laptop purchase was for a rMBP (Late 2014) because every other laptop I could get my hands on had so much plastic flex, I just couldn't bring myself to buy it. (I'm sure someone is going to list a dozen that don't, but if I couldn't try it out, I didn't consider it.) I had no great desire to switch to an Apple product, but macbook pros are solid. I wish more laptops were made with metal than plastic; I would love the choice.
JustSomeNobody 12y ago
Looks more like a Dell than anything.

by state 12y ago

fit2rule 12y ago

There's something to be said, though, for the standard that Apple have set with the unibody design of the Macbooks .. its a very functional design and can take a beating. I wish more manufacturers would just copy this feature, personally .. the only reason I persist with the Macbook is that its not at all a creaky, plasticy slab .. but rather a more functional, industrial-strength product.

calbear81 12y ago

It looks heavier than it's spec'ed for (3.3lbs). I'm not sure what it is but it just looks really thick, like a 2011-era Macbook Pro. I too wish they went a different direction with their industrial design.

jonathantm 12y ago

#fanboy4life Show me a good looking laptop and I'll show you a laptop that somebody will say looks like something Apple made first. There are many ways this does not look like an Apple laptop. But you know what? It doesn't fucking matter. Buy it, don't buy it. Like it, don't like it. Whatever. Just - for the love of Ullr - please don't dirty this otherwise wonderful website with such fucking banal commentary. Say something meaningful, say something funny, but please don't say something that sounds like a failed (or ironic) attempt at trolling.

dntrkv 12y ago
Examples of beautiful laptops that don't look like MacBooks: https://brooksreview.net/imgs/sony_vaio_505.jpg https://brooksreview.net/imgs/sony_vaio_505.jpg http://www.sony.co.in/product/resources/en_IN/images/hubpages/vaio/Hub-Child-Feature/feature10/p13_11/ultrabook_0.jpg http://www.sony.co.in/product/resources/en_IN/images/hubpage... http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/voodoo-envy-white_-flat-view-02.jpg http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/voodoo-env... http://blog.laptopmag.com/wpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sony-x505.jpg http://blog.laptopmag.com/wpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/... http://www.lenovo.com/shop/americas/content/img_lib/530x430/x1.jpg http://www.lenovo.com/shop/americas/content/img_lib/530x430/... Believe it or not, it is possible to design great looking products without being called an Apple-clone. Most companies just try to stick with what works.
- scholia 12y ago
  Oddly enough, that superthin diskless Sony X505 pre-dates the first MacBook Air ;-)
outworlder 12y ago
> please don't dirty this otherwise wonderful website Same goes for you.
gress 12y ago
Try to brush it away, but laptops didn't look like this before Apple made them look like this. This may have minor differences from from Apple's design, but let's be honest about the fact that the design is based on Apple's and not anyone else's.
vlunkr 12y ago
Eh, I might agree with you, but this looks SO much like a fatter, cheaper macbook pro.

dman 12y ago

I own both a macbook pro and a pixel. In person they are nothing alike at all. The feel of the two devices is very different. And to be honest in my subjective opinion I like some of the details on the Pixel better. (The charger has a small led band that goes from red to green as you charge your device, theres also a colored led strip that fades in / out when you turn the machine on / off. Lastly I have never been happy with the various iterations of magsafe, I always end up fraying the cable, the pixel charger connector is pretty good).

spankalee 12y ago

It's just a seamless metal rectangle, and much more squared-off and flat than Apple products. It's also a different color, has different speaker placement, different screen aspect ratio, different hinge... I hope we don't get into a situation where every metal slab notebook is considered an Apple knockoff. I prefer that basic design and want more choices than just metal and Apple or curvy, wedgey, plasticy PCs.

JustSomeNobody 12y ago
Indeed. My last laptop purchase was for a rMBP (Late 2014) because every other laptop I could get my hands on had so much plastic flex, I just couldn't bring myself to buy it. (I'm sure someone is going to list a dozen that don't, but if I couldn't try it out, I didn't consider it.) I had no great desire to switch to an Apple product, but macbook pros are solid. I wish more laptops were made with metal than plastic; I would love the choice.

JustSomeNobody 12y ago

Looks more like a Dell than anything.