Nah. I get the argument that maybe American laptop makers are complacent or that we shouldn't create borders within which to judge technology. To be fair, if Matebook is a rip off of the Macbook design, devices are getting to be a lot like cars. Ford & Toyota are both composited of parts made all over the world. The Macbook is probably just as Chinese by weight as a Huawei.
But compare the integrity & intangibles … If HN is a developer community shouldn’t we appreciate originality? Shouldn’t we depreciate a company that is heavily inspired by another & offers no credit where credit is due?
Apple’s designs aren’t the end-all-be-all & their software lags well behind the innovations we’ve seen in their hardware through the years. But they & any company that does something original enough deserves some credit.
"The Mac option: Apple MacBook Pro” should actually say: "The Original option: Apple MacBook Pro” … and all of the scores should be weighted against that original. (Why is that section the second section? Would making it the last make it stand out more?)
In fact, I don’t think it’d be out of line to rate every other device by how well they copied the form factor from Apple, how well they varied and added to the number of ports, what they did differently than Apple & how that impacted usability and security among other things.
There’s a really objective way to gage devices … I know I’m biased but at least I know I am. The Verge is as clueless as most sites I’ve seen that rate laptops like each one was an original idea that coincidentally all happen to look alike.
But compare the integrity & intangibles … If HN is a developer community shouldn’t we appreciate originality? Shouldn’t we depreciate a company that is heavily inspired by another & offers no credit where credit is due?
Apple’s designs aren’t the end-all-be-all & their software lags well behind the innovations we’ve seen in their hardware through the years. But they & any company that does something original enough deserves some credit.
"The Mac option: Apple MacBook Pro” should actually say: "The Original option: Apple MacBook Pro” … and all of the scores should be weighted against that original. (Why is that section the second section? Would making it the last make it stand out more?)
In fact, I don’t think it’d be out of line to rate every other device by how well they copied the form factor from Apple, how well they varied and added to the number of ports, what they did differently than Apple & how that impacted usability and security among other things.
There’s a really objective way to gage devices … I know I’m biased but at least I know I am. The Verge is as clueless as most sites I’ve seen that rate laptops like each one was an original idea that coincidentally all happen to look alike.