> but their top recommendation is a Chinese laptop with a design ripped-off of the MacBook Pro
Well, 'ripped-off' is too strong for this very case, as laptops now days looks more or less the same (Just like smartphones).
As a Chinese, I don't think I'll ever buy this Matebook thing (big Dell and ThinkPad fan here), but what I interested is how Apple would respond to all these 'ripped-off' products. Will they finally decide to design something that I don't resist to buy?
For example, the soldered SSD, that's a big NO NO for me. Especially when I realized that few drops of coffee can send me to the deep depression for a long while.
And also, the keyboard. I'm 100% admire those who can type on it all days and still managed to keep all their fingers at full length.
About the 'ripped-off' thing, I think it's fundamentally because one simple reason: It's not very hard to build laptops similar to Macbook anymore. Samsung, LG, ASUS etc, all started to make their own version of 'Macbook's (they call that Ultrabook).
To me, when you saw everyone is rolling out similar products, it's a sign of everybody is hitting a global glass ceiling. Only wonder is who can penetrate it first.
Well, 'ripped-off' is too strong for this very case, as laptops now days looks more or less the same (Just like smartphones).
As a Chinese, I don't think I'll ever buy this Matebook thing (big Dell and ThinkPad fan here), but what I interested is how Apple would respond to all these 'ripped-off' products. Will they finally decide to design something that I don't resist to buy?
For example, the soldered SSD, that's a big NO NO for me. Especially when I realized that few drops of coffee can send me to the deep depression for a long while.
And also, the keyboard. I'm 100% admire those who can type on it all days and still managed to keep all their fingers at full length.
About the 'ripped-off' thing, I think it's fundamentally because one simple reason: It's not very hard to build laptops similar to Macbook anymore. Samsung, LG, ASUS etc, all started to make their own version of 'Macbook's (they call that Ultrabook).
To me, when you saw everyone is rolling out similar products, it's a sign of everybody is hitting a global glass ceiling. Only wonder is who can penetrate it first.