I think the reason this gets attention is that it's a symptom of one of the underlying problems with the PC hardware industry.
The big guys tend to be, for lack of a better term, lazy. It's not just that they copy, it's that when they copy, they tend to do so poorly and miss a lot of what made the original design good in the first place.
PC users have been suffering through bad design and questionable build quality for years, and rather than sit down and think through their designs, the major manufacturers have taken to making superficial copies of Apple's hardware.
This is the reason I've been so excited about Vizio getting into the PC market.
They've done a decent job of showing that it's possible to design nice-looking, well-built PCs without outright aping Apple. I actually think the AiOs are prettier than the iMac, personally.
Which isn't to say they're perfect. I own one of the 14" T+Ls, and while it's very good on the whole, it has some issues like a meh-tastic touchpad.
But it's still worlds better than what any of the established PC manufacturers have been doing, and it's kind of sad that a company that had never built a computer before has managed to design one that's better than most of what's being built by companies with decades of experience.
The big guys tend to be, for lack of a better term, lazy. It's not just that they copy, it's that when they copy, they tend to do so poorly and miss a lot of what made the original design good in the first place.
PC users have been suffering through bad design and questionable build quality for years, and rather than sit down and think through their designs, the major manufacturers have taken to making superficial copies of Apple's hardware.
This is the reason I've been so excited about Vizio getting into the PC market.
http://www.vizio.com/all-in-one/overview
http://www.vizio.com/thin-light/gallery
They've done a decent job of showing that it's possible to design nice-looking, well-built PCs without outright aping Apple. I actually think the AiOs are prettier than the iMac, personally.
Which isn't to say they're perfect. I own one of the 14" T+Ls, and while it's very good on the whole, it has some issues like a meh-tastic touchpad.
But it's still worlds better than what any of the established PC manufacturers have been doing, and it's kind of sad that a company that had never built a computer before has managed to design one that's better than most of what's being built by companies with decades of experience.