How wrong you are. This is the original inspiration for the Air. Apple ripped it off and made a few pathetic modifications to mask their lack of any real design ability.
You people, always accusing the Chinese of ripping off good design. Never consider it might be the reverse.
Have you ever overlaid a graph of Ikea's growth since the 1970s with the increase in divorce rates? I know correlation and causation when I sees it. I bet Apple's design team visit Ikea on a regular basis both to rip off the "fake" laptop designs and to get rid of the evil, money grabbing women they've got adhered to their wallets like leeches. You have a high paying job and want to lose the money grabbin', moochin' wife who's no longer pretty? Take a trip to Ikea. A surefire way to initiate divorce proceedings.
Look at the background, they probably are selling desks or stands, and put a dummy on their actual product for demonstration. Otherwise will you left a real macbook air unsupervised?
Are you trolling us or did you really fail to realize this is just a dummy they put on the their products (based on the background it appears the company is actually selling tables) to show case?
They do this in the US too, use prop electronics. The difference is those props are not actually branded, just generic plastic boxes that roughly resemble a laptop or stereo.
I don’t really think this is a big deal, not nearly as much as an operational fake MacBook. It still goes to the point though that some parts of the world don’t really care about copyrights, trademarks, etc.
"It’s a common way to get a cheap laugh: mention that " Ian Cutress can't write to save his life and a lot of easily found and fixed typos exist in his articles. ;-)
So color me unsurprised to find a fake MacBook Air... "Call" not color: So call me unsurprised to find a fake MacBook Air...
They also got a big agitated when I started taking pictures. "bit" not "big": They also got a bit agitated when I started taking pictures.
Just tormenting you, keep writing the good articles.
Its a colloquialism. How about an example like, "I'm good?" Good is an adjective. It should read, "I'm well". "Color me X," is not grammatically wrong. Its also spelled correctly. Its just incorrect usage of the English language.
Still, we can alway get into a religious war over this if you want to. ;-)
"Still, we can alway get into a religious war over this if you want to. ;-)" You started this bullshit by being outrage over (fake) issues?! Shut up, mate!
"Its just incorrect usage of the English language."
Nope. Wrong. Totally wrong. Just stop digging. Language is for conveying ideas, and everyone knows what he means when he says that. He didn't coin that phrase. And even if he did, so what? People do that all the time.
"I am well" is also wrong (unless specifically talking about health). Good is an adjective, yes. You are saying that your state of being is good. You don't want an adverb there. You're not trying to say you are good at feeling. Yeah, "am" is a verb. A linking verb. Pop quiz! "The cake is delicious" or "The cake is deliciously"? "Is" is a verb so clearly you need an adverb there right? Right? Wrong.
It's pretty cool. I did notice it has buttons, but I was wondering what do they do. Those should be thankful to be noticed by Anandtech to say the lest.
Have you never been into a furniture store before? They put fake laptops on them to stage them. They cost next to nothing and there's no threat of them being stolen and you get a feel for what it will look like in your home. They've been doing this for ... ever?
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hirschma - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
Is it a look-alike PC that has a reskinned OS, or is it a "commercial" Hackintosh (i.e., running a hacked OSX)? Inquiring minds want to know.olafgarten - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
I don't think the laptop is real, it's just a casing with a sticker of a desktop on the screen.hirschma - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
OK, now it's clear (and now I actually read the article) - it's just a prop for selling the desk. Nothingburger.philehidiot - Saturday, June 1, 2019 - link
JUST A PROP?!How wrong you are. This is the original inspiration for the Air. Apple ripped it off and made a few pathetic modifications to mask their lack of any real design ability.
You people, always accusing the Chinese of ripping off good design. Never consider it might be the reverse.
KevinCZK - Saturday, June 1, 2019 - link
Have you been IKEA? Lots of MacBook , iMac, TV dummy here. They are selling TABLE!philehidiot - Sunday, June 2, 2019 - link
Have you ever overlaid a graph of Ikea's growth since the 1970s with the increase in divorce rates? I know correlation and causation when I sees it. I bet Apple's design team visit Ikea on a regular basis both to rip off the "fake" laptop designs and to get rid of the evil, money grabbing women they've got adhered to their wallets like leeches. You have a high paying job and want to lose the money grabbin', moochin' wife who's no longer pretty? Take a trip to Ikea. A surefire way to initiate divorce proceedings.Yes, this is a joke. Get over it. ;)
PeachNCream - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
*insert uncalled for joke about how the fake is more useful than the real thing and is priced at what a MacBook is actually worth*GreenReaper - Saturday, June 1, 2019 - link
It's hard to compete with the power consumption of a sticker!(Although I guess you do need lights on to see it...)
wilsonkf - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
Look at the background, they probably are selling desks or stands, and put a dummy on their actual product for demonstration. Otherwise will you left a real macbook air unsupervised?wilsonkf - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
Would they be in trouble if they made their macbook air dummy too real?airdrifting - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
Are you trolling us or did you really fail to realize this is just a dummy they put on the their products (based on the background it appears the company is actually selling tables) to show case?jeremyshaw - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
Who knows?Though I wouldn't put it beyond Apple to consider the Macbook Air design "protected IP," despite being a generic laptop profile nowadays.
jeremyshaw - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
That being said, actually putting "Macbook Air" on the model isn't going to help them.sor - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
They do this in the US too, use prop electronics. The difference is those props are not actually branded, just generic plastic boxes that roughly resemble a laptop or stereo.I don’t really think this is a big deal, not nearly as much as an operational fake MacBook. It still goes to the point though that some parts of the world don’t really care about copyrights, trademarks, etc.
Lord of the Bored - Sunday, June 2, 2019 - link
You have no sense of humor. He saw something funny that he could justify putting a micro-article up about.Makaveli - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
Some high tier Trolling :)ballsystemlord - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
"It’s a common way to get a cheap laugh: mention that " Ian Cutress can't write to save his life and a lot of easily found and fixed typos exist in his articles. ;-)So color me unsurprised to find a fake MacBook Air...
"Call" not color:
So call me unsurprised to find a fake MacBook Air...
They also got a big agitated when I started taking pictures.
"bit" not "big":
They also got a bit agitated when I started taking pictures.
Just tormenting you, keep writing the good articles.
kn00tcn - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
never heard of 'call me surprised', search results go back to colorballsystemlord - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
Maybe call is also a poor choice to...This is much better.
"So I'm unsurprised to find a fake MacBook Air..."
BiggerInside - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
*tooYou're killing it, dude. How often do you put on this show? Do you comment on other sites as well?
jordanclock - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
Nope, "color me <whatever>" is a totally normal phrase.https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/color-me-su...
ballsystemlord - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
Its a colloquialism.How about an example like, "I'm good?" Good is an adjective. It should read, "I'm well".
"Color me X," is not grammatically wrong. Its also spelled correctly. Its just incorrect usage of the English language.
Still, we can alway get into a religious war over this if you want to. ;-)
Death666Angel - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
"Still, we can alway get into a religious war over this if you want to. ;-)"You started this bullshit by being outrage over (fake) issues?! Shut up, mate!
Rookierookie - Saturday, June 1, 2019 - link
It's.MamiyaOtaru - Saturday, June 1, 2019 - link
"Its just incorrect usage of the English language."Nope. Wrong. Totally wrong. Just stop digging. Language is for conveying ideas, and everyone knows what he means when he says that. He didn't coin that phrase. And even if he did, so what? People do that all the time.
"I am well" is also wrong (unless specifically talking about health). Good is an adjective, yes. You are saying that your state of being is good. You don't want an adverb there. You're not trying to say you are good at feeling. Yeah, "am" is a verb. A linking verb. Pop quiz! "The cake is delicious" or "The cake is deliciously"? "Is" is a verb so clearly you need an adverb there right? Right? Wrong.
boozed - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
"Colour me XYZ" is a perfectly normal expression in English.Whoops.
GreenReaper - Saturday, June 1, 2019 - link
The phrase is fine, but "color" is missing a 'u'. ;-)jospoortvliet - Saturday, June 1, 2019 - link
Us vs uk English.Lord of the Bored - Sunday, June 2, 2019 - link
No u.Oxford Guy - Friday, May 31, 2019 - link
There is a Chinese Linux distribution that aims to copy OS X, at least visually, a great deal, too.imaheadcase - Saturday, June 1, 2019 - link
That desk does look kinda cool. Desks that let you adjust the height with touch on hand are hard to come by anymore.edwpang - Sunday, June 2, 2019 - link
It's pretty cool. I did notice it has buttons, but I was wondering what do they do. Those should be thankful to be noticed by Anandtech to say the lest.piroroadkill - Saturday, June 1, 2019 - link
It's just a prop. They're clearly selling desks.vanilla_gorilla - Saturday, June 1, 2019 - link
Have you never been into a furniture store before? They put fake laptops on them to stage them. They cost next to nothing and there's no threat of them being stolen and you get a feel for what it will look like in your home. They've been doing this for ... ever?beginning - Monday, June 3, 2019 - link
This isn't the type of news I expect from anandtech. Just registering my displeasure.MadManMark - Monday, June 3, 2019 - link
It's a prop which a furniture company is using to sell a desk.Slow news day?