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Oct 26, 2005, 09:42 AM
 
Has anyone seen http://www.appleripoffs.info? They have some great examples of cheap copies of Apple's hardware. Too bad they don't have a section for Microsoft's plagarism of the Mac OS though.

     
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Oct 26, 2005, 09:53 AM
 
The Power Mac G5 looks terrible. Has the Windows machine look.

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Oct 26, 2005, 10:15 AM
 
You just can't imitate TASTE, I guess.
     
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Oct 26, 2005, 02:36 PM
 
Assorted crap knock-off cases
I love it!

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Oct 26, 2005, 02:44 PM
 
OMG

     
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Oct 26, 2005, 03:25 PM
 
Some of those so called 'rip-offs' precede Apple's products...
     
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Oct 26, 2005, 04:09 PM
 
Originally Posted by Krypton
Some of those so called 'rip-offs' precede Apple's products...
Especially the flat-panel iMac ones.

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Oct 26, 2005, 08:29 PM
 


I love how the frame around the screen have been made extra wide to make the screen seem bigger. Haha!

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Oct 26, 2005, 08:33 PM
 
They forgot the Super Shuffle.
Since renamed Super Tangent and changed slightly in appearance.

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Oct 26, 2005, 09:06 PM
 
Wow, those are some bad looking iPod rip offs.
     
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Oct 27, 2005, 05:13 PM
 
Um, in the "Color Cases" section, they appear to be implying that any colored computer must be a Mac rip-off. I mean, those Compaq desktops look NOTHING like a Mac. Also, as many iPod lovers themselves testify in these very forums, the Dell DJ Jukebox whatever-it-is looks and feels nothing like an iPod, other than that they're both HD-based MP3 players.

That said, a few of the iPod ripoffs from Asia are really shameless, along with the original iMac ripoffs.
     
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Oct 27, 2005, 05:17 PM
 
the original iMac looks a lot like this... not all that original IMHO
     
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Oct 27, 2005, 05:33 PM
 
Originally Posted by production_coordinator
the original iMac looks a lot like this... not all that original IMHO
is that your TRASH-80 in your backyard?

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