MacMini Rip-off

[aleph]

Now someone tell me otherwise, but isnt this just a shameless rip off of the Macmini profile?

full details-

http://www.sonos.com/products/zoneplayers/zp80/images.htm

[deiphobus]

Oh man. If you think that is a Mac Mini rip-off... you should look for products by Taiwan-based companies.

[Rufus_86]

It is a houshold music player, much like a mac with airtunes...and a really cool remote...

But I'll habd it to ya', it does look like one...kinda...

MuchLove

[gnomexp]

Meh.... minis were inspired by shuttlePCs, which were inspired by other stuff, which were inspired by shoeboxes?

[sunb1rd]

the more rip-offs the better-- they'll eventually make one small, stylish.... wait for it..............and affordable! although I suppose you do get what you pay for. my opinion of taiwanese electronics is generally... well, see previous statement.

[maced]

inspired by shoeboxes lol

[fenixtx22]

have you seen the remote that comes with it its not a mac mini rip off and neither is this. now anything that is small with round corners gets called a mac-mini rip off.

[aleph]

yeah... the remote is an ipod rip-off

[Carvetia]

Because it's square and has round corners?!? haha, i do hope you are joking.

[nomis_nehc]

yah seriously, i have seen many more that looks so much more than macmini than this.

[duyvan82]

someone's getting pwned like a b!tch lol

[shmengie]

well, i've been waiting to pounce, and it seems that now, the time is right. several years ago, i was awarded an international patent for anything "square," "square-ish" or "square-like." i've decided to go ahead and start filing lawsuits against anyone who illegally uses my patented shape. when the moolah starts rolling in, i'm gonna buy aqua-soft and turn it into a vista-only website. of course, if the world wants to pay me a licensing fee to use my shape...

[Xyb`]

hahahahahah gg

[ShadyApple]

its basically a mac min except with peg legs, everybody always immitating apple.

[aquaman99]

This one looks more like a Mac Mini to me: X-Mini Media Center PC

[fenixtx22]

this one is a complete rip of the mac mini

[mrhotwings]

that doesn't even look like mac mini, find a better rip

[Paralex]

Looks nothing like the mini, the design of it looks so...flat. It's garbage, really.

[grim53]

i thought the mini was a rip of the cube, with was a rip of the square.

[Ellada]

Cube = 3d square.

There are far more obvious mini rips than this, but dont think the mac mini design is all original to begin.

[Desides]

It's really getting pointless to keep crying about Mac Mini ripoffs. Apple introduced a new concept, and it's taken hold. There is nothing inherently wrong with companies making small cube PCs--in fact, I welcome the shift away from the ATX/tower form factor. A low power, low profile computer like the Mini or its derivatives have plenty of potential applications. Let's not discourage them by crying ripoff, alright?

[duyvan82]

it's funny because the mac mini design is actually a rip off of the shuttle's. Just that they look way better than their wintel counterparts, which leads people to say [and think] they are original. People really have no clue whatsoever about what is coming out of their holes :slant:

[nylock10]

This is worse: http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/mcexmini.asp?v=d

[rjohnstone]

it's funny because the mac mini design is actually a rip off of the shuttle's. Just that they look way better than their wintel counterparts, which leads people to say [and think] they are original. People really have no clue whatsoever about what is coming out of their holes :slant:

Exactly what I said a long time ago when the mini was introduced... nothing new here at all.

Just Apple's version of a Shuttle PC.

From a design perspective, all Apple did was dumb down the exterior. Original thinking, creative and innovative... I think not.