

Company says it's unafraid of a lawsuit





Stacy Wolff
Stacy Wolff, HP [Image Source: Engadget]


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They're most likely designed by the same company
By Solandri on 5/10/2012 6:25:56 AM , Rating: 3
Dirty little secret of the laptop industry: Dell, HP, and yes even Apple don't actually design and make their own laptops. They hire a company called an Original Design Manufacturer to do it, slap their label on it, and sell it to you.

The Macbooks are designed and built by Quanta. Doubtless Apple provided some guidance on what they wanted (e.g. type of LCD panel, non-standard screws, etc), but all the evidence I've read points to Quanta being the real genius and innovator. The unibody aluminum body was their doing, not Apple's. They're the ones who came up with it on their own and suggested using it to Apple, not the other way around.

As it turns out, Quanta also designs and builds most of HP's laptops. So in all likelihood, that's why they look similar. No sinister copying going on. It's probably the exact same Quanta employees who designed the Macbooks who designed the HP Envy and Spectres.

(This is also the problem with trying to determine reliability by brand. One model Dell could be built by Quanta just like the Macbooks, while another model could be built by Wistron (formerly Acer). All the name brand really tells you is how good the warranty support will be.)

By GatoRat on 5/10/2012 3:29:16 PM , Rating: 2
Thanks for that information. I just went laptop shopping for my ex-wife and our youngest son and this answers some questions. (Not as much similarities between competitors, but differences in various lines from the same branding company.)

