I’d forgive you if you told me that the picture above showed a stack of Acer Aspire One netbooks. They’re actually Chinese mini-notebooks from a company called Dai Rui. But they bear a more-than-passing resemblance to the Acer Aspire One, which I’m pretty sure is exactly what Dai Rui was going for. The main difference […]
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Chinese iPad knockoffs: From aPad to iPed
There’s no shortage of iPad knockoffs coming out of China these days. Like most, the iPed, which also seems to go by the name of the aPad, runs Google Android and seems to have a sluggish processor and limited storage. Watching the user open the app drawer is a bit like watching paint dry. But […]
Iridium Star notebook wants to be a $230 MacBook Air
The Iridium Star notebook from china is hardly the first thin and light notebook with a MacBook Air-inspired case and netbook-like guts I’ve seen. But at just about $230, it’s definitely one of the cheapest. And with an Apple logo emblazoned on the back, it’s also one of the ballsiest. The notebook has an 11.6 […]
HP Mini 5102 clone, complete with the HP logo
Chinese companies have been producing cheap knockoffs of big name laptops for years. But you know what most of them lack? Big name branding. Fortunately, at least one Chinese manufacturer realizes that the same thing is true for fake brand name laptops as fake brand name handbags: They’re more attractive if you don’t know they’re […]
Chinese Macbook Air clone think it’s a real Mac
Over the past year or two I’ve seen plenty of Macbook Air knockoffs come out of China. But M.I.C. Gadget has the first photos I’ve seen of a knockoff that goes the extra mile and actually comes in a box labeled MacBook Air. Under the hood, this machine is all netbook, with a 1.66GHz Intel […]
$400 Macbook Air knockoff outfitted with OS X – Video
A handful of Chinese companies have been pumping out cheap knockoffs of the Macbook Air for at least a year or two. These notebooks tend to be thin, light, and feature keyboards and touchpads that look an awful lot like those on a certain pricey machine from Apple. But they also tend to be loaded […]
MacBook Air knockoff complete with glowing (blue) Mac logo
I’m still not convinced that the MacBook Air was ever all that special. Sure, it’s super thin and elegant and capable of running OS X. But it’s also super expensive, and when I visit coffee shops these days I see far more people with MacBooks, MacBook Pros, or cheap netbooks than I do with a […]
Malata introduces Eee PC, Sony Vaio P clones
Chinese PC maker Malata has introduced a whole slew of new netbooks recently. And they all look rather… familiar. The Malata PC-98905, PC-91009, PC-91013, and PC-91007 appear to be clones of the Sony Vaio P, Asus Eee PC 1008HA, Asus Eee PC 1005HA, and Asus Eee PC 1002HA respectively. What’s interesting is that Malata claims […]
VAIC TT copies the Sony VAIO TT style, not its price (or specs)
The Sony Vaio TT isn’t a netbook. Priced at around $2000, it’s far too expensive to even live in the same zip code as a netbook. But the VAIC TT is another story. This Chinese knockoff looks like a Vaio TT and has a suspiciously similar logo plastered on the lid. But on the inside, […]
Gigabyte TouchNote clone shows up in China
It’s starting to seem like immutable law that if a company releases an innovative product, a Chinese company is going to produce a knockoff within a few months. And hot on the heels of the Gigabyte TouchNote T1028, a Chinese company has launched the 100 See Ban Gu which seems like a pretty obvious ripoff. […]