BERLIN — Every PC maker copied Apple’s MacBook Air and now they’re back at it again with clones of Apple’s 12-inch MacBook.
Asus’s new ZenBook 3, unveiled at IFA 2016, is the most blatant copycat of them all. It looks virtually identical to Apple’s MacBook, except for the fact it runs Windows 10 and not OS X (soon to be called macOS).
The ZenBook 3 was on display at Microsoft’s booth so I decided to do a quick examination and see how deep the copying went.
Let’s just say it’s pretty damn similar…on the outside.
The aluminum ZenBook weighs two pounds — same as the MacBook and has the same two-port combination of a single USB-C port and 3.5mm headphone jack (Asus just switched them to different sides). Read more…
