Apples cube as original as was not thought
By the introduction of the G4 Cube of Apple, the new hebbedingetje was praised round its revolutionary design that the middle holds between a candy drum and a retro-bread time-table.
As well as for name as as for design has the Cube however many way of the Qube of Cobalt, finds Cobalt.
The Qube of Cobalt was brought two year ago on the market. It has been tinted a deep blue, cube-shaped device. The Qube is an on Linux turning computer for webserver-goals.
Apple serves with her before this month gentroduceerde Cube a whole other market segment.
The aluminum-colorful box has been intended namely for the consumers market and must a place in the living room of the modegevoelige computeraar conquer. What concerned the design is the only agreement the cube-shaped dimensions. The devices are approximately just large. The Apple has however rounded off corners and sees there undeniably hipper out. Criticism was there however also on the design: the cool opening on top would attract much dirty.
It is not yet clear or Cobalt the judge will ask to take the design or the name under the magnifying glass. The last one is more probable. Shortly Cobalt will come with details.
If an affair continues, gets Apple a cookie of own dough. The past months has Apple with success computer makers taken that meeliften on the success of the felgekleurde iMac. It went around klonenbakkers as an eMachines and Daewoo that Windows-computers made with the appearance of the iMac.
It is otherwise the question or Apple a lawsuit with fear and tremble tegemoet will see. Apples Steve Jobs ws in 1988 namely concerned by the introduction of the NeXT Cube, in such a way a cube. NeXT was swallowed finally by Apple.
Cobalt was set up in 1996 and obtained in 1998 a records volume of trade of 3.5 million dollars. Last year was that risen until 22.8 million dollars.