The all-in-one doesn't look all that much like an iMac but the keyboard and trackpad sure look like they copied Apple.
If your dad couldn't tell the difference, maybe he needs new glasses? Or perhaps the money for an iMac was wasted on him and he could have gone with a cheaper (plastic instead of aluminium) PC.
EDIT: I see that lloeki said the same already.
I wouldn't expect a comment like this from someone with over 14,000 karma, and who has been a member of HN for over 5 years.
It's not even about design but also about marketing budget which Apple pays for it's products. With copying the design, you even get the marketing for free...
I hate to say this but at the moment the whole PC / Tablet industry is copying Apple. And this nothing good at all. Not for Apple and not for everyone else!
Is this really something to be angry about?
I mean, I feel anger at times. Anger at libraries being shut, poverty in the local estates, jobs being cut, growing up without a father present, that we go to war, that cycling in London is more dangerous than it need be.
But I don't get angry when <company A> does anything to <company B> for any values of A and B.
HN is not Digg or Youtube comments.
I understand you took it as an insult to your dad. But from your comment, it seems you are also angry because someone copied Apple. I really don't understand that part. I also don't understand why this is bad for anyone other than Apple.
It is bad for everybody because a) if this trend goes on there will be no "different" products anymore and everything will at some point look like it comes from Apple and b) there will be no competition at all. Competition is good for a industry. Even Apple needs some competition to get better and better.
HP didn't copy anything here worth mentioning.
Just because my mother can't tell any of the modern cars apart doesn't mean they don't look different in some way. She's just not educated on the differences, and doesn't know what to look for. That doesn't mean that Hyundai and Kia should be sued for designing their cars to incorporate styles from the most popular luxury cars on the market; in the end they're still selling you something that isn't nearly as high quality as the competitors they're imitating, and nobody walks into a Hyundai or Kia dealer thinking they're getting a German piece of engineering.
http://technabob.com/blog/2011/09/13/logitech-wireless-touch...