Macbook Air Clone

One thing is for sure – Shenzhen manufactures heart Apple products. Here is another Macbook Air clone, shamefully sporting the Apple logo. Dressed in shiny black suit, this Macbook Air clone features a 11.6-inch display, 1366×768 resolution, Intel Atom N450 1.66GHz processor, and other typical netbooks innards.

Weighs just 1.3kg and costs $300 which makes it 6 times cheaper than the original Macbook Air

LG X300 advertisement

LG X300 is even thinner than the Apple Macbook Air. But, does that mean that LG would make an advertisement that it just way too similar to the Macbook Air’s ad?

Learn more about the LG X300

How To: Make Macbook Air Drive work with a hackintosh netbook

To get the Macbook Air Drive work with the a netbook running Mac OS X (hackintosh), you will need to hack it a bit. So, what is so great about it. Well, it requires no external power to work. MiniMe10V at mydellmini did this excellent hack to make it work with his Macbook Air as-well-as his Dell Mini

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Yet another Macbook Air clone

Firefly, a Chinese cellphone maker has come up with a netbook that looks a lot like the Apple’s Macbook Air. It comes with an Intel Atom N280 processor that runs at 1.6GHz. It has 1GB of RAM and comes equipped with 13-inch screen and built in 1.3MP camera, Wifi b/g.

Other Specifications:

• 2 USB ports
• LAN Port
• HDMI out
• Windows 7 OS
• Battery life: 2 hours
• Weight 1.2-1.3Kg

Yes, it is has HDMI built in. Price is ~$400

Outstanding Macbook Air clone for $249

A new clone of Apple Macbook Air by Shenzhen’s Tong Men Tech Co has been discovered, which will be launched in the (Chinese) market this week. Why this clone stands out among other clones of Macbook Air?

Not to be surprised, but this one sports removable battery and SIM card slot. It features:

• 12.1-inch display
• Atom N280 processor
• 160GB HDD
• 1 GB RAM
• 2 USB 2.0 ports
• HDMI port
• 3800mAh battery

The keyboard is not so Macbook-ish though

VAIO X more complex than Macbook Air

We all knew that SONY did some serious engineering behind the scenes to make the VAIO X (review here) so slim and still somehow kept the overall feature-set attractive. However, that did not stop few tech geeks from Japan to take apart the whole unit. They came to a conclusion that VAIO X is, infact, harder to assemble than the Apple’s Macbook Air which happens to be its direct contender.

“By the way, it would be very difficult to come up with the assembly sequence for the Vaio X,” an engineer said. “Are the components mounted all at once after connecting them with one another? There must be a correct procedure, but it must be very difficult. That’s why Sony manufactures the PC at a plant in Japan.”

Hua Yi 12-inch Netbook – Yet another Macbook Air clone

Hua Yi, a 12-inch netbook is a Macbook Air look-alike that is cloned in China. Unfortunately, it has netbook-ish specifications: An Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of Ram, 160GB HDD. and so on. It is set to carry a price tag of $249.

Cloned netbooks, we despair. Also, we are starting to loose count of these Macbook Air clones. We mentioned them here, here and here

Meet the Macbook Air clone – GB X1200

At a trade fair in China, a Chinese company is displaying a netbook that looks a lot like Macbook Air (to some extent). You will find an 12.1-inch screen with 1280 x 800 pixel display on this unit. Its touchpad has a single large button below it. That is where the similarities ends.

From inside, it is just another netbook as it comes with an 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB HDD. It runs Windows XP, has 2 USB ports and a 1.3MP webcam.