2011 – The Year of the MacBook Pro Clones

By on 2011/05/29

It seems like both Dell and HP like the MacBook Pro Unibody design.

Here’s the new Dell XPS 15z versus MacBook Pro 15:

(Image from Engadget)

And here’s the new HP EliteBook 8560p versus MacBook Pro 15:

(Image from Notebookreview forum)

As you may have read HP consumer PC sales dropped 12 percent in Q1 2011, while at the same time Apple Mac sales increased with 28 percent. It’s easy to see how they must have reasoned internally regarding the re-design of the Elitebook laptops.

About Johan Sanneblad

Johan works as a consultant manager and mobile trend analyst at the Swedish IT consultancy company HiQ. Some of the companies Johan have worked with include Ericsson, Palm, Saab, SJ, Skype, Sony Ericsson, Sony Online Entertainment, Telia, Volvo Cars, Volvo Group and Volvo IT. Dr Johan Sanneblad has a Ph. D in Applied IT and has a background as an entrepreneur, where he created, marketed and sold the game development platform GapiDraw through his own company Develant Technologies AB. Opinions and statements expressed on this page do not represent HiQ.
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