When you hear of hardware clones, you're probably familiar with stuff coming from China. A lot of these clones are usually substandard but with the increasing skill of the manufacturers and the components becoming even cheaper, these clones can practically go toe-to-toe with the real thing. The above picture shows a good example of this phenomenon. Called the S30 by the manufacturer, Dai Rui, it is inspired by the Acer Aspire One series.
The S30 is so fascinating because it essentially has the same specs as the product it's trying to clone: 10″ LCD screen, an Intel Atom N450 chip (1.66MHz), a gig of DDR2 RAM, a 5400rpm 2.5 hard drive, Wi-Fi and USB ports. Also, you'd be hard-pressed to choose which one is the original when you put them beside an actual Acer Aspire model. The biggest and only difference it seems is the price. Most netbooks from the big companies are around 350 to 500 dollars – this baby costs only 120 dollars. Now that's a lot of savings.
Source: Shanzai
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