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Solve : Chinese student makes imitation ipad for girlfriend for $126 (USD)? |
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Answer» http://www.odditycentral.com/news/chinese-art-student-builds-home-made-ipad-for-his-girlfriend.html Saw this on yahoo news earlier. What gets me is that at $126 (USD) I am just about determined that he must be running an illegal copy of Windows 7. Sure I could see the guts itself maybe squeezing into $126, especially if using used parts etc as they stated, but the Windows 7 OS alone is almost $100 unless China gets quite a price BREAK on Windows 7. Found it funny that they are claiming it to be an ipad, when its really a custom Windows 7 tablet but with an Apple imitation look. If he didn't stud the border with faux diamonds, it would actually look quite professional. It is rather thick, though. Another Chinese geek did undergo this PROJECT before and succeed: http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/chinese-hacker-builds-his-own-ipad-3-running-windows-xp-20110711/ LOL i'm actually thinking of building a real iPod classic from spare parts online... like... buy an iPod with water damage, buy an iPod with a damaged screen, , PRESTO! WAIT HOLD ON IS THAT THE MOTHERBOARD FROM A NETBOOK I JUST THREW OUT 2 WEEKS AGO!? Quote from: nixie on November 28, 2011, 11:25:08 PM Saw this on yahoo news earlier. What gets me is that at $126 (USD) I am just about determined that he must be running an illegal copy of Windows 7. Sure I could see the guts itself maybe squeezing into $126, especially if using used parts etc as they stated, but the Windows 7 OS alone is almost $100 unless China gets quite a price break on Windows 7. How do you know it's running Windows 7? None of the IMAGES show anything that gives it away as MS Windows, and nothing in the text says anything about the OS, either. In FACT, the screenshots make it seem likely it might be running a Linux distro. |
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