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    The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

    It's seems someone in China has won the title for "the best fake in the world", I mean how do you manage to fake a whole store?

    To make matters worse, there wasn't one store but three fake apple stores!



    http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/20/t...tted-in-china/

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    Re: The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

    That is taking KIRF to another level.

    So for that, well done to them

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    Re: The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

    Perhaps not so well....

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    Re: The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

    They'll be gone in a few days time.

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    Re: The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

    I've got a snap from Hanoi somewhere
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    Re: The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

    thats superbly Bad.


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    Re: The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

    crap just ordered the new 2013 ipad from them
    said it would be here next week !!

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    Re: The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

    Quote Originally Posted by jackobyte View Post
    crap just ordered the new 2013 ipad from them
    said it would be here next week !!
    mm.. you raise an interesting point though, they appear to sell real apple products, in which case this isnt really all that bad of a thing?
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    Re: The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

    they are fake apple products too

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    Re: The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

    Wouldnt it be better if they sold PC's in fake mac cases tho, save the fanbois from themselves?
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    Re: The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

    Quote Originally Posted by Russ View Post
    they are fake apple products too
    they look real enough from a crap pic at a distance, and it isn't mentioned in the article.. go on
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    Re: The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

    Quote Originally Posted by MadduckUK View Post
    they look real enough from a crap pic at a distance, and it isn't mentioned in the article.. go on
    Read on 9to5mac or tuaw that everything's fake

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    Re: The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

    Quote Originally Posted by Dareos View Post
    Wouldnt it be better if they sold PC's in fake mac cases tho, save the fanbois from themselves?
    But macs are just PCs in a different case? I can't see how you can 'fake' one having the same components inside.
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    Re: The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    But macs are just PCs in a different case? I can't see how you can 'fake' one having the same components inside.
    They use "special" iC-U-S-T-O-M(tm) parts with additional iP-I-X-I-E dust(tm). As you know Intel only supplies Apple with the best chips from the centre of the silicon wafer which makes the Intel chips Apple use less error prone. The last one is definite true as stated by a certified iFan(tm) on another forum:

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    Well actually that is closer to the truth than you think. Apple pay a premium to intel to guarantee they get CPUs from certain sections of each circular silicon wafer only. The ones in the middle 2/3 are faster and more reliable, with most of the lower quality and outright failed chips coming from the outer 1/3.

    Apple pay more to guarantee those do not end up in their product line. That's not to say you don't find those same chips at retail, but you're taking a gamble which part of the wafer yours came from normally."


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    Re: The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

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    Re: The best fake in world history: Steve jobs we have a problem!

    Quote Originally Posted by Russ View Post
    Read on 9to5mac or tuaw that everything's fake
    doesnt look like it, signs point towards the stuff being real

    When you walk into the store, you will be stepping on wood or grey stone floors, depending on the section of the store, and will be surrounded by a showroom filled with iPads, Macs, and more…
    they wouldn't call them that if they were fakes.
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