So... you know how the Macbook's all have the LED lighting which shines through the metal casing when the Macbook is sleeping? Does anyone know what the size of the holes are, within the metal case which allow the LED to shine through??
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Can this help? The second post has a vague answer. I used "unibody macbook pro sleep light holes size" and a www search engine of someone's choice.
Not the size of the Apple on the cover, but the size of the tiny holes drilled into the frame on the front of the laptop. The little slit that glows when the Macbook is asleep.
It's not a hole by the way, it's completely flush with the unibody.
Anyway, from my measurements I make the LED 7.5mm by around 0.5 mm using a standard 30cm ruler (so there's an error margin of +/-0.5mm). How important are these measurements?
Anyway, from my measurements I make the LED 7.5mm by around 0.5 mm using a standard 30cm ruler (so there's an error margin of +/-0.5mm). How important are these measurements?
They are holes. But being so small, they have the appearance of not being holes. They are drilled with lasers, much like the microphone holes on the top of some aluminum iMacs.
Have you got proof of this? I'm pretty sure there is just very thin material there.
Here's a source on the iMac's microphone port: https://www.macworld.com/article/1059454/aluminumimac.html Look under the iSight paragraph. The holes for the sleep LED and the microphone look the same, except the sleep LED's are more dense.
What very thin material would Apple be putting into the tiny almost microscopic holes? Transparent aluminum? Just because the human finger cannot perceive any hole, doesn't mean there isn't one there. For example a pore in human sink. They cannot be felt, but they exist.
What very thin material would Apple be putting into the tiny almost microscopic holes? Transparent aluminum? Just because the human finger cannot perceive any hole, doesn't mean there isn't one there. For example a pore in human sink. They cannot be felt, but they exist.
This video talks about the holes, I believe. They are laser-drilled as Intell stated, so small that you cannot feel them but just enough to let the light through. I'd guess there's at least 100 holes that make up just that one spot, perhaps more.
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The detail and thought that Apple put into such a small feature is amazing. I'm working on a project, where similar sized holes will be needed. If anyone comes across the size please let me know!
Tell me more about the project. I'm curious.
The holes could be punched rather than lasered (as I'm guessing you don't have a laser) or drilled.
the sleeping indicator
the macbook pro's sleeping indicator are not one hole, they are like microphones, which has many tiny holes, you can't even see it. btw, what the thing near the sleeping light? i have a macbook, its sleeping light is big, just like the one near the sleeping light in MBPs
the macbook pro's sleeping indicator are not one hole, they are like microphones, which has many tiny holes, you can't even see it. btw, what the thing near the sleeping light? i have a macbook, its sleeping light is big, just like the one near the sleeping light in MBPs
