What about Ti?
Is it better than Al for environmental purposes?
If so,
Apple, please go back to it.
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Aluminum MacBook and MacBook Pros Spotted?
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What about Ti?
Is it better than Al for environmental purposes?
If so,
Apple, please go back to it.
The design was because of the titanium... it allowed them to make it very thin. And the crack issues were because of the titanium... it is very strong, but cracks.
I think the only way to "solve the crack issues" was to ditch the titanium.
Yeah. It was built 6 years ago, yet was the same thickness and weight as the current 15" MBP... despite having a much hotter processor. Titanium is pretty excellent that way.
I'm pretty sure it's the opposite.
You don't need to worry about aluminium unless you have kidney problems(excessive alcohol consumption is a real issue though)If you do have kidney problems should limit your exposure to aluminium or face dimentia.
Titanium has no health issues that I'm aware of.I would imagine Apple had design problems resulting from using it too sparingly to save money.
Beats lead though!
Yeah. It was built 6 years ago, yet was the same thickness and weight as the current 15" MBP... despite having a much hotter processor. Titanium is pretty excellent that way.
I'm pretty sure it's the opposite.
What other metals can Apple use besides Aluminium?
If they are more environmental-friendly metals and can still make Macs look beautiful in design, why is Apple so obsessed/stuck with Aluminium?
Ahh, another Tuesday is coming around. Please let it be the last and release the bloody MBs already!
Because it's cheap and light. The same reason the aerospace industry is obsessed with it.
I see.
I would not mind it but I would want to see a Titanium MacBook the most. 2nd choice: Black Aluminium MacBook.Hey, I'd buy that!
Well, there is quite a bit of anecdotal evidence pointing in that direction. Very few non-@$$holes open a conversation with "I think youre a slime bucket"...
I have no problem with companies wanting to make truckloads of money. They're not running charity organizations or flower powery think tanks for the betterment of the planet. But I think it's nice if they toss people some goodwill bones every once in a while, if only to at least convey an illusion of being in it for more than just the money. My gripe with Apple has always been that there's never the slightest hint of goodwill, no give and take, only blood-sucking greed at every turn. The obscene profit margins... the monopolization tendencies... the way that each product is a portal to a pandora's box of money-making schemes that tie into eachother... the way they force you to buy ludicrously overpriced accessories... the way the iPods are designed (sealed battery, intentionally scratch-prone exterior, incremental upgrades within a few months, ground-up model replacement each year) to maximize the likelihood of the user buying a new one every month. Really, it's OK to want my money and not be shy about it, but I hate it when they shove their arm down your throat and pull out your intestines to see if you're hiding any more coins.
Aluminium is cheap.Their best move would be to go to strengthened glass with rubber bumpers(as in car bumpers)That would IMO be green and look great.They would need different ventilation,but that would be achievable,especially with the lower voltage processors.
Apple has the money to do so if they please.
That would be future-tech looking and is an awesome idea.
If I was in control of Apple, I would transition to that idea.
Aluminium is cheap, easy to come buy, but most importantly, it's light. Sure, they could use stainless steel but then Justin Long's arms would soon become much longer.
I agree though that it's time to come up with something new. I miss the old days when they did radical stuff, like the turqoise G3's when they first came out, or the first Titanium PowerBook G4, the transparent CRT monitors, the many incarnations of the iMac, the Cube, or heck, even the Mac Mini... yet another alu notebook with some black trim would be rather pedestrian.
I agree though that it's time to come up with something new. I miss the old days when they did radical stuff, like the turqoise G3's when they first came out, or the first Titanium PowerBook G4, the transparent CRT monitors, the many incarnations of the iMac, the Cube, or heck, even the Mac Mini... yet another alu notebook with some black trim would be rather pedestrian.
With some carefull design it would actual be strong to
n top of infinite keyboard possibilities you could have touch features all over the thing!! Maybe Apple will move to a new organic line!Consumer (MacBook, iMac) = Black
logo Pro(sumer) (MacBook Air, MacBook Pro) = Backlit white
logo Pro(fessional) (Mac Pro) = Silver
logo ?
Probably not, unless it was (PRODUCT) RED and there were other colors.
You really hit the nail on the head there.
Apple has engineered the heck out of the MBP and come up with a very elegant design. But... it's just old. Other laptops are starting to look like it. It's time for them to come up with something new again.
Agreed, the MacBook would be better for this design but it does look very high-tech though.
it does indeed, if the macbook were going to look like this, I'd be very very happy to buy one
it does indeed, if the macbook were going to look like this, I'd be very very happy to buy one
Here's an idea:
Let us show this to Steve Jobs and he might consider this.