Don't need it, but would buy it anyway. Hhmm, get rid of my 12.9 2018 iPad? Decisions... I love the look of a matte finish.
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Apple Researching a Matte Black Finish for MacBooks
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Unfortunately, it will probably just absorb WiFi instead of receiving and transmitting it. Maybe it will have an external antenna (nee dongle for WiFi).
I'd buy that for a dollar!
That looks substantially better than the space grey one, and it's only a mockup. The killer thing would be to have black keys as well, with a laser backlight so that the letters would only light up if the keyboard backlight was on (like the way the old sleep indicator worked).
Heck, I'd pay a few extra hundred bucks just for the keyboard. Key labels are for wimps!
That looks substantially better than the space grey one, and it's only a mockup. The killer thing would be to have black keys as well, with a laser backlight so that the letters would only light up if the keyboard backlight was on (like the way the old sleep indicator worked).
Heck, I'd pay a few extra hundred bucks just for the keyboard. Key labels are for wimps!
I saw an article once on light absorbing black paint. The result is incredibly eerie. The guy was wearing clothes and a hood painted with it and it was like looking at a person shaped black hole in reality. The wrinkles and contours of the clothes/guy were invisible and it was very 2 dimensional looking.
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About friggin time!! Better come with flat black power supply and ac cable too!! Then Ill upgrade to this beauty
Are we really doing patents on colors now?
Apple has filed a patent application for an intense light-absorbant matte black finish for a range of products, including the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and MacBook (via Patently Apple).
The patent application, filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, is titled "Anodized Part Having a Matte Black Appearance," and outlines the characteristics of the finish and possible manufacturing processes to achieve it. The patent notes that the finish can be used on a range of metals and metal alloys, including aluminum, titanium, and steel.
The finish comprises an anodized layer that includes "randomly distributed light-absorbing features that are capable of absorbing visible light." The layer contains pores, "where color particles are infused within the pores." The resulting surface is a deep, intense matte black.
A genuine black color is extremely difficult to achieve, with most commercial "black" products actually being dark gray or blue. The patent explains that "merely depositing dye particles within pores of an anodized layer is insufficient to impart a true black color."
One of the issues involved is that, generally, the truer the black, the higher the gloss of the finish, which in turn reflects a large amount of visible light. In etching the surface of an anodized layer with pores, Apple is able to absorb "generally all visible light" to deliver a truer black finish without increasing glossiness.
Apple's solution appears to be tantamount to existing true-black solutions such as "Vantablack," which is one of the darkest substances known, absorbing up to 99.965 percent of light.
Although there are other options such as skins, Apple has never offered a matte black MacBook. The company has experimented with a number of matte black finishes on other products, however, such as the iPhone 7.
Patent applications cannot be taken as proof of what Apple is intending to bring to market and many patented ideas never reach the shelves. Nonetheless, they provide an interesting insight into what Apple is researching and developing behind the scenes.
Article Link: Apple Researching a Matte Black Finish for MacBooks
Came for this joke, was not disappointed. That laptop is really bad for the eyes . . .
Real programmers know naught of this strange “sunlight” of which you speak.
