Wonder if it would affect heat dissipation/thermals. The reason many bigger pro camera lenses are beige/white rather than black is precisely because of this.
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Apple Researching a Matte Black Finish for MacBooks
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I loved mine, but man it ran hot! If I recall correctly this was the MacBook for which I repurposed a bamboo cutting board to keep it from roasting my thighs.
The ease of swapping out batteries and hard drives was really a treat, though.
I did not know this! It does make sense that thermal expansion of the lens body would wreak havoc with the optics.
But given how little heat these new Apple Silicon chips apparently put out, I suspect heat dissipation will be less and less of a factor in Apple laptop design as time goes on.
Oh Hell YES!
Come do daddy baby
I so want this in a MBP 13" and I can see MKBHD be all over this!
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The Sith Lord in me is excited about this, even if I generally skin my Apple laptops.
Here's to MacBook nudity!
Here's to MacBook nudity!
they have to do something like offer a new color to sell these ARM processor Macs with limited RAM
This is the *process* for the finish, which is exactly the sort of thing for which patents were designed.
Now ya just hating or flaming my good looks ... me I'm always too hot to touch in the sun
This of that on the matte black MBP as a security feature
lol. The coating could have some flecks to reflect the light and could dissipate heat better than regular paint anodizing. I don't recall the polycarbonate MacBooks having any heat issue in the sun.
Anodized, no. But there’s DLC, Cerakote, and a variety of other bonded-on (i.e. not just paint) processes for use on steel.
My first laptop ever! I was REALLY impressed since it was able to drive an external 11" LCD screen running the MacOS 7.1 !! without any third party software, drivers and no internet connection to speak of and THIS was early 2001 when LCD's were just starting to show up a very expensive units to purchase vs CRT monitors!
I’d totally go for a “Matt Punch” MBP, just to mess with people. Though a polished one would be even better.
Something isn't an 'icon' just because it's the only choice. So many people say that with AirPods/EarPods etc. Something is an icon not just for it's design or presence or sleek essence it's cause it does all of this despite other options.
Apple Portable's - first portable Apple computers were white / ugly beige.
Apple's real laptops - all a shade of grey.
Apple's PowerBook lineup was all black or very dark grey - UNTIL the PowerBook G4 Titanium which was a 2-Tone ... THAT was an icon laptop - because it went against the existing model's not only what Apple had but the entire industry and delivery sleekness ('it has the sex' and 'the power) and incredible performance beyond all competitors.
TiBook G4 as it was nicknamed, that was an icon.
20TH Anniversary Mac - the TAM - THAT was an icon because it was THE smallest Mac or desktop computer for over 15yrs and first to ship with a trackpad and an LCD and speakers and sub-woofer. Jobs loved the design yet said nothing publicly because it represented engineers from an era he wasn't at the helm of Apple yet was announced as an honour product upon his return.
Yep, picture shown is far from what’s talked about in the article and patent application.