Apple Researching Mac Pro's 'Cheese Grater' Design for Other Devices Like iPhone

[hannesario]

Almost like the iPhone leather cases, this will age *beautifully* as the lint trapped in all the holes gradually changes color over time... 🤩

 

[tcphoto1]

Imagine the imprints on your hand after a long phonecall...

 

[Mac2Crack]

I actually checked to see if it was April 1st when I saw this. C'mon MR, what is this?

Exactly what I was thinking. This article must be a couple days early.

 

[SSDGUY]

Wow. And here I thought my navel was a pretty good lint collector.

 

[nylonsteel]

i'll keep it out of my front pockets

 

[MallardDuck]

Soooo they get rid of ports to protect against dust and dirt contamination.

Then add a cheese grater....

Hmmmm

 

[SactoGuy18]

Ah, no thank you. 😒

 

[huge_apple_fangirl]

Sounds strange, but as the iPhone becomes more and more refined, they’re going to have to find some way to differentiate a new design. This would certainly be one way to do it.

 

[Moonjumper]

What about cleaning it? Clean freaks would go nuts with the dirt that would get stuck

An iMac with these holes should be better for cleaning as currently most internals are far from any hole, a vacuum attachment that has a brush should work well. Ideally the back would be removable for cleaning, and also allow access to user swappable RAM and SSDs (I know that is very optimistic).

 

[duervo]

For an iPhone, good luck keeping it clean. ☣️

??

 

[macduke]

No.

This is a terrible idea.

 

[majus]

I really don't care if the next Mac Pro is in a cardboard box, forget all the designer stuff and get it on the market!

 

[Yojimbo007]

DIRT MAGNET/TRAP.

 

[Jony Quest]

Omg!

a new Mac mini “pro” in a modified old Mac Pro trash can design, complete with lift top access to internals would be absolutely the bees knees.

 

[Marco Klobas]

Well, Apple could enlarge the holes to accomodate the camera lenses to get rid of the camera bump.

Seriously, I think that it could work for the Mac mini Pro/Mac Pro mini/whatever it’ll be named.

 

[Tech Copywriter]

HomePod Pro incoming...

 

[priamXus]

Shut up and take all my money!

 

[xgman]

This is the dumbest dust bunny collecting idea I have heard yet...

 

[Psychicbob]

IP3.5 waterproof rating

 

[twistedpixel8]

No.

 

[BaltimoreMediaBlog]

My original cheese grater still beats the M1 and can still run Windows 10 if I absolutely must. So bring it on Apple.
Maybe you'll create something to get me to buy for a change.

 

[Teppic24]

Really, Apple? You really think that people will like the idea of putting a cheese grater in their pockets?. To say nothing of the amount of lint that would get trapped in it. That thing would be a bugger to keep all the crud out of it.

 

[sparkinstx]

How about a meat grinder design? Or, an Apple corer? 😉

 

[thenetstud]

Lol, never going to happen.

 

[coolfactor]

It's described there as a sub-surface element, meaning if they used it in a phone, you would never see it.

This.

The lattice design reduces the amount of material needed while retaining strength and durability, so this could be on the underside of panels, etc. Reduce the amount of metal on the inside surfaces, likely by half, not the outside where it can be seen. It's a smart area of research.