hachre
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Germany too 🙂
With English pronunciation something like AAH-LOO-MEE-NEE-OOM would be close 🙂
The oo's as in tool. And the ee's as in wee ;D
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Apple Sourcing Carbon Fiber Components for Upcoming Product?
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Germany too 🙂
With English pronunciation something like AAH-LOO-MEE-NEE-OOM would be close 🙂
The oo's as in tool. And the ee's as in wee ;D
Decreasing the weight of a macbook would be nice. Even though it isnt very heavy, just putting my macbook pro 13" in my backpack makes it feel way heavier.
MagicBoy
macrumors 601
Us Mancs take family feuds very seriously.😀
The inability of some americans to understand the British sense of humour still astounds me. It was tongue firmly planted in cheek.
elppa
macrumors 68040
There seems to be a lot of misconceptions about Carbon Fiber.
A few people have mentioned the X1 Carbon, but in 8 pages, I can't believe no one has mentioned Sony!
They have been using carbon fibre and magnesium alloy in their laptops for years.
This is a carbon fiber laptop:
The amazing thing is the weight - half a pound lighter than the 13" MacBook Air. 2.5lb. 1080p display, quad core i7, (up to) 2x 256GB SSD (RAID 0).
If Apple use it, I am sure the fit and finish won't be lacking in sophistication.
A few people have mentioned the X1 Carbon, but in 8 pages, I can't believe no one has mentioned Sony!
They have been using carbon fibre and magnesium alloy in their laptops for years.
This is a carbon fiber laptop:
The amazing thing is the weight - half a pound lighter than the 13" MacBook Air. 2.5lb. 1080p display, quad core i7, (up to) 2x 256GB SSD (RAID 0).
If Apple use it, I am sure the fit and finish won't be lacking in sophistication.
hachre
macrumors 6502a
So if carbon fibre is good for dealing with heat, maybe Apple will use it for the rear cover on the iMac range at some point?
Nooooooooo .....
The future of Apple is going down-hill if their switching ALL their product line to this..
May be lighter, but more prone to scratches. (Doesn't anyone tell you how cheap and breakable the iPhone 5 is)... The 4s feels more solid
All their MBP's are uni-body for most, and iPhone 4s was the last one to have glass
While it not imposible to scratch, you can do it, with force.
The iPhone 5 is not glass, hence can be easily scratched/knocked around.
Seriously... If this is "The Future for Apple", i don't like it.
I thought this was also an added benifiet to "Think Different"
Now i reckon it will be changed to "Thinking the same"
The future of Apple is going down-hill if their switching ALL their product line to this..
May be lighter, but more prone to scratches. (Doesn't anyone tell you how cheap and breakable the iPhone 5 is)... The 4s feels more solid
All their MBP's are uni-body for most, and iPhone 4s was the last one to have glass
While it not imposible to scratch, you can do it, with force.
The iPhone 5 is not glass, hence can be easily scratched/knocked around.
Seriously... If this is "The Future for Apple", i don't like it.
I thought this was also an added benifiet to "Think Different"
Now i reckon it will be changed to "Thinking the same"
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Lancer
macrumors 68020
I want iMac and Mini news, been waiting since June to replace my desktop G5PM with Intel and will NOT be buying the 500 day old iMac without serious discounts!
We've got hardly any desktop new in the last few months, nothing but iPhone and iPad news here. 🙁
Its got a nice ring to it.
Rolls right off the tounge.
"Carbon fiber.. So light, you can break it in a snap."
Kind of reminds me if the old white MBA
AppleScruff1
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Swordylove
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brdeveloper
macrumors 68030
I don't care if it scratches. Actually I like it, scratches give an austere aspect to the device, like "it's used for working, not only for social networking at the sofa".
I bet this will be the material of the first "iOSX" tablet. Retina display, backlit smartcover with a built-in keyboard... the future of iPad and the Macbook Air 😛
Have a look at the McLaren F1 XP2 crash video. If it had a real engine in it rather than a dummy, it would have been possible to drive it away. The windscreen didn't break, the front wheels were in the exact same position. It's very tough. Various extremely high speed accidents proved the strength of it as well. While the car was seriously damaged, the occupants escaped with few injuries. And often the car was rebuilt again. Though it didn't just use carbon-fibre, it used all manner of exotic materials, titanium (in the pedals, silencers, brackets), inconel (exhaust), maraging steel, dyneema (throttle cables), magnesium (in the engine). It basically used 1990s contemporary racing technology in the 1990s.. Hence the eye-opening cost!
F1 cars are a good example of how it performs as well (pre-preg). They are enormously strong. Even the suspension pieces can take a battering. But bending forces don't go well - although an end-on force will do not much at all.
All that said, I'm for carbon-fibre to be used in Apple products as long as it is used where it delivers benefits and not just using carbon-fibre for the sake of it.
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AppleScruff1
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midwestfisherma
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4D4M
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Don't kid yourself. Hitler saved us both by sending his troops into Russia!
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I remember Jony saying Steve never stopped finding that hilarious!
