I want to see a translucent Macbook

[keatth]

That would be kind of cool

 

[scaredpoet]

Been there, done that, looked like a toilet seat.

 

[prism]

Yuk, forget it!

 

[redheeler]

That would be kind of cool

I'd rather have aluminum than translucent plastic on my MacBook any day.

 

[cairene2011]

While I can't unsee the toilet seat now, I have to say I personally love the rounded, translucent plastic look much more than the aluminium, even though the latter is undoubtedly more luxurious/durable. I'm sure one day the white/translucent style will return, as most styles (be it fashion, architecture etc) repeat themselves at some point.

 

[keatth]

My vision was more the exact current design but all see through glass

 

[brdeveloper]

Sapphire lid and bottom case with an aluminium plate in the middle would be interesting.

 

[David58117]

My vision was more the exact current design but all see through glass

I can't imagine a way to not make that look cheap/gimmicky vs the current aluminum body.

The aluminum places it above many of the other competitors, and has a feel of higher quality. It also works well as a heat sink.

I certainly don't want to go back to the 80's see through phone disaster.

 

[brdeveloper]

I can't imagine a way to not make that look cheap/gimmicky vs the current aluminum body.

The aluminum places it above many of the other competitors, and has a feel of higher quality. It also works well as a heat sink.

I certainly don't want to go back to the 80's see through phone disaster.

As an innovation, it could have all the internal components in grayscale

 

[eyoungren]

It's been done with an early iBook…Not sure I'd want to got back to plastic for high end Macs though.

http://www.applefritter.com/hacks/tronbook

 

[CaptainChunk]

My vision was more the exact current design but all see through glass

Heh, sure...let's make a glass MBP that will shatter into pieces when dropped.

 

[Traverse]

Doesn't appeal to me. My Nintedno 2DS is translucent and you can see all the innards, but it looks too retro to me. It's something that was cool in the 90s I suppose.

I'd rather have nice dark metal, but that's just me.

 

[RedRaven571]

transparent aluminum......

Technically, isn't that what sapphire is?

 

[Meister]

No, thank you.

 

[TechZeke]

Visible internals looks tacky on gaming PCs and they'll look even worse on MacBooks. Not happening.

 

[KUguardgrl13]

I can't imagine a way to not make that look cheap/gimmicky vs the current aluminum body.

The aluminum places it above many of the other competitors, and has a feel of higher quality. It also works well as a heat sink.

I certainly don't want to go back to the 80's see through phone disaster.

I thought of that exact picture when I saw this thread!

 

[maflynn]

I remember back in the day, the old Macs on ebay being sold with see though enclosures - they were prototypes and somehow some folks got their hands on it. I thought it was cool to see all the electronics. Now aways with the shrinking sizes of the chips/circuits I think its less enthralling then seeing a see through Macintosh 128k

 

[Samuelsan2001]

These days

It'd just be one big battery to see...

 

[jblagden]

My vision was more the exact current design but all see through glass

That would be cool, but it would be too fragile. Maybe clear polycarbonate. Like a white polycarbonate MacBook, but clear.