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iFixit Shares M3 MacBook Pro Teardown, Explains How Apple Created Space Black Finish
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Yes. Because making 10,000 flashlights involves the same process as making 10,000,000 Macs
Anodizing is anodizing.
How did Apple overhype this in any shape or form? They basically mentioned that the new finish was a lot more fingerprint resistant once during the product launch. It's not on their website or any ads/marketing materials. It's the influencers making a big deal out of it. If anything you'd actually think Apple would talk about it a bit more given how much better it performs compared to other black finishes from Razer or the midnight color on MBA etc.
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Space-black no; gun-metal black yes. "Space" implies a darker than black black. This is just a darker version of the space grey. It's a shame they didn't use Midnight for the M3s.
He already posted a video yesterday. He didn't find it dark enough.
I did not plan to get one, but Best Buy was offering 24 months 0% financing and $850 trade in on my M1 MBP 14, and so I had an impulse purchase earlier today. It looks great.
It’s called scattering light, bouncing it in many directions, it sounds like. Yeah, that statement really bothered me, too! If it were simply ‘reflecting’ light, it would be brighter, not darker in appearance.
I would think that since this ‘color’ appearance is achieved via micro-pitting/abrasion it really should be a more durable coating than typical anodized metal? Though, I guess it would still scratch off if treated roughly.
“resulting in more light reflecting off it for a darker appearance”
- isn’t it the opposite, the more light reflection the brighter the appearance? A white surface reflects light more so is brighter than black which absorbs light.
- isn’t it the opposite, the more light reflection the brighter the appearance? A white surface reflects light more so is brighter than black which absorbs light.
Other than speed improvements to the M chip, there has not been many new innovations or new features in the MacBook in the last number of years. No wonder Mac sales are down.
Are you new to Apple? Or the Mac? This has long been their approach. Anyone who expected something more than a spec bump after just 2 years was always setting themselves up for disappointment.
He said that he loves the colour, but the spec bump isn’t enough to warrant him upgrading from his current M1 Max as there isn’t a significant change to his workflow.
Apple created nothing black finish. They paid experts - probably working in the car sector - to find a solution. Or they just pickpocketed an existing Black color and renamed it Space Black. I don't think they have a paint lab in the Apple Space headquarters - or show it to us in your fantastic advertizing videos.
I wonder if Apple ever produces a movie for Apple TV based in space, that space will actually be black of just dark grey as that is apparently what Apple feel "Space Black" is.
Space, the absence of all light. "The blackness of space" as is always said.
To note: I have no issue or grumble whatsoever with this new dark grey colour, I just find it odd that as a company you choose to deliberately miss name/identify a colour.
Just come up with some cool sounding amazing name which can be associated with a dark grey item.
It's just odd to decide to think of something in the real world/universe and then name your product that when it's not like that.
I really would love to sit in at these meetings they have at Apple when deciding this stuff.
My gut feel is that, like in many companies, you have 1 STRONG manager that basically runs the show and others have given up disagreeing, and have learned that life is just easier to go along with them, and nothing fundamental is ever going to change until that person leaves the company.
Probably like Johnny Ives an all the poor regrettable designs of the past.
Even in my small workplace the same situation is in place. You have the Boss/Owner/CEO and his sidekick, and what they say goes, and everyone has learned over the years it's a waste of time trying to put any other ideas forward.
Space, the absence of all light. "The blackness of space" as is always said.
To note: I have no issue or grumble whatsoever with this new dark grey colour, I just find it odd that as a company you choose to deliberately miss name/identify a colour.
Just come up with some cool sounding amazing name which can be associated with a dark grey item.
It's just odd to decide to think of something in the real world/universe and then name your product that when it's not like that.
I really would love to sit in at these meetings they have at Apple when deciding this stuff.
My gut feel is that, like in many companies, you have 1 STRONG manager that basically runs the show and others have given up disagreeing, and have learned that life is just easier to go along with them, and nothing fundamental is ever going to change until that person leaves the company.
Probably like Johnny Ives an all the poor regrettable designs of the past.
Even in my small workplace the same situation is in place. You have the Boss/Owner/CEO and his sidekick, and what they say goes, and everyone has learned over the years it's a waste of time trying to put any other ideas forward.
Paying specialist external consultants or employing experts from other industries to find solutions is standard business practice. The company footing the bill still gets to claim the solution as theirs, that's the way it works.
It’s sort of the opposite of LG’s Micro Lens Array technology which brightens TV’s by focusing and bouncing the same light back to the user. Ordinarily, LG’s OLED screens are very dim with the light being diffused everywhere. MLA takes that same light and gathers it. What Apple did was the exact opposite. Instead of light bouncing directly back to the user’s eye, it scatters it so the same light goes everywhere, hence less light gets to the user’s eye.
Neither affects how much light there is. They only influence where the light bounces to. MLA only appears brighter while the space black coating only appears dimmer.
Why does the thumbnail video guy look like he's just smelled his finger after shoving it up where the sun don't shine?
Anti-repair, yes. Anti-customer, I don't think so. Apple hardware is quite durable. I'd love to be able to repair and change parts but I must admit that the initial construction is sufficient and the last Mac that I upgraded was a B&W G3, long time ago.
Except not in this case if you read the article and linked blog.
There are no excuses for Apple to put such ridiculous amounts of RAM and SSD space in “Pro” computers. Nobody should buy the 8GB model and they know it. It’s a Mercedes SUV with 12 inch wheels.
Yes, they have fast RAM and SSDs that are used in a clever way but RAM should be adequate to the CPU and never a bottleneck to upsell bigger amounts, especially when it’s not replaceable, especially when replaceable ones for a PC cost 80% less.