1. Thinner case
2. Fewer parts
3. Ease of manufacturing
4. Better structural integrity
5. Lower cost of materials
6. Introduce a new design concept
There could be lots of reasons.
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Lack of apple logo glow on backlid of 12" rMBA -- dealbreaker?
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1. Thinner case
2. Fewer parts
3. Ease of manufacturing
4. Better structural integrity
5. Lower cost of materials
6. Introduce a new design concept
There could be lots of reasons.
The black plastic Apple on iPads covers the antennas. Maybe they're moving the antennas around in the next MacBook.
The lack of believers in the glow is disturbing.
There are some us, still. You are not on your own.
Couldn't care less. Had a mac for 14 years and it's a nice subtle nuance about mac laptops but would hardly influence my decision. It's the hardware/software that counts.
There are some us, still. You are not on your own.
To be honest I was pretty miffed when the new retina MacBook Pros removed the writing ('MacBook Pro') text off of the bezel below the screen.
To be honest I was pretty miffed when the new retina MacBook Pros removed the writing ('MacBook Pro') text off of the bezel below the screen.
Good riddance... that text was very distracting and by removing it they made the bezel smaller.
I would prefer to not have the glow logo on the lid of the machine. Apple should phase this out as it looks a bit naff.
care to elaborate on why you'd spend extra for it? I ways thought it was a nice gimmick, albeit one that I (as the user of a Macbook) can't appreciate at all, since I can never see my own glow...
I agree. I'd like to think I'm not very materialistic but when I spend a lot of money on a luxury product (and face it, $900 for a laptop is pretty luxurious) it does make me feel good if it has some nice design touches like nice packaging and a glowing logo and so forth. It's not necessary, and it doesn't make me feel like a better person, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't make me feel good.
I also have a BMW where they put little white LEDs on the undersides of the door handles and they fade on when you unlock the car. I'm sure it cost BMW all of $3 to add this feature to the car and it has very little practical value but I think it's neat and it's the feature of the car that surprises/impresses other people the most.
I would pay extra not to have the lighted logo. I think it's tacky to light up a relatively large brand logo like that. I have many Apple products but I don't want something that announces itself in that manner. In my opinion, there is nothing to like about that at all. And I did pay extra. I bought a protective case and made sure that it covered the logo.
Because Apple is obsessed with making it devices thinner and thinner at the sacrifice of usability!
1st world problems.... Seriously who cares. Give me a Retina display on a MBA and I will be elated. Comparing the screen of my 2013 MBA to my wife's 2013 rMBP is disappointing to say the least.
Because Apple is obsessed with making it devices thinner and thinner at the sacrifice of usability!
In my mind the reasoning for this design change is different. They're simply preparing for a backlight-free OLED future
It'll be a worthwhile sacrifice when OLED does eventually appear, but for now I'll be sticking to my rMBP.
In my mind the reasoning for this design change is different. They're simply preparing for a backlight-free OLED future
It'll be a worthwhile sacrifice when OLED does eventually appear, but for now I'll be sticking to my rMBP.
Just bought a new 13" MBA, fully MAXED out and have no plan to replace it anytime soon. It is a non-retina model that I find to be much better for running Windows via BootCamp. My favorite lappy so far!
In my mind the reasoning for this design change is different. They're simply preparing for a backlight-free OLED future
It'll be a worthwhile sacrifice when OLED does eventually appear, but for now I'll be sticking to my rMBP.
I would love to see an OLED laptop screen, and is one way to make the device thinner.
The Apple logo on Mac laptops has been glowing since 1999. It'd be a sad break from a long-standing tradition to make them not glow anymore.
I remember the first time I saw a Powerbook with the glowy logo in person. I thought it looked SO cool.
I'd be really sad to see this go. It's one of those things that makes a Mac a Mac and even though it's arguably minor and silly, I've become attached to it.
I remember the first time I saw a Powerbook with the glowy logo in person. I thought it looked SO cool.
I'd be really sad to see this go. It's one of those things that makes a Mac a Mac and even though it's arguably minor and silly, I've become attached to it.
2001, actually
http://www.powerpage.org/lombard-apple-logo-illumination-controversy-put-to-rest/
Wallstreet Powerbooks had a faint glow by accident. Apple must have liked how it looked, because Lombard (released in 1999) purposefully made the glow brighter. And the rest was history.
Interesting, my second revision 266 Wallstreet does have a very faint glow. Never noticed that before.