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Hate to burst everyone's bubble but the 'new' UI theme (I put that in quotation marks because it's already in iOS ie the lock screen, full screen video, etc.) matches the glass black bezels Apple has been putting around their products more than liquid metal.
 
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Remember that taking a solid block of metal and using a CNC machine machining all the inside out, producing tons of swarf is about as inefficient and slow method of manufacturing as you can imagine.

It's what you would do in engineering, but not what you would generally do for mass production.

Be like taking a 2ft thick block of metal and machining it all away to make the curved door panel of a car.

Sure, it's cool, and it's nice to show off with, but I'd think Apple would love to find a far easier way to make the product.
 
Liquid metal sounds great. But I don't know, isn't it so early? (that's what we said for LED screen in 2006 :D)
 
While I love the look of the mock up I must point out that I don't think the color change is indicative of a change in Apple's use of aluminum. If you look at some other uses of liquid metal it doesn't appear to always be that gunmetal color. I am not an expert but I would think that by adjusting the ratios of the metals in the alloy they could alter the color. For example this omega watch has liquid metal injected into the black ceramic disk of the bezel. In all the images I see the liquid metal looks identical in color to the stainless steel of the band. So I would say this is coincidence.

That being said I am definitely excited to see how Apple plans to use liquid metal in the future.
 
Yes LiquidMetal is a family of alloys with cooling properties that allow them to cool slowly in an amorphous form instead of crystalline, so color isn't always the same, it depends on the composition of the alloy chosen for a product.

Like someone said, the way MB Pros are build today has to be costly. Machining from a block of aluminum to almost the finite product is kind of mad with the amount of computers produced every year.

The question is, would the fabrication of the first part trough LiquidMetal injection (which could directly contains most of the keyboard holes and such but still need machining for the small details) be more cost efficient than the current process knowing that aluminum (the raw material) is pretty cheap.

If the switch from aluminum to LiquidMetal alloys occurs it would mainly be to lower production cost, the only benefits the end user could see, would be cheaper computer (knowing Apple I wouldn't hold my breath) or lighter computers (since the process is supposed to offer better mechanical properties, you could reduce the structure size).
 
If the switch from aluminum to LiquidMetal alloys occurs it would mainly be to lower production cost, the only benefits the end user could see, would be cheaper computer (knowing Apple I wouldn't hold my breath) or lighter computers (since the process is supposed to offer better mechanical properties, you could reduce the structure size).

And making a stronger casing that doesn't dents with stupid, little accidents...

You have to use and transport current macbook pros in a cotton floating cloud like enviroment that makes most Mac users fall into a little protective paranoya.
 
Yes LiquidMetal is a family of alloys with cooling properties that allow them to cool slowly in an amorphous form instead of crystalline, so color isn't always the same, it depends on the composition of the alloy chosen for a product.

Like someone said, the way MB Pros are build today has to be costly. Machining from a block of aluminum to almost the finite product is kind of mad with the amount of computers produced every year.

The question is, would the fabrication of the first part trough LiquidMetal injection (which could directly contains most of the keyboard holes and such but still need machining for the small details) be more cost efficient than the current process knowing that aluminum (the raw material) is pretty cheap.

If the switch from aluminum to Liquid Metalalloys occurs it would mainly be to lower production cost, the only benefits the end user could see, would be cheaper computer (knowing Apple I wouldn't hold my breath) or lighter computers (since the process is supposed to offer better mechanical properties, you could reduce the structure size).

Nice to see someone who understands mechanical design:)
I see also that this is a way to lower cost of big volume production.
Machining a Mac book pro from an Aluminum block cost wayyyyyy more then using liquid metal in a casting, then machining only strategic parts of the casting that the molding procedures cant achieve the desired tolerances.

This result: less machining ... less time to manufacture ... cheaper price in big volume for Apple ... this is a smart move.

More profits for them I guess :p
 
If Apple did use this for the iPad casing they could conceivably recover nearly an ounce and a half of weight (from the 4.9 ounces that the back currently weighs) which could be applied to the battery.
 
Hate to burst everyone's bubble but the 'new' UI theme (I put that in quotation marks because it's already in iOS ie the lock screen, full screen video, etc.) matches the glass black bezels Apple has been putting around their products more than liquid metal.

Oh dear...
 
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