You divided by 2.5 instead of multiplying. The correct weight is 3.775 kg or 8328 pounds. One square foot at that thickness is 26 pounds.
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You divided by 2.5 instead of multiplying. The correct weight is 3.775 kg or 8328 pounds. One square foot at that thickness is 26 pounds.
Perhaps Apple invested a lot in glass making facilities, and now is looking for ways to get a lot out of those investments:
Glass iPhone.
New store glass.
Spaceship curved glass campus.
What next?
Glass iPhone.
New store glass.
Spaceship curved glass campus.
What next?
Now it makes more sense. I would imagine it's tempered glass, isn't it?
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A Unibody Glass Car, perhaps?
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What the hell
tommorows headline on MR, "Apple put new toilet seat in cupertino lication"
tommorows headline on MR, "Apple put new toilet seat in cupertino lication"
The only direction to "expand [Apple's] range" would be downmarket, and Apple clearly doesn't want to go there. They have a range of premium products with high margins, and they are just fine sticking with that. You won't see $500 Celeron laptops at an Apple store anytime soon.
ooh.. very cool, now I want one...
And that is where you are wrong.
It is a monument.
It is not a waste of money.
It was apparently not fine enough.
It is a monument.
It is not a waste of money.
It was apparently not fine enough.
Good Design is the Reason
One of the things that unites most Apple fans is an appreciation of the company's ability to achieve incredibly beautiful and functional design. This is their flagship store designed by Peter Bohlin. They continue to push the envelope whether it is an electronic device, software, an advertisement or Architecture!
GO APPLE!
One of the things that unites most Apple fans is an appreciation of the company's ability to achieve incredibly beautiful and functional design. This is their flagship store designed by Peter Bohlin. They continue to push the envelope whether it is an electronic device, software, an advertisement or Architecture!
GO APPLE!
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Glass is strong!
When I was a kid (in the 1950s) we had a 1" thick kidney shaped coffee table resting on three glass Xs and we played on it constantly without ever being scolded. I am sure 2" glass will withstand a lot of abuse.
When I was a kid (in the 1950s) we had a 1" thick kidney shaped coffee table resting on three glass Xs and we played on it constantly without ever being scolded. I am sure 2" glass will withstand a lot of abuse.
That's not glass That is Transparent Aluminum.
computer.....computer.....[Scotty grabs mouse]...computer?.......
was about that size. well spotted!
DOH! You're correct! Never was good at math.
Anyway, that's "weigh" more than I expected... over 4 tons each!
You're right. Just goes to show, I'm not a huge Trek guy. Now THAT reminds me of something from Fan Boys.
With the very recent breakthrough in Material Science and the mystery of how to reorder glass lattice structure you're going to see a lot more glass of various thickness and surface areas with the strength of steel being deployed.
