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rMBP - speakers grill not fully drilled?
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Your photos are not showing up - can you correct the links?
I reported it with pictures to Apple Care. They claim it's normal, nothing to worry about and they "have seen many others like that". I think it might be that many of those machines have it, but still some don't and that's how it probably should look like. I'm not going to persue it further unless I find some other, serious problems with this machine.
Interesting, so it seems like quite a few people have it - wonder why? Maybe there is some difference between certain rMBP?
This should end all the false speculation, information and innuendo...
http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/kuaZcnOQ1GbPvCwZ.huge
http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/ibt2SIrUkYrNFesU.huge
http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/kuaZcnOQ1GbPvCwZ.huge
http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/ibt2SIrUkYrNFesU.huge
Nice, but what does it really tell us, because It's hard for me to actually read that pictures? So does it mean it's normal that some holes seems to be not fully 'drilled' or what?
RE: those holes and reflections...redux
Hi Mavros,
Nice pickup ... and I agree, this cements it for me, the visual differences between holes under certain lighting conditions and viewing angles is caused by different reflections from what is behind those holes. In other words, all the holes are drilled (by laser most likely) and are the same, no holes are "filled". Rather, different holes receive reflections of light from different objects underneath -- including both darkly colored porous strips as well as metallic pieces leading to the observed visual differences in the holes under certain lighting conditions and viewing angles.
Switon
Hi Mavros,
Nice pickup ... and I agree, this cements it for me, the visual differences between holes under certain lighting conditions and viewing angles is caused by different reflections from what is behind those holes. In other words, all the holes are drilled (by laser most likely) and are the same, no holes are "filled". Rather, different holes receive reflections of light from different objects underneath -- including both darkly colored porous strips as well as metallic pieces leading to the observed visual differences in the holes under certain lighting conditions and viewing angles.
Switon
You're exactly right in realizing what the pictures depict. Also, if you look really closely you will notice that the shape of the strips, closest to outside of the case, is mirrored to the pattern of the "un-drilled" holes in the very first picture in this thread.
RE: yes...
Yes, the initial "undrilled" holes photo is a C_2 rotation of the "underneath" photo you posted. I did note that. As I said, you had a great idea to go to iFixit to find a photo of the backside of the speaker holes - it was inspired.
Switon
P.S. Also, as I stated earlier, when I first observed this same pattern when I received my laptop, I was lucky enough to notice that it depended upon the angle of the lighting (probably because I use the laptop is a nearly dark room with only a single desk lamp suspended on a long arm that I reposition for the best lighting of my work -- repositioning my desk lamp showed me that the hole "pattern" depended upon the direction of the lighting) as well as the viewing angle, thus I attributed the changing pattern to reflections off of different surfaces behind the holes being lit differently by the changing lighting angles, not the holes themselves.
Yes, the initial "undrilled" holes photo is a C_2 rotation of the "underneath" photo you posted. I did note that. As I said, you had a great idea to go to iFixit to find a photo of the backside of the speaker holes - it was inspired.
Switon
P.S. Also, as I stated earlier, when I first observed this same pattern when I received my laptop, I was lucky enough to notice that it depended upon the angle of the lighting (probably because I use the laptop is a nearly dark room with only a single desk lamp suspended on a long arm that I reposition for the best lighting of my work -- repositioning my desk lamp showed me that the hole "pattern" depended upon the direction of the lighting) as well as the viewing angle, thus I attributed the changing pattern to reflections off of different surfaces behind the holes being lit differently by the changing lighting angles, not the holes themselves.