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Sharp edges
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It's been an issue for years. The things we sacrifice for the best looking laptop in the world. (I feel like i'm on Apple's marketing team saying that lol)
Hundreds, if not thousands.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/203455/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/912710/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/788915/
...and many more.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/203455/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/912710/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/788915/
...and many more.
Or rather, they "un-learned" it. My Duo and iBook both had nice comfortable edges. I am counting the days until there is a design change. Let's hope they don't get even sharper 
They are sharper than any PC I have ever used, but I wouldn't trade the MBP for any computer out there based on the usability of the MBP.
The Speck case
I just installed the satin Speck case on my 2011 MBP 13" and it helps alleviate the sharp edges. The case itself adds an upper lip to the edge but at least it is smooth and rounded off. I would prefer to leave my MBP naked but the sharp edges were annoying.
I just installed the satin Speck case on my 2011 MBP 13" and it helps alleviate the sharp edges. The case itself adds an upper lip to the edge but at least it is smooth and rounded off. I would prefer to leave my MBP naked but the sharp edges were annoying.
The only time is it is a problem for me is when I sit on a couch or bed on my back or with my back propped up.
I never have this problem when typing with proper posture.
I never have this problem when typing with proper posture.
Me neither, but as you say, there are times with a portable when you can't achieve that (coffee shop, airplane seat, whatever).
But when I really find it the worst is not when typing at all. It's when web-surfing or doing other mostly-trackpad things because then my hand is on or near the trackpad and my wrist contacts the edge.
My 2011 13" had smoother, rounder edges than my 2009. Actually, I had 2 and they were both like that. I guess it's who's working......
Disagree ... laptops are used in all kinds of places therefore 'proper typing position' isn't always possible.
There is NO need to have sharp edges like that on a notebook, just using the trackpad or moving the notebook the edge is sharp if your skin comes in contact with it.
HUGE design flaw with zero cost involved to round the edges during machining.
Why Apple continues to do it is a mystery.
Because it creates a flush edge when the laptop is closed and if you type properly, it shouldn't affect you.
If one only types on one's laptop.
I sometimes spend long periods of time only using the trackpad, and then my wrist contacts the edge. I have been using Apple laptops since the 1990s (Duo 280c
) and this has never been a problem until they started designing them with sharp edges. I still buy them as I have not found anything else I like better. But if they ever change the edge design I will be lining up to buy one!
try a sleeve ?
this black MBP sleeve might be able to handle the problem. it doesn't look bad either..
this black MBP sleeve might be able to handle the problem. it doesn't look bad either..
That is just what steve might be counting on. If mbp sales (ever) dwindle then he might angle and soften things up for a sales boost!
Like I said in another thread not 3 days ago.
A bit of went and dry sandpaper, should cut those edges down.
A bit of went and dry sandpaper, should cut those edges down.
Why should people cover up a beautiful piece of engineering with a case?
Its a £1500+ machine ffs.
I completely agree with you that sanding would ease the edges, and in the past I have done just that to a plastic Macbook (2008, that had the "raw" square plastic edge design). Worked a treat.
But, the unibody aluminum MBP's are anodized. Anodizing is an electro-chemical type process (not a metallurgist, sorry) that makes the aluminum form a harder surface than the "raw" aluminum. Sanding will cut through that coating and that edge will no longer be anodized.
Now, that may not cause any problems in day-to-day use, since your wrists/hands will tend to keep the edge "polished," but it is a bit bigger step then simply sanding a sharp edge off of a "solid" plastic computer. 'Course it might be preferable to having the MBP "polish" your wrists with its original edge