Why does it matter where the speakers are when YOU CAN'T SEE THEM ANYWAY? They sound better than the previous generation so what's wrong?
Jeez, Apple can never win with people like you around.
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Teardown of 13-inch MacBook Pro With Touch Bar Reveals 'Cosmetic' Speaker Grilles [Updated]
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Jeez, Apple can never win with people like you around.
This is one of the most unjustifiable/compromised Macs in history. Sure what Apple has done would be alright on a MacBook or MacBook Plus, but not MacBook Pro.
And retained the iP7 void speakerhole and retained the Air form factor - now throughout the MacBook line + the headphone jack illogic + lightning-to-none iPhone connection. BecauseWell, everybody is complaining about Apple deleting or eliminating features. Well, here they retained the speaker holes (or at least the looks of it) so that people would not complain. Apple is trying so hard to please their unappreciative customers, and yet people still complain.
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Well weed is now legal in California, so I think we both know the answer to that.
It seems that no-one here has actually read the linked teardown. There are 4 speakers in the laptop, the two larger bass speakers that use the bottom vents and two tweeters that fire through areas at the bottom of the speaker grilles that are fully cut through.
It would be more than a bit un-apple to have two small sections of grille at bottom edges of the keyboard which is why the grille follows their design aesthetic across the range and extends the full height of the keyboard albeit with the majority only partially drilled to prevent accidental liquid damage.
Check the (i) section where they talk about about the tweeters and through-holes in the speaker grilles - https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Touch+Bar+Teardown/73480#s148019
It would be more than a bit un-apple to have two small sections of grille at bottom edges of the keyboard which is why the grille follows their design aesthetic across the range and extends the full height of the keyboard albeit with the majority only partially drilled to prevent accidental liquid damage.
Check the (i) section where they talk about about the tweeters and through-holes in the speaker grilles - https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Touch+Bar+Teardown/73480#s148019
I want to buy one down the line but this is making it very hard for me..
What is so hard, no Apple Laptop in recent history has been easily user serviceable. despite that most last for years and years.. If you configure it to meet your needs, then it should last you for several years easy, if your concerned, get AppleCare, and if nothing happens in 3 years, chances are it will last until your ready to get a new one in 2020 or better..
Heat transfer dissipation is through the material medium. In short, the surface radiates temperature off slowly away from the unit. Convectional air transference moves across the plane of radiation and thus dissipates the heat way from the unit. They would have tested using FEA the benefits of drilling through the entire thickness of the case or to an acceptable depth; and from there the amount of heat dissipation differential between the two designs. Then they would have compared the factor of dust and other debris build up that would have accumulated into those holes and onto the interior components.
In short, this was their optimal solution without using a fan.
You just hit on the big lie that apple is trying to sell us now. These absolutely are updated macbooks. For them to suggest hese have anything to do with their own 'pro' lineage is very cynical of them, and sad.
All the whiners on this site represent what 2% or less of apples customers? Apple doesn't care about you honestly.
no you wouldn't.
no you wouldn't.
I would imagine glue and solder can be done by a largely automated production line. Plus it reduces the need to provide hundreds of spares for repairs and stops them being upgradeable which makes your customers update sooner.
I can see why Apple are doing it, and the sales are strong, so their customers clearly agree.
When they say the "grilles" are cosmetic do they mean the actual holes aren't real holes, or that the speakers aren't located directly under the grills? Because they could be for air circulation, or the entire MacBook Pro interior might be utilized as a port to improve low frequency response.
Ya it's super basic. What do you do that is so impressive? Make designs for a multi billion dollar company?
Phil: "As they have proven to be an essential concept to dispatch excessive solder & glue"
