Why don't more people comment on the suicide edges

[Modernape]

... the sharp edges near the trackpad.... where you put fingers to open the screen

I smoothed those points off with fine wet&dry paper on both my current rMBP and previous MBP - no tarnishing as a result of removing the anodising on either.

 

[cambookpro]

There are people complaining about this, but they also use the wrong posture to use a keyboard.

http://www.apple.com/about/ergonomics/upsol.html

I also do not use the keyboard correctly probably, but I have not experienced any sharp edges on the two Unibody MBPs I had.

Never knew Apple had a page on ergonomics!

I love this bit:

Common cause - unable to touch type
Solution - learn to touch type.

So informative! 😀

 

[loud0g40oz]

Hmm...this has never bothered me.

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

If someone threw a macbook at you like a Chinese star it would kill you.

Happens everyday in Cupertino.

 

[Zeov]

Been gaming on it for several hours.

No problems.

 

[drsox]

This is a major benefit of the MBA. I was going to get an rMBP to add to my MBA. Now I'm less sure (I have problems with my hands). 15 day trial here we come.

 

[newdeal]

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the 13" pro is the only one that suffers from this in my experience. The airs have the taper that prevents it and the palm rest on the larger pros are big enough to prevent it. The 13" pro however is sharp as hell when typing

 

[Chuck-Norris]

i actually enjoy the suicide edges, saves me the troulbe of doing it myself

 

[drsox]

i actually enjoy the suicide edges, saves me the troulbe of doing it myself

I bet you also have used the 17in MPB as an emergency axe when needed !

 

[devilcm3]

I use a hardcase, which has blunt edges....

Since that day i'm no longer an emo kid....

 

[l.a.rossmann]

There are people complaining about this, but they also use the wrong posture to use a keyboard.

http://www.apple.com/about/ergonomics/upsol.html

I also do not use the keyboard correctly probably, but I have not experienced any sharp edges on the two Unibody MBPs I had.

You're not holding the phone right.

You're not using a keyboard right.

You're expecting too much when your $2000 "pro" laptop throttles under normal use

Blah blah blah....

Why? Because, as a whole, Apple culture would rather blame the user. They'd rather blame the user than admit the product has a fault, and suggest it has a fault in the hopes that it will be improved in a new version.

Which is a shame, because it is through criticism that great products become perfect products.

Technically, it may not be a fault, I may be sitting at the computer in a specific way that may not be 100% perfect posture. But it doesn't matter with my Thinkpad... I can be reaching over to it inside of an air duct to find the schematic for an amp that I am working on inside of a ceiling and it's still comfortable. And my phone works regardless of how I hold it - why I have a Samsung & a Lenovo instead of an iPhone and a Macbook Pro. That's what makes it cool, I don't have to think about this nonsense using another product. I just sit and work, without hurt wrists based on how I type.

Just my two cents.

 

[Mr. Retrofire]

I bet you also have used the 17in MPB as an emergency axe when needed!

Why not!?