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Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by windowsrookie » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:52 PM UTC

abujazar wrote: post #7

Yea, that's ugly. I'm sure it could've been done more gracefully with 15 minutes more effort. But judging from the general wear and tear on this poor Mac I guess they don't even consider the resale value.

Seriously, I have several mac laptops dating back to 2004 and they all have less wear than that.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by bee_rider » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC

abujazar wrote: post #7

Yea, that's ugly. I'm sure it could've been done more gracefully with 15 minutes more effort. But judging from the general wear and tear on this poor Mac I guess they don't even consider the resale value.

I think he is not worried about the resale value.

> This was on my work computer. I expect to similarly modify future work computers, and I would be happy to help you modify yours if you need a little encouragement.

I don’t understand the actual decision but I appreciate the gusto with which it was made.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by paulddraper » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC

porphyra wrote: post #6

patsplat wrote: post #4

Physical objects should be rounded, virtual windows should be square. I will die on this hill.

> windows should be square found the Windows 8 enthusiast! haha, I kid. (I myself use a tiling window manager , i3, with completely square windows without any gaps or rounding)

Not having i3 is truly the worst part about Macs.

(Yes, please tell me about some buggy half-compatible tiling window manager for my Mac.)

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by kibwen » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC

patsplat wrote: post #4

Physical objects should be rounded, virtual windows should be square. I will die on this hill.

Tim Cook here, we've heard you loud and clear, the next Macbook will have a perfectly circular screen with square windows.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC

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Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by bee_rider » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC

porphyra wrote: post #6

patsplat wrote: post #4

Physical objects should be rounded, virtual windows should be square. I will die on this hill.

> windows should be square found the Windows 8 enthusiast! haha, I kid. (I myself use a tiling window manager , i3, with completely square windows without any gaps or rounding)

I like rounding the corners on i3. It is a bit wasteful but the base WM is so efficient with my pixels that I have some to spare.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by kvuj » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:57 PM UTC

Maybe I'm autistic, but I loooove the sharp edges near the opening. They've become almost a nervous tick of playing with them with my fingers.

I've got no idea why, but the sharp feeling is amazing.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by kube-system » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:57 PM UTC

Somebody should offer a service to chuck up Macbooks in a CNC mill and hit them with a chamfer tool

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by gruez » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:57 PM UTC

Yhippa wrote: post #3

As I'm typing on mine right now, I wonder why they made these so sharp. It hasn't cut me yet, but they are decidedly uncomfortable.

>I wonder why they made these so sharp

So the seam looks neat when the macbook is closed, eg. https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/MacBo...

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by porphyra » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 10:57 PM UTC

paulddraper wrote: post #13

porphyra wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> windows should be square found the Windows 8 enthusiast! haha, I kid. (I myself use a tiling window manager , i3, with completely square windows without any gaps or rounding)

Not having i3 is truly the worst part about Macs. (Yes, please tell me about some buggy half-compatible tiling window manager for my Mac.)

For real. Doesn't help that the three/four finger swipe between full screen windows/workspaces has a mandatory animation that you can't disable (you can turn on "reduce motion", but it simply changes the scrolling animation into an equally time-wasting fading animation).