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Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by larodi »

jasoneckert wrote: post #222

Thanks for this interesting post - I've been showing it to co-workers to get their reactions, which was incredibly entertaining for me! Co-worker 1: Interesting. I wonder if that voids the warranty. It's Apple you know. Co-worker 2: May Jobs have mercy on their soul... Co-worker 3: Not a bad idea. But not sure if that would cause problems with structural integrity of the laptop, like if you drop it or something. Co-w…

Here’s one: scratches are officially not an argument anymore for a price discount on a second hand Mac.

Drop them like it’s hot!

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by intelkishan »

BobAliceInATree wrote: post #266
ddlsmurf wrote: post #228

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but it's never going to be grounded, there isn't even a ground pin on the charger

Apple sells a 3-pin extension cable US Version: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/mw2n3ll/a/power-adapter-e...

Yeah they sell the 3-pong extension for various countries. I am currently using the Indian version of it.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by mmsc »

buildsjets wrote: post #303
Tempest1981 wrote: post #298

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What tools are needed to redo the anodized color? Is it doable at home?

How comfortable are you working with chromic acid and boric-sulfuric acid in your home?

As long as it's not hydrofluoric acid...

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by Slow_Hand »

wraptile wrote: post #310

I used a macbook for almost 2 years and genuinely don't understand how people can tolerate these machines. My wrists would be cut up all the time to the point where I looked like I was self harming myself and the glary screen is entirely unsuable anywhere but a darkest basement. Not to mention the terrible keyboard. To this day I'm perplexed how macbooks have such high desirability by full time developers when they'r…

I hear people complain about laptop ergonomics all of the time and I don't understand it. I have zero issues with either of my Macbooks. I can go for hours and not be fatigued.

If I have it in my lap, the outer ball of each wrist is resting on the body to the left and right of the trackpad and that means my forearms are angled upwards, away from the edges. They never rest on the edge of the laptop until I use the trackpad, and then the puffy outer pad of my palm is resting on the laptop edge. Still very comfortable.

If I'm using it at a desk it's the same story. My seat is high enough (relative to the desk) that my forearms lift up and away from the laptop. Never resting on the edge.

Are people seated so low so that the desk height is at breast level and they're making T-Rex arms to reach the keyboard? It seems so intuitively obvious to avoid such positions.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by p_l »

throwaway290 wrote: post #318
normie3000 wrote: post #237

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> It's easy for me to feel the mains frequency while gently rubbing the top surface of the MacBook I haven't been a regular Mac user, but I've had maybe 3 work MacBooks since 2010 and I recall having this issue with all of them. Why haven't they fixed it?

You wouldn't have this if your plug was properly grounded. Most developed countries have plugs that have grounding. EU via side pins UK via third prong

Apple avoids shipping grounded plugs as if it was personal affront to Ive. Also caused many many times for me to be shocked with electrostatic build-up.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by normie3000 »

throwaway290 wrote: post #318
normie3000 wrote: post #237

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> It's easy for me to feel the mains frequency while gently rubbing the top surface of the MacBook I haven't been a regular Mac user, but I've had maybe 3 work MacBooks since 2010 and I recall having this issue with all of them. Why haven't they fixed it?

You wouldn't have this if your plug was properly grounded. Most developed countries have plugs that have grounding. EU via side pins UK via third prong

My experiences are all from third-prong countries.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by normie3000 »

msephton wrote: post #241
normie3000 wrote: post #237

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> It's easy for me to feel the mains frequency while gently rubbing the top surface of the MacBook I haven't been a regular Mac user, but I've had maybe 3 work MacBooks since 2010 and I recall having this issue with all of them. Why haven't they fixed it?

It's also an issue on the new Neo. It was the first thing I noticed when I tried one in the Apple Store. I unplugged the power cable and it went away, replugged and it came back. I'm in the UK so I expected grounded electricity supply.

Disappointing. I understood Neo doesn't come with a power plug in UK; was yours the official one?

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by wraptile »

Slow_Hand wrote: post #344
wraptile wrote: post #310

I used a macbook for almost 2 years and genuinely don't understand how people can tolerate these machines. My wrists would be cut up all the time to the point where I looked like I was self harming myself and the glary screen is entirely unsuable anywhere but a darkest basement. Not to mention the terrible keyboard. To this day I'm perplexed how macbooks have such high desirability by full time developers when they'r…

I hear people complain about laptop ergonomics all of the time and I don't understand it. I have zero issues with either of my Macbooks. I can go for hours and not be fatigued. If I have it in my lap, the outer ball of each wrist is resting on the body to the left and right of the trackpad and that means my forearms are angled upwards, away from the edges. They never rest on the edge of the laptop until I use the tra…

Ergonomics is one of those things where you don't understand it until it effects you. Everyone can tolerate discomfort at some level and at different levels but obviously there best practices that manufacturers can partake in to make hardware more ergonomic.

For example, the monitor should be at eye level vertically but with laptop that's very hard to accomplish unless you position yourself in a reclined fashion to bring down your eye level closer to your lap - on a macbook you get wrist cuts like this.

One of the most important thing that makes a good ergonomic laptop is the ways it accomodates as many positions and setup as posible so your can rotate your working position to avoid excessive strain on one particular area. So when your back is tired you slouch down, when your wrists are tired you straighten up, when your eyes are tired you adjust the display brightness/theme etc.

When taken seriously it's totally possible to work safely even in poor conditions like outside or on a train but devices that completely ignore ergonomics just don't even give you the chance.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by DannyBee »

Probably don't do this if you have a magnesium-aluminum alloy laptop.

Depending on exactly how much magnesium is in the alloy, metal shavings can be highly flammable and otherwise hazardous.

I think it's fine to mess with stuff like this, just make sure you know what you can do safely to the materials.

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