I would love to see a Unibody polished to a mirror finish. Would be a perfect match for Queen Amidala’s shuttle.
Filing the corners off my MacBooks
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#432Thanks 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…
The slight groove that was there on the middle of the base which allowed you to stick your finger to open the top had sharp corners that poked my wrists and i filed them both off on the first, and only, macbook I used in 2014 or so m
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#433Earlier quoted context omitted.
Co-worker 4 is the one I want to have a beer with.
i’ll take 3. we can be boring together
I strongly suspect 3 is correct - removing material from the corners might weaken the structure.
I would use a CNC machine to round them more precisely and uniformly though.
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#434dear apple, please bring back the wedge shaped design of the macbook air m1
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/03/04/after-14-years-ap...
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#435Earlier quoted context omitted.
What tools are needed to redo the anodized color? Is it doable at home?
Yes it’s doable at home, even with fairly primitive tools. You need several chemicals and (if you wish) colored dye. Anodizing works as follows: 1. Take the MacBook apart 2. Clean it 3. Chemical bath to remove old anodized layer 4. Clean it again 5. Chemical bath with power supply attached. applied voltage+current and duration will determine hardness and thickness of the anodized layer. 6. Clean it 7. Dye it. 8. Seal…
Reversing step 1 will be the real tricky part.
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#436Earlier quoted context omitted.
I find the "solstices/equinoxes mark starts of seasons" a bit foreign too, but… weather-wise, annual top and bottom temperatures are of course offset from the solstices due to thermal inertia. In Finland the traditional division is that winter is Dec-Feb, spring is Mar-May, summer is Jun-Aug, and autumn is Sep-Nov. Historically it has made perfect sense, weather and climate wise – particularly from the point of view…
It's also funny how Finland has a concept of "thermic spring", which is defined by the temperature no longer dipping below 0° C, and the term doesn't exist in English because the definition wouldn't work in the climate of most of the English-speaking world.
This a common thing shared with the Nordics. The English term would be “meteorological spring”.
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A5r_i_Sverige
The definition would certainly work in English countries, seeing it is just 0 to 10 degrees Celsius average over the course of a week (and after 15th of February).
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#437I 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…
macbooks are mostly social media consumption machines anyways
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#438Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also, real windows and displays should have square corners, too. I refuse to buy a new phone until manufacturers stop cutting corners.
Hmm. Android uses the curvy bits for status so the main area is rectangle. So it is OK. It has the advantage of curved corners on casing to reduce chance of cracking screen on a drop.
Or you could forget the borderless screen and add a bezel so I can hold my phone without touching the screen. Then you've got enough room to curve the corners and have square screen corners.
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#439I 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 switched as a long time Linux user to a MacBook because of the hardware: - Battery: no other laptop comes even close - Trackpad: I don't use a mouse anymore, no other laptop comes close - Audio: No other laptop comes close "Sharp edges" really don't bother me to be honest, I wouldn't have noticed it if nobody told me. I have a nano-texture screen, and it works great in daylight. Just goes to show how opinions can d…
My only complaint is with the EN-international keyboard my company prefers - there is no way to reverse the tilde key position back to the same place next to 1 on the US keyboard. The OS knows what keyboard the laptop has and refuses to change it.
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#440A spinal injury three years ago made me above-averagely aware of ergonomics, as I created a dedicated office (chairs, floating supports for monitors, keyboards, etc.) that would support the injury.
I have to say that I now access the 8 or so machines across my LAN and VPS via a Macbook Air rested on my lap, either through RDP or SSH. I probably use this 80% of the time. Because the machine is on my lap, held up at about 30 degrees on my lap, I can't say I ever noticed the sharp edges, until this post!