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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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I hate those sharp edges. I've contemplated taking a router with a carbide roundover to mine many times.

I just asked an LLM this exact question; it said "sure, but use cutting fluid, ensure the bit is carbide, slow the router speed down to 10-16k rpm, go slow, and clean off the flutes if they get gummed"

And dont climb-cut

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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post #472

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…

People come in all sorts of different shapes, sizes, and configurations. I don't have any pressure on the sharp edges in my normal day-to-day, and I'm having a little trouble figuring out how I'd contort myself to change that, so that particular issue is fine. The glare is annoying. I would like to work outside more often. Mind you, I don't really like the poor isolation and floating ground causing a tingling sensati…

Why is floating ground still a thing? I've found it can actually sting quite a bit if you are grounded or touch something that is.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

#583
post #472

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…

People come in all sorts of different shapes, sizes, and configurations. I don't have any pressure on the sharp edges in my normal day-to-day, and I'm having a little trouble figuring out how I'd contort myself to change that, so that particular issue is fine. The glare is annoying. I would like to work outside more often. Mind you, I don't really like the poor isolation and floating ground causing a tingling sensati…

Yes, the electrical shocks are very annoying! I don't know if it's related to an older/failing battery but I've certainly noticed this on an old Macbook Pro. Thanks for mentioning this - I guess at 24VDC it isn't a regulatory issue but it really does feel like a small insect sting or something and it's irritating.

My newer Air doesn't seem to have this problem. Also the screen is brighter, together with a mat finish it is better for using outside.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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post #538

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How the f are you supposed to type? Ideally I'd like full support for my arms from the elbow to the wrist. In my first job - i think it was in 1997, I had my own small room with an L-shaped desk with a rounded corner. That gave a few inches of space for resting my arms - both when typing on a quite reasonable Pentium laptop, and especially when using the mouse. Since then, the desks and the chairs has become shittier…

A more concrete way of putting it is if you are putting so much weight on your wrists that the edge of the MacBook is making you uncomfortable, you're probably doing it wrong.

Steve Jobs back from the dead?

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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post #559

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One time cost? This should be a subscription that raises spikes when you don't pay

The Apple way for hardware is more to design the thing so it breaks under normal use very quickly, and then refuse to replace it under warranty.

My experience with Apple hardware has been it generally holds up. I've only on my third iPad since I bought the original in 2011. My iPhones have all lasted at least four years.

The screen on my Macbook Air has been the exception. I wonder why they can't just use the same display on those that they do iPad. Seems better quality, as well

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

#586
I never owned the MacBook I used and the current one I do own I still consider selling one day. That's the only reason I'm not ready to replicate this on my own.

The edges are indeed extremely uncomfortable, not to mention how cold it is in winter.

Luckily its just sitting on a stand 99.9% of the time

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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post #554

> People like to freak out about this, so I wanted to post it here to make sure that everyone who wants to freak out about it gets the opportunity to do so. I've grown to appreciate unapologetic trolling of people who care way too much about what other people do to themselves or their own private property.

One of my favorite pastimes. There's a facebook group I'm in that has a member that ran over some old plastic part of his car that people pay good money for and the amount of chaos it caused in the group was indescribable. I watch the video anytime I need a good laugh

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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post #554

> People like to freak out about this, so I wanted to post it here to make sure that everyone who wants to freak out about it gets the opportunity to do so. I've grown to appreciate unapologetic trolling of people who care way too much about what other people do to themselves or their own private property.

One of my favorite pastimes. There's a facebook group I'm in that has a member that ran over some old plastic part of his car that people pay good money for and the amount of chaos it caused in the group was indescribable. I watch the video anytime I need a good laugh

Was it the protective packaging of Dodge sports cars that people thought looked cool and thus retained?

https://www.hellcat.org/threads/this-is-what-happens-when-th...

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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25 years ago one of early engineering courses included a case study about Ingersol Rand (IIRC). They went out to work floors and saw how all the workers had modified their air wrenches in the same way, adding padding with tape in various areas. They realized they could probably make a better wrench if it had some of those ergonomics built in. Maybe the next phase of Apple could return to flowing shapes and save our w…

> save our wrists If your wrist is in contact with the edge of the laptop while you are actively typing, then your typing style has a good chance of giving you RSI. You'd be better off trying to fix that than trying to make the fast path to RSI more convenient.

I've heard this but I've personally been typing this way for 25+ years (wrists on the rest, including on laptops exclusively for the last 15) and my wrists are fine. Meanwhile people I know with ergonomic keyboards and everything that's supposed to save your wrists are the ones with bad wrists.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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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 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…

> Trackpad: I don't use a mouse anymore, no other laptop comes close

I always hear this but don't get it. Every time I use a Mac laptop, I hate the touchpad. Maybe it's the defaults but I don't feel it's more accurate or anything... Why do people think it's good? A certain acceleration profile?

I much prefer the commodity Synaptics trackpads I've had on my last 2 laptops, running Linux with Gnome and now Hyprland. I just crank the sensitivity, have all the gestures enabled, tap to click and 2 finger reverse scrolling and am happy.

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