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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 hansvm »

thePhytochemist wrote: post #583
hansvm wrote: post #472

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 happens new too, and it's not the DC side of things. The AC -> DC component has some AC leakage, and the default of bad two-prong charging blocks basically guarantees you'll have issues.

I normally "fix" it by using a USB-C charging brick and cord from a better company (somehow they're all fine even ungrounded), but the factory default is bad.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by mikey_p »

rbanffy wrote: post #433
skavi wrote: post #289

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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.

You probably don't know much about filing, but there is no reason it would be any less accurate than CNC if done properly.

Also doubt this would affect strength, given the apparent thickness behind it, really depends on the interior, which is almost certainly also rounded for strength, and to prevent a week point for cracks to start.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by mikey_p »

cdmckay wrote: post #448
rbanffy wrote: post #433

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Haha I was thinking the same when I read he hand filed it

Filing vs. CNC doesn't make one bit of difference.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by duxup »

rlt wrote: 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.

I'm a bad speller. At some point I improved, but on the early days of the internet I would intentionally misspell things as it just got some folks really going like a light switch ;)

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by mikey_p »

powvans wrote: post #30

Nitpicky, but he’s rounding the edges, not the corners. And yes, why are they so sharp? I seem to recall my wife having the plastic MacBook that came out circa 2006 and the edges on that thing were legitimately painful. I always marvel at how sharp the points are on the notch of the lid on my current MacBook. Very very pointy.

This is incorrect usage of the word "corner" to be overly pedantic. It's still a corner, but English doesn't have a separate word for inside vs. outside corner, so it's common to just say "outside corner".

And yes it is a corner (or vertex), where two planes meet. Edge can also be correct, but corner is not wrong.

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Post by Zancarius »

duxup wrote: post #605
rlt wrote: 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.

I'm a bad speller. At some point I improved, but on the early days of the internet I would intentionally misspell things as it just got some folks really going like a light switch ;)

It still does.

I'm not sure what benefit it is for people to point out such mistakes, but my biggest problem comes from glide typing. Often, my device decides it knows better what word I intended than what I actually intended. I've gotten to the point where I don't especially care about those mistakes either if it's an otherwise unimportant conversation.

I think there are just some people who care entirely too much about trivialities. It may be maturity, though. Where do you invest your energy? When you're younger, minutia can seem far more important than it does when you're older. It's still worth showing them some grace—they'll learn. Eventually. Maybe.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by underdeserver »

rlt wrote: 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.

"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer. This is known as Godwin's law."

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by AnthonBerg »

KolibriFly wrote: post #598
yreg wrote: post #142

The takeaway from this article should be to consider modifying your tools to your needs even in unconventional and controversial ways. I love it. The flame war on whether the original chassis design sucks or rocks is not that interesting.

The interesting part isn't whether Apple got the design right or wrong, it's that most of us never even consider altering the tools we use every day. We just adapt ourselves instead.

And commonly get judgy and weird if somone thinks and does.

Re: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

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Post by _virtu »

ribosometronome wrote: post #41

>it is uncomfortable on my wrists Are your wrists supposed to be coming into contact with that? I suspect many of us have bad posture and do rest our wrists like that, but if your concern is wrist comfort, you probably want to consider that you're going out of your way to enable harmful posture.

I came here thinking that there would be more comments discussing this. This seems like the wrong direction to go for fixing the comfort problem. Tilting your wrists down like that is not proper typing posture.
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