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That 2002 PowerBook G4 has a thinner bezel than my 2015 Macbook Air and the iPad...

• ayuvar 11y ago
  The Titanium G4 was a really aggressive design, and for the most part they pulled it off. There are a few pieces that don't hold up to rough daily use (the hinges). The contemporary iBooks had much thicker bezels and were built much more durably, for a target market that probably included education. Loved the ircle screenshot.
  • delish 11y ago
    Are thicker bezels associated with durability?
    • ayuvar 11y ago
      Not necessarily, but the PowerBook was built out of a titanium alloy and the iBook some kind of polycarbonate. I'm no materials engineer but I can see an argument for the iBook needing to be thicker to support the same design loads. (I'm sure it was just a side benefit that it let them save a few bucks on display size, without having to also shrink the keyboard to an unusable size.)
      • kelseydh 11y ago
        It's because they need the wider bezel in order to make the dramatic space savings on thickness that people appreciate more.
  • nathancahill 11y ago
    Yeah, I had one and have always been disappointed that the newer MBPs never went back to the thinner bezel. The hinges were indeed the weak point, they fell apart after a couple months.