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MacBooks have always had accelerometers, originally it was called the "sudden motion sensor" and was ostensibly used to park the hard drives in the event of a d
by evan_ 10y ago
MacBooks have always had accelerometers, originally it was called the "sudden motion sensor" and was ostensibly used to park the hard drives in the event of a dropped computer.
I'm pretty sure they're still in the modern MacBooks, though Google seems to be mixed on the matter.
- intoverflow2 10y agoIt is not because there is no need to park the HD
- mikestew 10y agoThat sensor was taken out with the SSD MBPs: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201666 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201666 (under Note at the top of the page.