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My uninformed guess is the designers insisted on thinness that engineering was unable to achieve without compromising other goals (reliability, feel, battery li
by scottlamb 8y ago
My uninformed guess is the designers insisted on thinness that engineering was unable to achieve without compromising other goals (reliability, feel, battery life). Aesthetics don't exist in a vacuum, and as a not-so-proud owner of this model I'd say Apple made the wrong choice.
- soperj 8y agoI still don't get the pre-occupation with thinness. Lightness I get, but thinness doesn't equal that. Seems absurd.
- barbecue_sauce 8y agoThe thing I like most about my MacBook Pro is that it's made out of aluminum. As long as its not absurdly heavy, I don't really care how thick or heavy it is.
- rwallace 8y agoWhat exactly is it about aluminum that you like?
- barbecue_sauce 8y agoI like the solidity. I like the texture. I like how it feels cold when I haven't used it in a few hours. Psychologically, it makes it feel more like a machine and less like a toy.
- soperj 8y agoThat's another thing I don't get at all. I'm ridiculously happy still with my galaxy s3 (yes 3), plastic back that i can remove in seconds. I've never had a case for it, and because it's plastic, when i've dropped it, it actually has some cushion. It's also thinner than my wife current iphone x with a case on it. What is the use case for aluminum other than "premium feel"?
- oliveshell 8y agoAgreed. Of course thinness matters to some extent— I wouldn’t want to cram a three-inch-thick laptop into my bag. But—even ignoring ultrabooks— any, say, MacBook Pro or Dell Latitude from the past decade (or two!) is thin enough to not give a second thought. I’m all for maximizing portability, but it’s not worth sacrificing durability and utility. That’s what tablets are for.
- threeseed 8y agoThinness is highly correlated with lightness when the device is made out of aluminium.
- DonHopkins 8y agoHow about some light non-thinness in the form of air flowing through to cool it better! (Unless you use all that extra internal space for cat hair storage.)
- Invictus0 8y agoNot really, the aluminum is just on the outer edge. The bulk of the volume, and thus the weight, is battery.
- eecc 8y agoTrue. While replacing the battery of a Retina MBP I was surprised at how light it was without it.