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> Built around a stainless steel space frame, an aluminum housing lifts off The "aluminum housing" is what contains the circle pattern.

• joemi 7y ago
  > the housing is much more than a decorative shell. It provides rigidity to the space frame. edit to add: Why are you trying to poke holes in Apple's use of a phrase that you've only just discovered?
  • justinsaccount 7y ago
    Well, I thought I knew what a space frame was before. You know, those triangle based skeleton frame things. By any definition, explanation, or example I can find the new mac pro is NOT a space frame.
    • joemi 7y ago
      Just for kicks, I too google image searched for "space frame" and while most of the images were of entirely triangle-based space frames, there were in fact some that showed constructions using curved bars. So if we're using google image search as an authority, it's now proven that space frames can have curved bars. Notably, most of the curved bars I saw were in boat- or car-related designs, if you want to see the "proof" (though I would hardly call google image searching for something to be actual proof, but since it seems to be a metric you're using, I'll go with it).