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So, using aluminium as body material is one of the factors why Macbooks are so slim? Why can't the bulkier laptops use the same? Price?
by donboscow 5y ago
So, using aluminium as body material is one of the factors why Macbooks are so slim? Why can't the bulkier laptops use the same? Price?
- tony-allan 5y agoA higher price allows the use of particular materials, precision engineering, and slim custom components. Some is a huge R&D spend, the bill of materials, and assembly techniques.
- donboscow 5y agoYeah, I get the R&D part, what I want to know, what specific improvement here does the R&D here contribute to?
- coldtea 5y ago"the use of particular materials, precision engineering, and slim custom components" All of the above require R&D. Techniques for unibody construction for example required a lot of R&D in machining parts, precision opening of ports, and so on.
- kingkongjaffa 5y agoThe hard part is also not doing it once really well, it's doing it 100's of millions of times also really well.
- maximus-decimus 5y agoInteresting video about how the only reason you even need a fan in the mac book pro is because how hot the shell of a laptop is allowed to get is legislated so you don't burn yourself on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghDvyItIHTY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghDvyItIHTY