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Why make it out of aluminium? Does it have better heat properties or lighter weight than say some high quality plastics or steel, or any other metal?
by herge 15y ago
Why make it out of aluminium? Does it have better heat properties or lighter weight than say some high quality plastics or steel, or any other metal?
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- jimrhoskins 15y agoBecause at first glance it will pass for a macbook air. I don't say that with any bitterness. I have and love my air, but as I find myself using less and less of OS X, and really just living in iTerm and my browser, the real appeal of the Air to me now is the hardware. If the Ultrabook stands up to the Air in quality, I'm seriously considering the Ultrabook + Ubuntu (double-u?) for my next notebook. Also assuming Ubuntu runs well on it, which my guess is if it doesn't now, it will soon.
- shinratdr 15y agoWhy would you do that instead of just putting Ubuntu on the Air?
- jimrhoskins 15y agoIn the case that Dell (or someone else) had better hardware at a better price. It doesn't look like that's the case with the Ultrabook just yet.
- phamilton 15y agoI'm in the same boat with one crutch: Netflix. While I enjoy the fantastic gestures of OS X, I could survive without them. Netflix on the other hand, is irreplaceable. If (or hopefully when) Netflix runs on Linux, I'd consider it if the hardware were on par.
- krschultz 15y agoAluminum is easily machinable, lightweight, has great heat transfer, can be annodized so that it has a nice surface finish, and is not that expensive. Titanium would be a good choice as well, but it is far more expensive. Steel isn't a good choice for a variety of reasons, but #1 in my mind is surface finish. Typically you have to paint or plate steel. A high end plastic or composite can be made nice, but people are moving away from it.
- herge 15y agoSo nothing would have stopped them from using a high end plastic or a nice composite? Something that would tell their product apart from a MacBook Air? It is a pity they did not try.
- freehunter 15y ago>So nothing would have stopped them from using a high end plastic or a nice composite? Besides the fact that this would make it not look like a MacBook? >Something that would tell their product apart from a MacBook Air? They're not aiming for "not MacBook". They're aiming for "we also have a MacBook!"