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"the laptop's bottom surface is coated in soft checkerboard patterned plastic" Looks like carbon fiber to me.
by miahi 14y ago
"the laptop's bottom surface is coated in soft checkerboard patterned plastic"
Looks like carbon fiber to me.
- unwind 14y agoMany things that look like carbon fiber are not, in fact, carbon fiber. In the case of computer enclosures, it's even more so since "whoa, it's carbon fiber!" is a desirable response when doing the design. Note that actual carbon fiber is a very hard and brittle substance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_%28fiber%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_%28fiber%29), and you're quoting text that says it's "soft" ...