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Personally I'm very glad I got my Aluminum MacBook when I did. I don't want a polycarbonate case... My guess is that machining the aluminum cases was just too

Personally I'm very glad I got my Aluminum MacBook when I did. I don't want a polycarbonate case... My guess is that machining the aluminum cases was just too expensive, it would clearly be much cheaper to simply mold a polycarbonate case. But personally I don't think they will match up from a durability perspective...

nixme 17y ago
Huh? When did Apple ever sell an aluminum MacBook? Only the MacBook Pros are aluminum AFAIK. EDIT: I was wrong. Apple did have an aluminum 13" MacBook before the MBP version. See replies below.
- jonknee 17y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook#Aluminium_unibody_model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook#Aluminium_unibody_model
- ynniv 17y ago
  There was briefly an aluminum MacBook before they introduced the 13" MacBook Pro.
- nolanbrown23 17y ago
  There was an aluminum MacBook before there was a 13" MacBook Pro. Essentially the aluminum MacBook became the 13" MacBook Pro when they upgraded the specs.
unalone 17y ago
Hm? The aluminum Macbook still exists. It's just classified under the Macbook Pro line. 13", right? Think of the polycarbonate case as Apple's attempt to make a product that's affordable as possible. I was expecting them to phase out the plastics entirely; the fact that they're keeping it and improving on it suggests that they'll be gradually lowering the price on it too.
- aarongough 17y ago
  Ah! Well pointed out! I never realized that the 13" aluminum MacBook was actually classified as a 'Pro'... When I bought mine the cheaper MacBook was not available... Cheers!
aarongough 17y ago
What's with all the downmodding for being misinformed?(myself and a reply below the reply to my original) Don't downmod. Educate. It's easy enough to write a short comment explaining what someone got wrong, with any luck they'll actually learn something from it! (like I did!)

nixme 17y ago

Huh? When did Apple ever sell an aluminum MacBook? Only the MacBook Pros are aluminum AFAIK. EDIT: I was wrong. Apple did have an aluminum 13" MacBook before the MBP version. See replies below.

jonknee 17y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook#Aluminium_unibody_model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook#Aluminium_unibody_model
ynniv 17y ago
There was briefly an aluminum MacBook before they introduced the 13" MacBook Pro.
nolanbrown23 17y ago
There was an aluminum MacBook before there was a 13" MacBook Pro. Essentially the aluminum MacBook became the 13" MacBook Pro when they upgraded the specs.

unalone 17y ago

Hm? The aluminum Macbook still exists. It's just classified under the Macbook Pro line. 13", right? Think of the polycarbonate case as Apple's attempt to make a product that's affordable as possible. I was expecting them to phase out the plastics entirely; the fact that they're keeping it and improving on it suggests that they'll be gradually lowering the price on it too.

aarongough 17y ago
Ah! Well pointed out! I never realized that the 13" aluminum MacBook was actually classified as a 'Pro'... When I bought mine the cheaper MacBook was not available... Cheers!

aarongough 17y ago

What's with all the downmodding for being misinformed?(myself and a reply below the reply to my original) Don't downmod. Educate. It's easy enough to write a short comment explaining what someone got wrong, with any luck they'll actually learn something from it! (like I did!)