Unibody design

The aluminum unibody design has been here for a while. With probably the most significant running change being the closing up of the battery compartment so that user change-over is limited to a surgical, versus an on-the-fly service issue.

Do you think that this design is here to stay for awhile in the MackBook (pros), the next couple of updates anyway?

Or do you think it is just a trend that will yield to some other trend to catch the fancy of fickle consumer whims for something new, for newness sake? (back to lightweight plastic, perhaps). I'm sure the apple marketing machine can spin polycarbonate another life as a "space-age miracle of modern science", or some-such blather. The base MacBook notwithstanding, of course.

I guess what I am asking is whether this design can be considered timeless, or are we resigned to periodic change for change-sake.



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I am sure they will change it again, but looking at the iPad shape i doubt it will be in the next refresh, but who knows.

 

No the new macbooks will feature wood panels, a throw back to the woody wagons.

 

I heard USB ports will become the fan ventilation.

 

This isn't entirely accurate.

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...n_depth_review_with_video.html&page=4#battery

The first unibody MBP, as you can see, still had a battery that a user could de-latch and remove. The unibody design, and the decision to "seal" the battery ride on two different tracks. One didn't cause the other, though making the bottom of the MBP one solid piece probably helps with sturdiness.

If the last several thousand years of human progress are any indicator, I'd safely put a large amount of money on "we are resigned to periodic change for change's sake."

 

I don't expect a redesign within the next year or possibly even two. If anything, I see the MacBook Air either discontinued or redesigned, and then the MBP series would follow new elements of the Air designs.

 

Found this pic on the overclockers forum AU. Someone put quite alot of effort into this

 

Someone had a slow work day! That was quite impressive. It actually brings up a legitimate topic, of the advent of 3D in consumer electronics...although I don't see it coming for another 5-7 years.

 

I edited it for him.
How much is Apple paying the Author for wasting his time like this?
Crazy Freaks.

 

The new Macbook Pros have dual Xeon 4-core processors, Dual Radeon 5870s, 1 TB SSD, and USB 4.0.

The price? Better go get a pen and paper, this is gonna take awhile.

 

Those notebooks look awesome.
This might be how they look after a redesign which won't be too soon.
The maximum screen size on this display lid is awesome. That is one of the biggest flaws of the current design. I guess as soon as we get these almost indesctructible extremely thin OLED screen in a new notebook. Screen will look more like this and a notebook with a huge frame around the screen will be considered old and ugly.

 

You're joking, right? Not a single one of those edits made any sense.

I dun geddit.

 

I have no idea.. the only valid complaint I saw was the use of Lenses when it should have said Cameras.

 

Lets think this through for a minute.

Notice how the bezel of the current MBP's screen gets smaller going from 13" to 15" to 17". Why is this? Why does the 13" have the biggest bezel?

Well, you can't have a thin bezel on a small screen and have a decently sized keyboard. A thin bezel on a 13" means a much smaller lid, which in turn makes the rest of the body smaller. Small keyboards, small body, less room.

Just because you want something and think it's a good idea, that doesn't mean it's gonna work. That's why designers are paid to do what they do.

 

Agreed

"Breaking new Ground"s"" How many "grounds" can you break? Ground is right.
You don't want a D on advanced?.... OKay...

Kinda agree with the extra ors but nothing wrong with it.

Not sure what is wrong with sliver.

What's wrong with card?

Nothing wrong with itself http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/itself

I can bet Apple is paying them nothing, since it was probably done for a school project.

 

i dont like the design much. the redesigned curved area on the lid near the spine makes it so it restricts how far the lid will open before it hits. I hate that angle and prefer to have it open all the way.

good effort i guess.

 

I agree, then they should make the new bezel smaller and call it macbook pro 14 16 and 18

Oh and I hope the design stick around, maybe they can make it out of carbon fiber, kevlar or some sort of clear polymer...

kinda like this
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IMHO, the aluminum unibody is a pretty timeless design. But I have no doubt it will be changed (for the sake of change), but not until mid-2011 would be my guess. I could see Apple sticking with aluminum, just a new shape. Or going with a composites design (ie: carbon fiber). Recycled carbon fiber is also good for laptops even though it lacks the strength of the longer fibers used in the first go of manufacturing to keep the "green" recyclable aspects.