Whether you love mac or hate them, this video is way cool.

Its showing how the machine cuts out the solid 1 piece body of the MBP

That's fantastic!

Here's another of my fave CNC videos:

Cool, but what a waste of metal

Both those vids are damn impressive

Cool, but what a waste of metal

I think they actually reuse every scrap of aluminium not used in the final frame.

Cool, but what a waste of metal

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/new-macbook-pro-whats-the-eco-impact-of-building-a-laptop-from-a-single-piece-of-aluminum.php

I wonder why it did all that s*** to where the touchpad goes and then it just cut it off.

I thought that too but the edging is on a bit of an angle and maybe it requires to do that too get that edging done right.

How the hell do you mass-produce something that takes that long to make?

Or are there just that few people buying Mac Book Pros?

With my recent interest in macbook pros (see a previous thread) I did some youtube'n and came across a fair few video reviews/issues.

One was a battery issue with swollen batteries, do they still have these issues? I think the battery is completely internal now and non removable? apparently apple said it was so they could fit a bigger battery but I think its so people couldn't test the battery bulge and just say hey gimme a new battery (they were free), call me paranoid.

Have any of you mac users on here had any battery troubles? I remember the first bunch of ipods having s*** batteries as well or have apple got their issues sorted?

The latest revision of macbooks is from june this year, so they are still quite new. So far Iv had no battery issues and don't expect too. If i do have issues then its covered by apple care for 3 years.

The battery is completly internal and non removable

There's a video on the Apple site about the batteries and why they aren't so easily removed. They have a completely different lay out to normal batteries and don't waste space with external casings and adapters so it can get a long battery life.

I actually got 5 hours and 39 mins out of my battery on wifi yesterday. Was AWESOME :P

what a ridiculous amount of effort for some throwaway consumer electronics

Was lucky and got in with the now-retired MacBook alu 13.3" model (late nov 2008). Never had a problem, easily removable battery, hdd and RAM.

They have a completely different lay out to normal batteries and don't waste space with external casings and adapters so it can get a long battery life.

And i'm sure it has absolutely nothing to do with making it harder to just go to the shops and buy a new battery and slotting it in when it inevitably dies before the end of the life of the laptop.

They have a completely different lay out to normal batteries and don't waste space with external casings and adapters so it can get a long battery life.


And i'm sure it has absolutely nothing to do with making it harder to just go to the shops and buy a new battery and slotting it in when it inevitably dies before the end of the life of the laptop.

(fanboy>
Actually, it doesn't have anything at all to do with that..

The lifespan of a battery is measured in recharges. One recharge is a complete charge and discharge of a battery’s energy. A recharge doesn’t necessarily occur every time you plug in your notebook; many partial charges can add up to a single full recharge. The typical battery delivers about 200 to 300 recharges before its capacity declines to approximately 80 percent. At that point the battery still works, but its performance is diminished. Thanks to the breakthroughs of advanced chemistry and Adaptive Charging, the battery in the 17-inch MacBook Pro can go through up to 1000 recharges before it reaches 80 percent of its original capacity — more than three times the lifespan of typical notebook batteries

http://www.apple.com/au/macbookpro/17inch-battery/

How many recharge cycles do you get from your Dell?

(/fanboy>

last edited by foolix at 16:27:55 26/Sep/09

How many recharge cycles do you get from your Dell?

Your mum!

Back on topic now. Vids were pretty cool. Though I guess they got a bit repetitive :) I liked when the engine was gyrating like crazy, that was cool.

How the hell do you mass-produce something that takes that long to make?

The 2nd video in eds' link shows a different machine making the same thing, a bit faster, and in a more factory-like environment where they could have a whole room full of those. You just can't see what it's doing as easily because it's pouring a s*** load of this milky water on it all the time.

This new macbook is going to be quite a match for Ice T's hammer.

last edited by thermite at 16:57:40 26/Sep/09

I actually got 5 hours and 39 mins out of my battery on wifi yesterday. Was AWESOME :P

Yeah that's one other factor I like the sound of. I actually took another step today & went to look around the DSE power house just to check out how big the keyboard actually is and it's not as small as I first thought, the youtube videos are kind of deceptive.

Eds: Do you have any way to generate a blank screen of certain colours and then take a photo of it? I'd be interested to see what the screen looks like from typical sitting distance because on my current machine at typing distance half the screen is black and the other half is a bright grey colour from the absolute f*****ry method the backlight uses. I'm hoping the macbook doesn't suffer this affliction.

they don't use the rapid prototyping machines for mass production do they

also, what's "aluminum"

I'm hoping the macbook doesn't suffer this affliction.

Macs don't suffer afflictions, they cure them.

Ill get that a go for you tommorow woop. What color, just like white and a red or something?

My screen is most notably s***house on totally black screens, white doesn't show up anything much. I'll try & take a pic of my screen but being capped means it'll take me forever to load an image hosting site.

Any chance of a meet up some time and I can get a look in real life? I tried to take a look at DSE but I didn't really want to waste the sales dudes time asking if I could test it by watching a movie then just walk off. It might be their job to oblige potential customers but doesn't mean I need to be a dick :)

edit: This is what my screen looks like with a totally black image, I just made a new pic in photoshop & filled it with black & hit full screen.
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm190/pointyfork/computers/th_IMG_3425.jpg
Ignore that bright red stuck pixel down there.

If you tilt the screen so the bottom part is black then the top part looks all weird and the colours shift off into some sort of twilight zone looking thing.


last edited by whoop at 23:19:16 26/Sep/09

Gee thanks eds, now I want one

And i'm sure it has absolutely nothing to do with making it harder to just go to the shops and buy a new battery and slotting it in when it inevitably dies before the end of the life of the laptop.

Take it into an Apple shop and they will replace it for free. The "non-removable batteries" are actually quite removable, they just don't have outer casing, hence why its not user-replaceable.

Whoop - the screen should be fine, take a trip to mac1 or robina apple store and they will let you play around with the laptop for as long as you want.