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Re:How can MacBooks be so slim compared to others laptops by donboscow on Thursday November 25, 2021 @09:02PM (#29346883)
So, using aluminium as body material is one of the factors why Macbooks are so slim? Why can't the bulkier laptops use the same? Price?
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Re:How can MacBooks be so slim compared to others laptops by tony-allan on Thursday November 25, 2021 @09:19PM (#29346954)
A higher price allows the use of particular materials, precision engineering, and slim custom components.

Some is a huge R&D spend, the bill of materials, and assembly techniques.

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Re:How can MacBooks be so slim compared to others laptops by donboscow on Thursday November 25, 2021 @09:29PM (#29346988)
Yeah, I get the R&D part, what I want to know, what specific improvement here does the R&D here contribute to?
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Re:How can MacBooks be so slim compared to others laptops by coldtea on Thursday November 25, 2021 @10:40PM (#29347318)
"the use of particular materials, precision engineering, and slim custom components"

All of the above require R&D. Techniques for unibody construction for example required a lot of R&D in machining parts, precision opening of ports, and so on.

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Re:How can MacBooks be so slim compared to others laptops by kingkongjaffa on Friday November 26, 2021 @04:40AM (#29348744)
The hard part is also not doing it once really well, it's doing it 100's of millions of times also really well.
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Re:How can MacBooks be so slim compared to others laptops by maximus-decimus on Thursday November 25, 2021 @11:42PM (#29347538)
Interesting video about how the only reason you even need a fan in the mac book pro is because how hot the shell of a laptop is allowed to get is legislated so you don't burn yourself on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghDvyItIHTY

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