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Re:Raspberry Pi 5 by gholling on Thursday September 28, 2023 @02:01AM (#37685826)
Because manufacturing... Otherwise you have to CNC the whole thing and it makes it really expensive.
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Re:Raspberry Pi 5 by liminalsunset on Thursday September 28, 2023 @02:17AM (#37685948)
I suppose you have a point. It was probably extruded along the fins like this (coming straight in/out of screen):

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Then they would have to CNC the edges off to create the mounting ears anyway and cut the slots in the fins. I suppose they could just make the gaps larger but this is probably getting into the details...

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