nobilog: the secret of MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo)

2006年10月27日

the secret of MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo)

If you think the new MacBook Pro is all about Intel Core 2 Duo, you are missing a big point.
There is a very tiny but astonishing differences between the new MacBook Pro and the previous one.
See this picture for a few second and see if you can find it:

Those owners of the previous MacBook Pro should notice a tiny dot is missing from the new MacBook Pro.
Yes, with the previous MacBook Pro, there was a dot right next to the iSight built-in camera.
The dot turned into green light when you turn ON your iSight, to tell the camera has been activated.

So does this missing dot means the new MacBook Pro won't tell if the camera is working?

NO.

Here comes the amazing part.
See this picture. Apple DID THE IMPOSSIBLE 'AGAIN':

Here is the magnified version:

With the new MacBook Pro, the green light will illuminate from within the aluminum bezel!

You will have to go to Apple Retail Store and see it with your eyes.

But it is a REALLY AMAZING design feature of the new MBP.

You may think there must be tiny holes around that area.
Well, maybe ....
But even if so, the holes are too small to recognize.
When the light is off, you won't be able to tell.

It may be a tiny detail, but Apple is one of the few company who would make things better even at this level.

[read the same news in Japanese]

Posted by Nobuyuki Hayashi at 2006年10月27日 23:48

Comments

Very impressive indeed!

Posted by: David Niemeijer at 2006年10月28日 03:48

Wow! That is really cool!

Posted by: Graeme Smith at 2006年10月29日 01:33

Well, it was once said "Great Architecture has no details."

I firmly reject that belief, and this is a perfect example of why.

Posted by: enigma_foundry at 2006年10月29日 14:10

Enigma_foundry: that quote is precisely why the new iSight on indicator is so amazingly amazing.

If you don't get this, sorry, it's like jazz. I can't explain it to you.

But an attempt: details would be a bevel, or a hole, or an outline where the indicator is. No details, on the other hand, is that it just is. And that's what the quote means.

Posted by: John Koetsier at 2006年10月30日 09:50

John, I think enigma_foundry meant it the other way. Not detail as in lines and bevels, but as in placing importance to such minor aesthetic enhancements.
But in any case, "Great Architecture" should still not contain the details. However "Great Design" must. And Apple has done both. Does anyone know where I can find a pic of the previous iteration's iSight indicator?

Posted by: Vijay Arunkumar at 2006年10月31日 00:46

"transparent aluminum", finally ...
... but still no magnetic aluminum, as the powerbook pro
still doesn't have the simple, elegant latch mechanism
of is entry-level sibling.

Posted by: retiarius at 2006年10月31日 02:51

This is not nearly as "wow, amazing" or "impressive" as it may first sound. Apple has had lights shining through metal before - my iBook G3's sleep light pulses through the featureless metal bezel at the front, to the left of the lid release button, and that's like four years old now. I assume the G4 iBooks retained this feature?

Posted by: David S. at 2006年10月31日 05:23

David, the iBook sleep lights were not metal but painted plastic.

Posted by: hachu at 2006年10月31日 06:09

I second hachu, its ironic how some people really appreciate the details overlooked by others and yet still others can't tell plastic from aluminum. Jeez! Ha!

Posted by: jeez at 2006年10月31日 08:01

It is very cool, i want to when we can see the product in market. i like the technology of produce.

Posted by: Cheney Chen at 2006年11月01日 21:52

I'm underwhelmed.

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