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Apple's 'Brick' manufacturing rumors--not so revolutionary?

Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Apple's "Brick" manufacturing rumors--not so revolutionary?--Rumors are buzzing that Apple has been working on a manufacturing process involving lasers and waterjets and solid blocks of aluminum for the upcoming... Full Article at CNET

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Related Articles

  1. MacDailyNews logo
    An Apple ‘Brick’ carved out of solid aluminum wouldn’t be very revolutionary
    13 months ago

    Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - 09:21 AM EDT "Rumors are buzzing that Apple has been working on a revolutionary manufacturing process involving lasers and waterjets and solid blocks of aluminum for the upcoming MacBooks. Full Article at MacDailyNews

  2. TechNewsWorld logo
    Does Apple Have a Secret Factory?
    13 months ago

    The Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) blognoscenti, having digested and discarded last week's Steve Jobs heart attack report hoax, have moved on to more pressing matters: rumors that the company's forthcoming new MacBook computers are the products of a... Full Article at TechNewsWorld

  3. The Mac Observer logo
    9to5Mac: Apple's Brick is a New Manufacturing Process
    13 months ago

    9to5Mac, which predicted the aluminum iMacs, Fat nanos, iPod touch and ultra-thin MacBook Air, put it on the line Saturday with the proposal that the rumored "brick" is a new manufacturing process. Full Article at The Mac Observer

Related Quotes

  1. Having said that, and not discounting Apple's ability to go beyond the bounds of what others pull off, going by the 9to5mac article there isn't necessarily anything very revolutionary being described.
    SOURCE: MacDailyNews 13 months ago
  2. Less touch times, fewer parts, lighter materials -- it's all goodness ... One of the things that's intrigued me with aluminum is that it's heat-dissipating. If the heat were to be channeled through the notebook case itself, that's pretty cool. If the case ends up being a heat sink of some sort, that to ...
    SOURCE: TechNewsWorld 13 months ago
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