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    "I'm not an expert on aluminum manufacturing processes," Apple 2.0 blogger Philip Elmer-DeWitt told MacNewsWorld, "but I did enough checking to know there are industrial technologies for airplane manufacturers that involve laser-cutting for aluminum. There are pros and cons; there's tricky stuff about swirls and shockwaves and turbulence flow. It's a fairly sophisticated technology, and it's real. That seems to be credible. [Weintraub's] got a source, and it may very well be true." Perhaps Apple actually already has built a factory using this technology -- or maybe not, said Elmer-DeWitt. Full Article at Malaysia Sun
    but I did enough checking to know there are industrial technologies for airplane manufacturers that involve laser-cutting for aluminum. There are pros and cons; there's tricky stuff about swirls and shockwaves and turbulence flow. It's a fairly sophisticated technology, and it's real. That seems to be credible. [Weintraub's] got a source, and it may very well be true.
    SOURCE: Malaysia Sun 13 months ago
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Does Apple Have a Secret Factory
  1. Maybe one of their Asian suppliers is using this technology.
    SOURCE: Malaysia Sun 13 months ago
  2. I'm not an expert on aluminum manufacturing processes
    SOURCE: Malaysia Sun 13 months ago
  3. 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: Malaysia Sun 13 months ago
  4. The hype around this company can be pretty extreme at times.
    SOURCE: Malaysia Sun 13 months ago

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