I think the MacBook is getting close to a redesign...

[anti-microsoft]

Look at this picture, what stands out the most?Your thoughts?

What stands out the most is definitely the MacBook Air! It is Fncking well out proportion! it looks about the size of a 17" MacBook Pro!

 

[j26]

I like the design of the macbooks, but the plastic they use is ****. I've never seen plastic that scratches as easily as the white macbooks - just by breathing on it you'll get scratches. My girlfriend's macbook is never taken out of the house and sits mainly on a desk and it has scratches all over, most tiny micro scratches but still....

I don't think the average PC laptop - even the cheapest - gets scratches this easy. it's time for a new material! Something that is suitable for a laptop! Duh. The design is nice (except the ridiculously sharp edges), but the materials need some change. Just my opinion.

Odd - my Macbook has done some serious travelling over the last eighteen months by train and motorcycle and the outer casing, while not pristine, is in very good nick with surprisingly few scratches.

 

[Eraserhead]

the plastic is "more" durable in the sense that it doesn't dent. i wouldn't call that more durable but thats what people mean generally when they say that.

In general plastic also flexes less. It also allows strong wifi signals through it.

 

[n00basaur]

Really, aluminum?

Guess I'll have to be right next to my router just to get a few bars.

 

[duykur]

ha mac mini looks so small in the picture

 

[PDE]

the plastic is "more" durable in the sense that it doesn't dent. i wouldn't call that more durable but thats what people mean generally when they say that.

It doesn't dent, but it spontaneously cracks : ) Every time I've been at the genius bar, somebody has come in with macbook with a cracked palmrest....talk about design flaw that anybody could have foreseen, even somebody like me.

 

[Csmitte]

Look at this picture, what stands out the most?

It seems to me that apple is over plastic, and is going to make a transition for the current macbooks into an aluminum design.

Your thoughts?

great family shot, they are probably due but i like the plastic its pretty durable.

 

[Abstract]

It doesn't dent, but it spontaneously cracks : ) Every time I've been at the genius bar, somebody has come in with macbook with a cracked palmrest....talk about design flaw that anybody could have foreseen, even somebody like me.

That's a bit of an exaggeration, no?

If plastic was truly that poor a choice, then 95% of laptops would be cracking all the time!

Plastic is good. It doesn't look as good, but I don't have to be as careful with it. I owned a 12" PowerBook, and I didn't treat it as poorly as my MacBook.

 

[Shackler]

not a chance, they will steal sales from each other

what the hell?
stealing sales from each other still means Apple ends up with the profit, last time i checked that was a good thing.