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Nearly a month ago Macworld ran an article entitled "Mac case designs: Nirvana achieved?". While I disagree with much of the article, it does raise an interesting point. I think we can all agree that the aesthetic of the case designs are getting a little old now:
MacBook Pro - PowerBook
MacBook - New (I don't care what anyone says) but a couple of years old
iMac - New, but heavily based on the old
Mac Pro - Power Mac
Mac mini - a few years old (and still with the white top)
In that sense then they are getting a little old; but are they aging well enough that there is no need for a re-design?
I would like to see magnetic latches on the MBP as well as the optical slot of the 17" being brought to the 15". I'd also like to see a thinner bezel on both the MB and the MBA. The rest of the line-up is pretty much perfect for me. Perhaps continuing to get a mm or two thinner with the notebooks but apart from that...
Internally of course there have been some huge case changes over the past few years. Apple have really refined these designs. The longer they stay out, the more data Apple can collect about their thermal and structural envelopes and tweak accordingly. I would like to see the designs stay for a time to come, but would like the whole glass and aluminum thing complete the line up.
What say you?
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