The Apple design/style police have done their damage again. In their zeal to make it "look cool" they hurt the functionality. The taper-to-thin edge looks neat but does nothing for usability. If it's 0.75" in the middle it may as well be 0.75" thick near the edge so that you can have normal I/O connectors. the thin tapered edge does no good in your briefcase, on your lap, or on a table at Starbucks. It also steals space for what could have been a larger battery. All that design does is raise the cost and add inconvenience. I know cool aesthetic design is responsible for a lot of Apple's success, but not when it harms functionality. Other bad examples were the first iBooks (fat round edges). first iMac (stupid round base). This will probably sell well anyway, but never as well as a competent, practical, 3 lb Macbook would have.
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The Apple design/style police have done their damage again. In their zeal to make it "look cool" they hurt the functionality. The taper-to-thin edge looks neat but does nothing for usability. If it's 0.75" in the middle it may as well be 0.75" thick near the edge so that you can have normal I/O connectors. the thin tapered edge does no good in your briefcase, on your lap, or on a table at Starbucks. It also steals space for what could have been a larger battery. All that design does is raise the cost and add inconvenience. I know cool aesthetic design is responsible for a lot of Apple's success, but not when it harms functionality. Other bad examples were the first iBooks (fat round edges). first iMac (stupid round base). This will probably sell well anyway, but never as well as a competent, practical, 3 lb Macbook would have.