@Steve Jobs Jr Three reasons why Carbon Fiber would be useless. 1. The weight difference would be negligible. 2. It will considerably raise cost. 3. Plastic would be a much cheaper and more practical solution.
Carbon fiber is actually pretty cheap now, but magnesium would be just as light for a given strength, cheap to cast, and far more durable against dings/scratches.
Regular soft plastic chassis likely they use on cheap computers and base Macbooks perform poorly and are insulators. Not ideal IMO.
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I would like to see someone make a Windows 7 slate/tablet out of carbon fiber.
The iPad is just too heavy and tedious to hold for long periods of time.
@Steve Jobs Jr
Three reasons why Carbon Fiber would be useless.
1. The weight difference would be negligible.
2. It will considerably raise cost.
3. Plastic would be a much cheaper and more practical solution.
@Steve Jobs Jr
Lenovo are listed as being onboard... If they make a ThinkPad branded slate, it may have the carbon fibre chassis.
@Cobra4455
Carbon fiber is actually pretty cheap now, but magnesium would be just as light for a given strength, cheap to cast, and far more durable against dings/scratches.
Regular soft plastic chassis likely they use on cheap computers and base Macbooks perform poorly and are insulators. Not ideal IMO.
@Steve Jobs Jr
Maybe you should start working out?