Jan Zdarsa Even before yesterday's event, information was circulating on the Internet that Apple would introduce a new production process for a new series of notebooks. This whole speculation came from the English word "brick" (kostka in Czech). Today, this production technology was revealed and Apple gave a peek under the hood at its event. If you have a fast enough connection, I recommend a high-quality video of the production of these new laptops. This technology definitely brings us higher quality, higher durability and a much finer design.
An exclusive look at the manufacturing process of Apple's new line of laptops
Full recording of yesterday's presentation
If you just want to look at the production pictures or want to know the details, continue reading the article.
Photos in the article are from the server AppleInsider.
In a press release, Steve Jobs said of the new manufacturing process: "We've invented a new way to build a laptop from a single block of aluminum." Jonathan Ive (senior vice president of Industrial Design) continued: “Notebooks have traditionally been made from many parts. With the new Macbooks, we replaced all these parts with one body. So the body of the Macbook is made from a single block of aluminum, making them thinner and more durable with much stronger edges than we ever dreamed of.”
Previous Macbook Pro models used a thinner curved chassis that had an internal skeleton to hold all the parts together. The top part was screwed to the frame like a lid, but it was necessary to use plastic parts to make everything fit as it should.
The new chassis of the Macbook and Macbook Pro consists of a cube of aluminum that is carved using a CNC machine. This process guarantees us highly precise processing of the components.
So the whole process starts with a raw piece of aluminum, which was chosen for its good properties – strong, light and flexible at the same time.
The new Macbook gets a basic chassis skeleton…
…but of course it has to be further processed
And this is the result we all want! :)
