TFT VS LED backlit MacBook

1. What's the difference? Which is better in life and bright despite of electronic consumption?
2. Why Apple keep pursuing thinner body of Macbook?

I think the height below 1.08 inches (2.75 cm) is very very stupid as you can see the new aluminum body got only 0.95 inch (2.41 cm) in height. and I think this is why many people don't want to buy the New Apple Macbook, because the new Macbook looks so fragile.

Does it really matter since the distinction is only 0.13 inches(0.34cm), I mean, WHY? Is that necessary to pursue thinner body? Customers need robust and durable and longer life, Not thinner!

This is really stupid since we are talking about Laptop, NOT PDA, right? If Apple keep pursuing their crazy unnecessary of thin things, the sale will just goes down, not goes up. I hope Apple do take this seriously into consideration.

The size of White Macbook is FINE and GOOD enough, there is NO need to pursue thinner in next Macbook, I hope Apple listen to this.

3. Is aluminum body of Macbook better than polycarbonate one?
Here is a link about polycarbonate : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsls5ZPCUnE

Mac Mini 1.83 Core 2, Mac OS X (10.5.6), 2GB memory with Apple Keyboard

Posted on May 13, 2009 8:29 PM

19 replies

y_p_w

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May 15, 2009 8:52 AM in response to JoeyR

JoeyR wrote:
Depending on the age of the drive... a new 5400 RPM drive can perform similarly to an older 7200 RPM drive. A new 7200 RPM drive will almost certainly perform better than a two year old 5400 RPM one. The issue comes down to how much data they pack into a given space (aerial density).

I'm not usually one to comment on spelling mistakes, but it's areal density, as in the amount of data that can be stored in a given area. I'm sure we could make up a definition for aerial density - perhaps the number of skydivers in formation. 😉

As for the other stuff about 7200 RPM drives, there are always improvements with any technology. Overall advances mean an overall trend that capacity goes up while power use, heat, and price go down.

JoeyR

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May 15, 2009 9:38 AM in response to y_p_w

Ya know... I even Googled this first since I know I always get it wrong... and this spelling came up in the search results for most of the sites I would trust... I was even surprised since I actually thought it was wrong... Now of course if I actually follow the links... they all say "Aerial Density: See Areal Density". 😉

My analogy was pretty good though 🙂

Mauricette Author

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May 18, 2009 4:27 PM in response to JoeyR

A 5400 RPM HDD is more longer of life than a 7200 RPM

Which mean, if your 7200 RPM last about 4 years, A 5400 RPM will last than 6 years.

y_p_w

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May 18, 2009 5:03 PM in response to Mauricette

Mauricette wrote:
A 5400 RPM HDD is more longer of life than a 7200 RPM

Which mean, if your 7200 RPM last about 4 years, A 5400 RPM will last than 6 years.

There is no indication that 5400 RPM drives necessarily last considerably longer. It certainly couldn't be quantified as lasting 50% longer. Hard drive failures are often random and depend on things like the number of start/stop cycles as well as how long the drive is operating.

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