Comments on: Apple's "Brick" manufacturing rumors - not so revolutionary?

Rumors are buzzing that Apple has been working on a revolutionary manufacturing process involving lasers and waterjets and solid blocks of aluminum for the upcoming MacBooks.

[Neelblue]

Here is another Idiot who has nothing better to do than to write something stupid. Along with some of the writer's, hedgehogs, analyst, this guy proves my point which I have made time and time again. Where were all these guy's before the market tanked and further more they wish they were Steve Job's. So take a sleeping pill and sleep it off you doorknob.

[M C]

Of course, the author forgot to add that it was his **opinion**. (With incorrect "facts" even.)

The problem with CNet is that now that they're big-time bloggers all that blogging gets mixed up with actual news.

[wayne2626]

I do not under sand how cnet can review a product that they have never seen. All on here say and are not sure what the brick is.

[Dalmatian28]

Neelblue....you are idiot!!! You don't have to be extremely intelligent to figure out that if you curve laptop out of the aluminum brick that you will end up with tons of waste that need to be melted back into the another brick. That requires energy....remember, it is one of the primary reasons why the world's economy is where it is. It is the reason why we went to Iraq and kill half a million Iraqis. The part that gets all of you guys( those that wrote comments above) is the author actually was honest enough to admit that this technique was NOT invented by Apple. How dare he not to give credit to Apple???? The same type of people are the one that are still saying how Apple invented MP3 player. I have one suggestion for all of you... get a life guys!!!!! I applaud author for being "man" and write article that doesn't look like another advertisement for Apple. If you look at the articles written by some other C-net writers....It feels like they were hired and working for Apple. I as a reader need information that doesn't lean in one or the other direction! It needs to be hones and objective! This is one of the few articles that do exactly that and you aren't capable of appreciating it! GOOD JOB mr. Adam Richards...keep doing good work! Apple zombies will always exist....best thing you can do is: IGNORE THEM!

[sh56]

Melting aluminum waste doesn't take all that much power; refining it from ore takes a huge amount.

Just about any process that works with aluminum generates waste, and that's generally recycled, with very little being lost in the process.

You don't have to be particularly intelligent to know this, but you do have to do just a little homework before you go calling someone else an idiot. The rest of your rant descends from that point, and someone else can poke around in it.

[cg0def]

actually melting aluminum is quite expensive as it has quite high melting point. However it is an expensive metal to produce from ore so you are partially right. Anyway all I have to say about the rumors is wait one more week and all will be revealed.

[thomcarl]

Hey it's Cnet you didn't expect unbiased factual reporting. That goes double for their tech reviews.

[TV James]

Of course, they can go ahead and put screws and a removable plate back into all the products to comply with the pending EU mandate for accessible batteries if it comes to pass. :)

[dylan214u]

Hey Cnet ..... we get it. You're a PCCCCCCCCCeeeeeeee.