# lol @ this rumor "new macbooks being machined out of billet aluminum"
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069
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**Created:** [October 7, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069 "2008-10-07T08:42:02Z")
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/1 "2008-10-07T08:42:02Z")
[http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=13133](http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=13133)
:fail:
Why on earth would anyone give this rumor any sort of merit? With the current cost of macbooks, I can’t see them hogging a case out of a solid piece of aluminum, further increasing production costs.
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### Author:  [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/2 "2008-10-07T09:00:17Z")
Yea, I’m going to raise the BS flag on this one…
As true as Steve Jobs having a heard attack last week.
:bsflag:
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/3 "2008-10-07T09:02:30Z")
How many do you think they will make?
5000, 10000, 20000?
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/4 "2008-10-07T09:24:52Z")
I call BS, it will be made from billet magnesium.
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### Author:  [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/5 "2008-10-07T11:48:46Z")
I hear theyre supposed to be made out of dark matter making them invisible when activated…
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/6 "2008-10-07T11:53:04Z")
:lol:
the macbook hole?
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### Author:  [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/7 "2008-10-07T11:53:53Z")
iSuck?
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### Author:  [@Pass\_McGass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pass_McGass)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/8 "2008-10-07T11:55:43Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil"](#):
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> Why on earth would anyone give this rumor any sort of merit?
Why are you spreading it?
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/9 "2008-10-07T11:58:42Z")
> [@Pass McGass](#):
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> Why are you spreading it?
sorry
:suicide:
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### Author:  [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/10 "2008-10-07T12:04:38Z")
More likely than not, someone taking a snipit grossly out of context. It is not unlikely that a portion of the frame would be Al. Heck, Audi used large single piece aluminum frames to hold up the kick panels in my B5 :shrug:
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/11 "2008-10-07T12:15:56Z")
ooo human ground wire would be a fun implementation.
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### Author:  [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/12 "2008-10-07T12:16:27Z")
[http://video.aol.com/video-detail/ipod-invisa/1420190730](http://video.aol.com/video-detail/ipod-invisa/1420190730)
^^^ lmao
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/13 "2008-10-07T12:20:35Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#):
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> How many do you think they will make?
> 5000, 10000, 20000?
Anyone?
Believe it or not it may make a difference.
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### Author:  [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/14 "2008-10-07T12:22:36Z")
i don’t think it’s that unrealistic, it would provide durability and allow for a single “slide out” repairability
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/15 "2008-10-07T12:32:49Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#):
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> Anyone?
> Believe it or not it may make a difference.
if they’re making millions I still can’t see that adding up. At least compared to stamping them with a die.
Casting them has got to be out of the question as well (walls are way too thin, not to mention all the cleanup necessary)
the only way I can honestly see them doing this, is if they’re saving a lot of money in assembly by having them a one piece design.
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/16 "2008-10-07T12:56:33Z")
^I don’t know, are they going to sell millions?
How many people buy that exact laptop?
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/17 "2008-10-07T13:02:47Z")
I gotcha… maybe some sort of limited production run? (make the rest out of plastic?)
That doesn’t seem like apple though (giving you choices :P)
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/18 "2008-10-07T13:19:07Z")
I would think a family of dies to cut and stamp them would be $60,000.(Not really my expertise but probably not too far off)
You could machine quite few from billet/plate for that kind of coin, especially in China where they are most likely assembled.
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### Author:  [@Jared](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jared)
#### Post date: [October 7, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/19 "2008-10-07T14:40:41Z")
my girl works for apple she says that it not going to be billet aluminum , but it will have that kinda look … … I like the white , thats just me
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### Author:  [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-this-rumor-new-macbooks-being-machined-out-of-billet-aluminum/56069/20 "2008-10-14T11:26:43Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil"](#):
>
> [http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=13133](http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=13133)
>
> :fail:
>
> Why on earth would anyone give this rumor any sort of merit? With the current cost of macbooks, I can’t see them hogging a case out of a solid piece of aluminum, further increasing production costs.
> [@camarojoe](#):
>
> Yea, I’m going to raise the BS flag on this one…
>
> As true as Steve Jobs having a heard attack last week.
>
> :bsflag:
> [@Dr.Stevil](#):
>
> I gotcha… maybe some sort of limited production run? (make the rest out of plastic?)
>
> That doesn’t seem like apple though (giving you choices :P)
:mamoru::mamoru::mamoru::mamoru::mamoru:
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