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And the “Brick” is…a manufacturing process?!

by Adam Fisher-Cox on Oct 5, 2008 at 05:59 PM

MacBook Brick
9to5Mac has been teasing for about a year in internet time about the rumored “Brick“ codename, and today they came out and told us what it is…a manufacturing process. Now, if you are like me, you’re pretty crazy disappointed, but read on. This manufacturing process is pretty darn cool.

9to5Mac says that a reliable source (who was the one who mandated all the riddling) told them that “Brick” refers to the fact that Apple will now be carving it’s MacBooks (and presumably MacBook Pros) out of a single brick of aircraft-grade aluminum. Why aircraft grade matters is anybody’s guess, but I digress.

Apple will be getting away from the manufacturing plants in China, and using a manufacturing process they have been designing in the past few years. It involves lasers and high powered water jets carving a MacBook out of the aluminum brick.

It accounts for most of the rumors about the brick, most notably it is definitely something that “Apple’s competitors won’t be able to match,“ a line said by Peter Oppenheimer on the most recent conference call.

9to5Mac acknowledges that it is a very strange rumor and that it sounds crazy, but they say their source is adamant. 9to5Mac, previously rather unknown, came to fame with their spot on prediction of the fat 3G iPod nano, and since have predicted correctly the aluminum iMacs, iPod touch, and MacBook Air.

Read [9to5Mac]

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