Apple to License "Liquidmetal"

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Apple has taken a license to use the intellectual property developed by Liquidmetal Technologies and apply it to future notebooks, such as unibody MacBooks.

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So instead of costing $3,000, they'll cost $4,000...
 

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So.... Macbooks that will melt instead of dissipating heat through the unibody? not sure how this will work...
 

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So.... Macbooks that will melt instead of dissipating heat through the unibody? not sure how this will work...
they only melt when out of warranty ;)
 

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there is a 80mm(8cm) intake fan on the side of the case and a 120mm(12cm) fan as exaust
Awesome, so now no one else can use this technology except the rich.

~Lordbob
 

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