Geek Posted October 21, 2010 Posted October 21, 2010 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/new-macbook-air.jpg" alt="new macbook air" title="new macbook air" width="610" height="218" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8934" /></p> <p>The black screen bezel is featured on MacBook Pro, iMac, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Apple’s Cinema Display, nearly the whole Apple lineup. It’s a prominent and attractive feature that makes a Mac even more identifiable in the wild. Why didn’t the MacBook Air get this distinct trait that has become a staple of Apple products?</p> <p>One word: weight.</p> <p>The MacBook Air needed to be light, but the black bezel is tied to a glass screen. If you’ve ever picked up glass, you’ll know that glass has weight to it. In the end it must have proven to be just too heavy to include in the MacBook Air given its strict weight requirements. The MacBook Air is the ballerina of Apple’s lineup, it has to be svelte. Just like there are weight limits in ballet, there are weight limits for the MacBook Air. Sorry black bezel, you’re beautiful but you had to go. <span id="more-8933"></span> Of course there is some irony here. Apple knows black is a complimentary color, so what’d they do? Instead of using black to complement the actual screen of the MacBook Air, they used black to complement the entire product on the MacBook Air <a href="http://www.apple.com/macbookair/">product page</a>.</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/macbook-air-website.jpg" alt="macbook air website" title="macbook air website" width="610" height="347" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8936" /></p> <p>See that? It doesn’t cost any weight to have a black webpage background. </p> <p>And there you have it.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sgoSw1a0rYstM48eX8H6bfjMBXM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sgoSw1a0rYstM48eX8H6bfjMBXM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sgoSw1a0rYstM48eX8H6bfjMBXM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sgoSw1a0rYstM48eX8H6bfjMBXM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=vEhG5As7hAU:cilbAzfMOqI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=vEhG5As7hAU:cilbAzfMOqI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=vEhG5As7hAU:cilbAzfMOqI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=vEhG5As7hAU:cilbAzfMOqI:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=vEhG5As7hAU:cilbAzfMOqI:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=vEhG5As7hAU:cilbAzfMOqI:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=vEhG5As7hAU:cilbAzfMOqI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/vEhG5As7hAU" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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