{"id":368446,"date":"2020-01-27T15:20:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T13:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=368446"},"modified":"2020-01-27T15:20:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T13:20:45","slug":"apple-patents-curved-glass-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/hardware\/368446\/apple-patents-curved-glass-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple patents curved glass desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple may build a desktop Mac computer with a chassis comprised of a single sheet of curved glass.<\/p>\n

In a\u00a0patent application<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that was recently made public, the company described a desktop device with a body of glass that curves down from the display to a horizontal keyboard and input area.<\/p>\n

The patent describes the design as an electronic device that \u201cmay include a glass housing member that includes an upper portion defining a display area, a lower portion defining an input area, and a transition portion joining the upper portion and the lower portion and defining a continuous, curved surface between the upper portion and the lower portion\u201d.<\/p>\n

Component layout<\/strong><\/p>\n

A wedge which acts as a prop-up stand and housing for the the device\u2019s processing components is located at the back of the curved point in the glass sheet.<\/p>\n

This curve is designed to bend to change the viewing angle or fold the device shut in the same way as a laptop.<\/p>\n

The bottom centre of the device has a slot in which a keyboard can be placed, while the areas on either side of the keyboard allow for touch controls.<\/p>\n

Apple has in the past applied for several unconventional design patents which never made it into actual products, so it is likely that this concept will not be a fully-fledged device any time soon.<\/p>\n

The picture below shows the patent design of the envisioned curved-glass Mac.<\/p>\n

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Read: New top-end Apple Mac Pro costs around R740,000<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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