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Breaking news:

"[A] keyboard is one of the most frequently touched parts of a computer," says Apple. "Over time, keyboards collect large amounts of oil, dirt, grime, and other contaminants, especially from a user's hands."

—a keyboard has been touched!
And the culprit were a couple of hands 🙌

"Recent advances in portable computing have also led to thinner, more compact devices," it continues, which "increases the likelihood of contact between the keys of the keyboard and the display while the notebook computer is closed and the display screen is positioned adjacent to the top surfaces of the keycaps."

The depth of the clamshell’s display- and/or keyboard-part is totally irrelevant in this context.

The principal causal factor is the hinge:
—if the orientation of the hinge was inverted, so the closed clamshell did not trap the grime against the display, this specific issue would be eliminated. However, this negates the purpose of the clamshell.

The obvious synthesis: Introduce The Gap!
—the MBP’s unibody is rigid enough that a gap of a few millimeters would prevent direct contact between the clamshell’s two prongs when closed.

computational audio

Next week:
—AppleInsider will reveal the meaning behind the moniker “computational audio”!


spoiler:
—computational audio is audio.

—please do not do this with your USB-C iPad !

In case anyone considers this monitor—or any Samsung display—for video content, beware that Dolby Vision is NOT supported!

The M8, which now comes in a new size, is still packed with features, including support for 4K resolution, HDR10+, and up to 400 nits of brightness. Both the M8 and the M7 smart monitors also offer color coverage up to 99% sRGB, so colors should be well represented on the screens.

In case anyone considers this monitor—or any Samsung display—for video content, beware that Dolby Vision is NOT supported!