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jareklupinski 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Filing the corners off my MacBooks

> why are they so sharp?

they intentionally ship them sharp so you can file them down to your desired fillet

the design is very human

svnt 3 months ago | [–]

The past few generations I found I was not pleased with their performance, so now I take them weekly to the macbook sharpener at the saturday market.

anArbitraryOne 3 months ago | [–]

It's great how apple makes everything so customizable

metrix 3 months ago | [–]

It's by design.

Forgeties79 3 months ago | | [–]

I think it’s different.

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