Charles Moore

Charles Moore (1951-2018) was a well known freelance writer who lived in Nova Scotia, Canada who wrote about the Mac for over 20 years — with a special emphasis on mobile computing from the vintage PowerBook to the current generation of the MacBook and iPad — and his column, “The ‘Book Mystique,” had been a weekly feature on MacPrices since 2011 until his untimely passing in 2018 due to health complications.

Shortage Of Metal Laptop Chassis Milling Capacity Pushes Ultrabook Vendors To Adopt FiberglaFor more information, visit: Enclosures

Digitimes’ Aaron Lee and Joseph Tsai report that Intel and PC notebook brand vendors have recently been beating the bushes for new ultra-thin laptop chassis materials due to much of the available magnesium-aluminum milling capacity, which requires requires dauntingly expensive CNC lathes, being dominated by Apple, and that surprisingly, fiberglass has recently appeared as the new top choice material among vendors, according to sources from […]