Apple Invents a new Mac that takes on the form factor of their Magic Keyboard

They reinvented the C-64 form factor?

Or the Raspberry Pi 400?

I had to look that up. Couple links:

https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-400/

https://www.amazon.com/seeed-studio-Raspberry-Personal-Inclu... (One of many kits sold on Amazon.)

That's what I thought, too. Can the patent be challenged or is this more about the heating vents?

VIC-20, only thinner. ;-)

So a MacBook without a monitor?

I do like this idea though. I would rather integrate the CPU into the keyboard instead of those gorgeous 5K displays, which limits their lifespans. Seems like such a waste.

I’m worried about the longevity of Apple keyboards…

Typing this from Yes-one-of-THOSE-2017-Macbook-Pros, apparently their keyboard woes were fixed once they ditched the issue-prone butterfly design.

Typing on a "it's fixed this time, really" MacBook pro 2019 which seems to suffer from double keypresses regardless I'm sceptical...

What's new is old again. But can you plug it into an old B&W TV?

Earlier discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30466899

TLDR: it seems to be a design patent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent)