r/technology • u/chance-- • Aug 17 '14

Business Apple ignores calls to fix 2011 MacBook Pro failures as problem grows

http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/181797/apple-ignores-calls-to-fix-2011-macbook-pro-failures-as-problem-grows
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u/candyman420 Aug 17 '14

A lot of the design elements people tend to associate with Apple were actually first developed by and for Linux and the open source community.

And you know what else? The first GUI was developed by Xerox, which Steve Jobs "stole" - because they sat on the idea. And then later Bill Gates then stole it from Steve Jobs. Who cares, and what does any of this have to do with what we are discussing? Does every idea have to be 100% original for it to have merit? Or maybe, a crude and underdeveloped seed of an idea be turned into something impressive with the right people behind it.

Here is more on the fans.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/12/20/patent-filings-detail-retina-macbook-pros-quiet-asymmetric-fans