After listening and seeing the benefits of new 12 ″ MacBook over and over again in different media and on the Apple website, on DigitalTrends They have noticed a curious and at the same time very interesting fact and that is that the new motherboard of this MacBook is smaller compared to what is perhaps the smallest low-cost PC so far, the Raspberry Pi.
Right at this moment I'm sure some of you will wonder, how could you have known this if the new MacBook has not yet gone on sale. As they explain to us in their article they have been able to compare the plate thanks to the specifications that Apple has given and the photos that they have and that circulate on the networkIn addition to this, they have also taken into account the size of the chassis of the equipment and the area where the plate will be located to be able to deduce in scale the real size it would have. According to these mathematical calculations, this plate would have an approximate size of 11,68 cm long by 3,81 wide without counting the small tab that protrudes as shown in the images.
Multiplying these figures gives us the total surface of the device which is around 45,16 cm square, tenth up or down, which in my opinion is quite an engineering achievement to put in that small space all the controllers, graphics chip and fanless CPU in something so small and that is much more powerful than the Raspberry Pi.
Continuing with the aforementioned Raspberry Pi we see that they have also taken measurements, being 8,64 cm long by 5,58 cm wide, that translates into an area of 50 square cm, which results in a slightly larger surface area than the Apple board. On the other hand, they have also taken the trouble to measure the thickness, being that of the Raspberry 20 millimeters, while the Apple motherboard reaches 13,1 millimeters.
Finally, it is made clear that it is simply a comparison to show what Apple has "fitted" in so little space because obviously from a commercial point of view, their market objectives are completely different.
Source - DigitalTrends
