Over the weekend Apple signed an agreement with a Delaware-based company by the name of Liquidmetal Technologies for use of all filed patents. Liquidmetal specializes in exactly that, newly developed applications of their uniquely crafted, super-strong metal. They boast that it is twice as strong and weighs less than titanium. Liquidmetal's website seems pretty dinky, having not been updated since 2007 and is laid out like a high school computer project. But if their products can live up to their claims this could be overlooked. check out their Youtube video of a bounce test of their material versus titanium and adamantium...or something.
I would think the main purpose of Mac's pursuit of this company would be as a new, stronger casing for Mac portable laptops. Imagine a Macbook Pro that cools fast, can take a fall unscathed and still run efficiently all while being about 20% thinner than the current models. This could mean an even longer battery charge for the already efficient models.
If this were to play out along with the rumored patent of using idle USB and Firewire ports as additional thermal vents, then the future models could be EXTREMELY efficient.
I'm kinda glad I didn't break down and buy one when they released the line-up with the new processors in April.
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