14 DAY TRIAL // Let’s be honest about it: the backlit Apple logo on the MacBook was much more awesome than the boring one we now have on our laptops.
Apple, however, removed the feature back in 2015 with the release of the 12-inch MacBook, with all the models launching in the following years embracing a similar approach.
But a patent recently discovered by Patently Apple describes a new way to make the backlit Apple logo happen, and it’s now believed that the company could embrace this system at some point in the future.
In other words, the MacBook could at one point bring back the awesome glowing Apple logo, obviously if Apple believes the patent should be promoted to mass production.
“An electronic device such as a laptop computer or other device may have a housing. Components such as a display and keyboard may be mounted in the housing. The rear of the housing may be provided with a logo. The logo or other structures in the device may be provided with a backlit partially reflective mirror. The mirror may provide the logo or other structures with a shiny appearance while blocking interior components from view. At the same time, the partial transparency of the mirror allows backlight illumination from within the device to pass through the mirror,” the patent explains.
For a little bit of trivia, worth knowing is that the glowing logo first debuted back in 1999. It may sound like a long time ago, but in 1999, Apple launched the PowerBook G3 with a feature that everybody loved. And which eventually became a signature of Apple laptops, that is, although the company has decided to give up on it some 16 years later.
Of course, it’s important to keep in mind this idea is just a patent for now, and there’s no guarantee it would make it past this stage.