2/24/2026 at 6:34:07 AM
by bobbiechen
2/24/2026 at 4:06:12 PM
The sleeping light - because what all hardware requires is blindingly bright LEDs that are always on. Even when that hardware is asleepby sidewndr46
2/24/2026 at 9:13:24 PM
I think the sleep light on the white plastic iBook was the first product feature I truly loved. My greatest hope is that I should be so lucky as to invent a single thing as great over the course of my lifetime.by tim-tday
2/24/2026 at 2:06:46 PM
This is a neat article.I don’t think I ever thought much about that light but now after reading this article…it really was a pretty cool and useful detail.
The info about how the light’s rhythm was meant to be similar to human breathing is cool too.
by ViktorRay
2/24/2026 at 3:22:23 PM
That last ~gif~ mov really looks like a sleeping robot from a Pixar movie.I think all my laptops' LEDs first blink wildly when I close them, then change to a slower rhythm, that's not an Apple feature.
by bmacho
2/24/2026 at 8:09:52 PM
The dot in the "i" in "Thinkpad" on my laptop's lid does this, copying the mac, I expect. It's red, mimicking the trackpoint.by kristianp