Image 08: The hinge

A closer look at the hinge area. The protruding metal contacts move with the lid, and presumably control awake and sleep states. The hinge has held up great over the years; although the lid is a heavy affair, it stays up nicely.

Also note the very visible screws, found in a few other places on the machine too. Apple's come a long way since in its quest to eliminate every such eyesore! (Followers of Apple lore might wonder, tongue only partly in cheek, whether every screw left visible on a shipping model represents an engineer who gets Steved out the door.)