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points by int32_64 1 day ago | 0 comments

Pro tip always get the silver macbooks because they wear out considerably better. On the black ones the paint near the charger ends up looking terrible and any dents/nicks/scratches look bad.

[–] adrianN 1 day ago

I like scratches on my machines, it gives them character.

[–] buildbot 1 day ago

Yeah the “brassing” is really cool

[–] Maxion 1 day ago

FWIW a brass macbook would be pretty dope

[–] buildbot 1 day ago

Given $$$$ that might actually be reasonably possible to do if you can get a good enough model of the chassis.

[–] ch_sm 1 day ago

Very Steampunk.

[–] sevenseacat 23 hours ago

I can imagine the palm area on either side of the touchpad would get pretty funky too. On my space grey MBP its visibly worn there.

[–] brailsafe 1 day ago

I wish there was a red or green one. Sick of only having two options.

[–] sevenseacat 23 hours ago

if there was a purple or teal one I would buy it in a heartbeat. Hell, even navy.

[–] smith7018 1 day ago

Annoys me to no end that fun colors are limited to the "cheap" lines like the Neo, Air, and Duo while Pros are boring. If I'm spending $4k on a laptop then why can't I get it in green? It genuinely makes no sense.

[–] redwall_hp 1 day ago

But you can also get a "Pro" phone in safety orange for some reason. It's not even consistent.

[–] russelg 1 day ago

In the iPhone case it is consistent, they always save a particular colour for the Pro model only. Purely to let people signal they have the Pro, and it has to be different every year, so they can signal they have the newest Pro.

[–] dbbk 1 day ago

Life is too short

[–] dmitrygr 1 day ago

the champagne color for airs looks really nice when worn too, but i mirror your sentiments on black - it does not age well

[–] wpm 1 day ago

Champagne/Starlight is definitely the way to go when available. Starlight especially, it's mostly silver but sometimes the light catches it just right to give it this sort of iridescent gradient to a light gold.

I liked the old Gold they used in the mid 2010s too.

[–] elxr 1 day ago

It's their best mac color tied with the imac yellow. The imac green and purple is great too and would look perfect on a macbook air/pro.

Black is 100% the least appealing.

[–] Bud 1 day ago

Except there is no "paint". Neither are there any "black ones"; space grey isn't very close to black, and I've seen no wear issues of any kind on any of the Macs I support.

[–] sevenseacat 23 hours ago

it literally comes in black or silver?