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    Black macbook and scratches

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by dell111, Aug 2, 2007.

  1. dell111

    dell111 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey im planning on getting a macbook in black whenever dell gives me my money back. Anyway wondering how badly the black macbook scratches, is it really easy to scratch? I dont it gets finger prints really easily.
     
    dell111, Aug 2, 2007
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  2. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    It has a sort of matte black coating on it, so yeah, if you really went out of your way to scratch it, you could get some scratches.

    It's best to keep it in a case, etc. for protection, and just show some basic care when using it (i.e. don't use a pile of rocks as a laptop stand), and you should generally be fine.

    If you are really concerned about it, there are a number of hard case shell options like the Speck SeeThru that fit over it and will basically protect it from any scratches and other typical damage.

    -Zadillo
     
    zadillo, Aug 2, 2007
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  3. pennpaper

    pennpaper Notebook Geek

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    My hands aren't really what you would call oily but my black MacBook smudges up so incredibly easily. Maybe I'm just obsessive compulsive but I spend the majority of my time wiping clean my MacBook. I can't stand smudges. I don't have any scratches on mine but I've always kept it in a laptop bag.
     
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  4. SumitBahl

    SumitBahl Notebook Guru

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    I owned one and you summed it up all for me.
    White ones are better IMO.
     
    SumitBahl, Aug 3, 2007
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