Apple Researching a Matte Black Finish for MacBooks

[JosepPont]

What color I love for a MBP is pacific blue. 😍

 

[RotaryP7]

Damn, and I just got an M1 MBP. I've always wanted a black Mac.

 

[Digital Dude]

They’ll probably have an even darker one the next time around

BLACK PRO

 

[Zoboomafoo]

I was going to say, "You can make it yourself today with ColorWare" and then I saw the photo credit was from ColorWare. I've been enjoying my gloss black MacBook Pro for about two years now...thanks to ColorWare.
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except you can’t make it yourself cause glossy and this is matte.

 

[Yamcha]

Yeah, but is it truly that hard to achieve? I feel like Razer did a fairly good job with their anodization process. The laptops look very black in most lighting conditions. If you ignore the reflected light, it's pure black.

 

[jwh3]

Never had a matte black MacBook? What about 2006-2008 matte black edition?

 

[asiga]

The most impressive color for Macs has always been white. Aluminum/silver is ok, but white was gorgeous. I'm not in for these dark trends, it looks like PC/Android to me.

 

[0111587]

Black might be cool to look at, but it is also a massive heatsink. You don't want to leave that sucker sitting in the sun.

Not a problem here in Iceland.

 

[Velin]

This will be awesome.

 

[Marcus PM]

It's like a Black Hole, I can feel the money being sucked out of my pocket.

 

[Phoebe Heess]

Black might be cool to look at, but it is also a massive heatsink. You don't want to leave that sucker sitting in the sun.

Surprisingly, it's not getting much hotter due to black body radiation. I spoke to the inventor of Vantablack because we created a super black tshirt and he confirmed.

 

[velocityg4]

If they could create a true matte black finish. As close as technically possible. Say similar to Vantablack. It really would be mindblowing. You wouldn't see depth. It would be like a black silhouette.

This is how crazy it could look.

I'm assuming they'd refrain from making the keyboard, apple symbol and ports pure black.

 

[Steve121178]

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Yes!

 

[johncarync]

except you can’t make it yourself cause glossy and this is matte.

I chose the gloss option. They have a matte black option too. They have a rainbow of colors besides black. So you can make it yourself.

 

[brynsmith23]

well i can't wait for my Matte Black M2/M1X 14 inch Pro next year.

 

[HarryWild]

Black MacBook Air!

 

[Marshall73]

if it’s Matt black they need to have an anti fingerprint coating on it.

 

[golfnut1982]

Back in Black

 

[IamTimCook]

Please Universe, let Apple see this thread’s response and make this so. 🤘🏻

 

[IamTimCook]

Looks very nice.

But the fact that they’re patenting a finish is a bit infuriating.

I’m m pretty sure they’re patenting the technique.

 

[ericwn]

As a shareholder I do hope they charge $200 extra for each of those black MacBooks just like back in the day when the first black MacBook was launched.

 

[pokeeto2]

What I wish to see in new MacBooks is the illuminated Apple Logo again.

 

[Yr Blues]

I have a Space Gray MBP and would love a true matte black. Space Gray is pretty much dull silver.

 

[BuffaloTF]

I like this idea far too much. Maybe that's the whole point... leave it out of the lineup for long enough, and people will clamor for it. Then, a few more years down the line people will be begging for silver again.

 

[return2sendai]

Ah, Tiger. The last decent OS.