All right you got me, these aren't real black macbook pros, but I did take the time to photoshop some prototypes. I mostly just wanted to see what they would look like. I got some realistic looking ones too. Tell me what you think of them!
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Black MacBook Pro!
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I like it
mm, with a full black MBP it gets easier to stand the horrible black bezel on the current silver MBP line...
(But I don't have it because of the beautiful silver bezel on the anti glare BTO-version of my MBP17 screen. I suspect that option soon will be gone though.
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mm, with a full black MBP it gets easier to stand the horrible black bezel on the current silver MBP line...
(But I don't have it because of the beautiful silver bezel on the anti glare BTO-version of my MBP17 screen. I suspect that option soon will be gone though.
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No thanks -- looks good now, but as the finish wears off and gets scratched, the silver spots/blotches/scratches will make it look "worn" before its time. That's one of the things I like about the current "natural" Al finish -- my 5 yo MBP still looks near new.
The iPhone 5 is a good example of this. I like the current bare aluminum finish too.
A local powder coat shop should be able to do a computer just fine. Not as tough as anidizing, but probably lots cheaper.
I'm actually getting new panels for my macbook and am going to try to get it powder coated at the local shop. Check out my thread about it!
I've heard that they have gotten better at anodizing the black aluminum and that it doesn't wear as much.
Does anyone know how razer made their black aluminum? They obviously know how to do it. I guess we haven't seen to much wear on their machines though.
Apple has put black aluminum in their Mac Pro too, which means they are producing it.
Does anyone know how razer made their black aluminum? They obviously know how to do it. I guess we haven't seen to much wear on their machines though.
Apple has put black aluminum in their Mac Pro too, which means they are producing it.
oh my god that looks amazing.
you're on to something there... that's right. but still - black looks so nice... (at least in the beginning... )
)Anyone has any links to these painting services? Just wondering what the pricing structure is like.
That looks so good! Did you photoshop that or find it? Good job, that's exactly how I would want it to look like.
Colorware.com
Colorware I believe doesn't do anything but the latest model. Not sure about others though.
Another option could be to take the computer apart completely and powercoat it (what I am trying to do). Quick and cheap. Haven't looked at pricing yet but I think it should be below $200 to powder coat. Maybe lots cheaper than that ($50??). Anybody powder coat here??
Just looked this up. Looks kinda cheap, or toyish. I don't like how the coating is reflective in some lighting. Definitely cheap looking compared to regular silver design. And then I saw the $500 cost, yeah no thanks.
I noticed that too. In the options though there is gloss and matte. So I don't know how those differ. If I had the money I might waste it just to see.
Razer blade pro has it's black done well. I think the key is to have a very dark matte grey color. That goes a longgg way, compared to traditional black, imo.
Btw I just noticed, again, that this time for the Retina it's ~$750, definitely no. Lol
I created it in Photoshop, instead of being dark (black), I wanted to see how it would look like with a slate-anodized iPhone style.