True; either have a white laptop with lots of stains or a black one with has finger marks.
For me, I don't care if there are fingermarks, I do care when if I found my white laptop turns grey in a matter of months.
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Do not buy a black Macbook!
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True; either have a white laptop with lots of stains or a black one with has finger marks.
For me, I don't care if there are fingermarks, I do care when if I found my white laptop turns grey in a matter of months.
You missed your chance to post THIS in the 'insecure thread' that finally got locked
No problems here too.
The thing that pushed me towards the BlackBook is that every time I see demo MacBooks at stores/fairs, the white ones all look filthy while the black ones remain reasonable.
I love my Black Book, but I gotta admit, the shininess that the keys and track pad acquire after a few months use is annoying. I wish Apple would do better.
buy a skin
if you are going to buy a 1499 dollar computer, you need to protect your investment.
go to amazon and type macbook skin. you will get some really nice ones (including a black one that looks like it is a part of the blackbook).
it feels nicer to type with, there are no stains (you can wash off the skin if it gets dirty too) and looks pristine.
SKIN
KEYBOARD SKIN
if you are going to buy a 1499 dollar computer, you need to protect your investment.
go to amazon and type macbook skin. you will get some really nice ones (including a black one that looks like it is a part of the blackbook).
it feels nicer to type with, there are no stains (you can wash off the skin if it gets dirty too) and looks pristine.
SKIN
KEYBOARD SKIN
i have had a similar problem, this happened to my ps2 controllers and my hp laptop keys. what happens is if u use it too much it will become greasy because of your skin oils, this is normal, like how they say if u touch a butterfly's wings it cant fly again cuz of ur skin oils, well yeah thats basically it. it just wears away at ur keys and ur skin oils get on it. this is normal it will happen to every computer eventually. My suggestion if u dont like it, take off ur keys and put new ones on. Good luck....I think
did u realize that this thread is almost 2 years old. i am sure these people have either figured out how to fix their issue or live with it.
look at the date before u post....
Yeah, I thought about doing all those things... but then I just decided to use it because it's just a computer and not some life-ecompassing sacred cow worthy of cult worship.
We do what we can to keep the BlackBook clean.
Mine's coming up to two years old now, and it has its own fair share of battle scars. Latest one being the "A" and "D" keycaps wearing down. The printed letters are chipping at the edges.
Mine's coming up to two years old now, and it has its own fair share of battle scars. Latest one being the "A" and "D" keycaps wearing down. The printed letters are chipping at the edges.
While the black keys may not look so good when they wear down, the prime concern is functionality... As others have said, if you don't want it to wear down, don't use it. It's a laptop above a piece of art.
I was thinking about buying a blackbook second-hand because of how it has better specs than the white one. When I get one, I'll probably just use a keyboard skin to reduce the shine.
I use a white one at school and it isn't dirty, my teacher uses a black one and it isn't dirty.
As long as you clean them...
I'm going to get a 15" MBP, can't go wrong there
As long as you clean them...
I'm going to get a 15" MBP, can't go wrong there
Lol this is old but I have been wishing I had a blackbook today so I was googling it...
black has always been my electronics colour of choice (matte if possible... why does almost every pc laptop manufacturer out there think people want some high gloss shine and random graphics on the lid?) but before I was going to purchase my macbook back in 2006 some friends got in my head about the fingerprints on the blackbook... So I went white.
I'll regret that day until apple releases another black laptop. First, I just think it is one sexy machine. Second, you cannot know how overplayed the white macbook is until you step into a college lecture hall (well less so now that the mbp is taking over) and lastly, no matter how hard you try white things just dont stay clean!! After almost 5 years I would love to only have a few smudges I could wipe off on this computer.
black has always been my electronics colour of choice (matte if possible... why does almost every pc laptop manufacturer out there think people want some high gloss shine and random graphics on the lid?) but before I was going to purchase my macbook back in 2006 some friends got in my head about the fingerprints on the blackbook... So I went white.
I'll regret that day until apple releases another black laptop. First, I just think it is one sexy machine. Second, you cannot know how overplayed the white macbook is until you step into a college lecture hall (well less so now that the mbp is taking over) and lastly, no matter how hard you try white things just dont stay clean!! After almost 5 years I would love to only have a few smudges I could wipe off on this computer.
My spacebar and trackpad on my black macbook are super shiny now. I'm convinced there's no way to clean it and I don't think anyone would want to buy it at all if I was to want to sell it because it's kind of gross.
washing your hands every time before you use a computer? that seems a little queer to me! but i guess if you care that much about it.. why dont you go with a skin or putting clear tape over the keys? just cut it to size yeah itd take awhile to do but then they would always be shiny but never greasy..