I do like the glowing logo but I also like the modern look of macbooks now.
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Do you miss the glowing Apple logo?
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Yet, if you have a more recent Mac laptop, you still have an Apple logo on it that’s telling the world the very same thing! More subtle, perhaps, depending on which color Mac, yet, at one level, even more elegant and proclaiming more powerfully: I'm an Apple user and I’m proud of it! 🙈 😎
As to the logo shining through, I'm sure an Apple “junior engineer” could design an LED or solar-powered Apple logo that lights up depending upon ambient conditions — and is embedded in the surface of the case, with dark backing, so there's no pass through or effect on the actual display.
Had to check, mine's glowing right now on this retired mac. I don't miss it as I (obviously) never see it. Now that pulsating light on the lower case, that's a different matter.
I like the current glossy metal logo. However, to add to Saturn007's comment, the "junior engineer" could also add a thin LED outline to the current metal logo and allow users to change the color, adjust intensity, or have it flash, because unlike some folks I have carved out spare time in my schedule specifically to telegraph to others in my vicinity that I have the means to own top of the line Apple products. 
And on a related note, I also miss those little battery level lights and I liked having the round power button separate from the keyboard. In fact, I liked being able to control how and when my MacBook Pro would power up instead of firing up when the display is opened or key is touched. Wait... what was this thread about?
I wish there wasn't a logo of any kind on the lid, in the same way I avoid clothing with things like the Nike swoosh or similar brand marks. I don't like being an unpaid billboard for multinational corporations.
That being said, the understated metallic version is, at least, reasonably tasteful. The light one up was obnoxious.
That being said, the understated metallic version is, at least, reasonably tasteful. The light one up was obnoxious.
I almost think it would look better on the mini and Studio... remember those LED logo mods for iPhone 6/6s/7? Has anyone done that to a Mac mini? 😂
I miss the aesthetic of it. What I don't miss is that it is a structural weak point in the clamshell housing for the display. In 2015, shortly after the first 12-inch Retina MacBook came out (and after it became clear that Apple was ditching the glowing logo), I went on a trip with my 2010 17-inch MacBook Pro. The display cracked in transit exactly where the Apple logo was. You could tell from the damage that this wouldn't have happened with the newer logo designs (at least of the 2016-2022 13-inch MacBook Pros; it seems as though they've switched back to plastic for the Apple logo for the 2021-present 14-inch and 16-inch Macs).
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The exact same thing popped into my head. Maybe we had the same teacher, lol.
Miss the glowing Apple logo. Will be nice if Apple can bring it back for at least one model.
...aaand the "sleeping Mac" LED. That was awesome
I’d love it to come back, along with the “breathing” sleep light, but it wouldn’t work on the Mini-LED MBPs without a dedicated light to illuminate the logo.
We always said "control - open-apple - reset". I remember using closed apple a few times, but I couldn't tell you for what purpose at this point.
Just yesterday I was taking photos of my MBP 2015 15” to put up for sale. Of course, the iconic glowing white APPLE logo was one of those pictures. It was a ‘sign of the times,’ you could say and the MBP has moved on. Cool back then, but the newer MBPs look fine without it, and I’m sure not having it saved APPLE some production costs.
Agree 100%. I was a bit upset when they released the very first non-glowing MacBook because it was right around the time I was going to get my first MacBook and always loved the glowing logo, but now with how sleek MacBook's have gotten (even the new MBPs, despite being chunkier), the metal logo is so much nicer to me.
What I would like Apple to do is bring back the iBook G3 clamshell design language and make a colourful plasticky MacBook that glows
although that would not be popular...
it would be cool if they brought it back and we could change the colors...
I don't think I knew what they meant by "open-apple". I think I thought it was "open" because it had a bite taken out of it. I don't even remember the "closed-apple" being there.
They should also bring back floppy disk drive and a FireWire port with the logo.
