Mac Pro is black, future for other Mac products?

[dontwalkhand]

Looks like the new Mac Pro brought in the colors from the black iPhone and iPad (as well as iPod touch).

Will this mean future Macs could see black as well? Or is Black the new "Pro" color?

 

[rabidz7]

Maybe.

 

[mmomega]

Black MacBooks didn't stick around too long. Who knows?

 

[JesterJJZ]

Black/Graphite version of the current case would have been sick.

 

[Erasmus]

I doubt it. Can you imagine what a black shiny MacBook Pro would look like new??? So awesome! Now, imagine what it will look like after it's been used for a week. Gross!

A shiny black desktop is fine, because you don't touch it often. A shiny black MBP would be much too difficult to keep clean, and any tiny imperfection or scratch would stand out and look stupid.

 

[Macsonic]

If I am not mistaken, dark colors absorb heat while light colors deflect heat. Would prefer Macs to be silver aluminum specially with laptops when you carry them around.

 

[WMD]

Mac Pro is black

It's actually not; it just looks that way on the Apple web site. Photos taken at WWDC show it to be closer to the typical aluminum gray, possibly a tad darker.

 

[AlexMaximus]

Apple, - please have a look at this..

Folks,

this is how cool it would have looked....


.. but hey.. its black this time. What's your thought on this ???


http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=...dzaUfrEL4bntQa8t4GYBw&ved=0CFMQ9QEwAg&dur=408

 

[KaraH]

Am I the only one who does not care what colour my computer is? It could be covered in pink and yellow polka dots. I am more concerned with what is inside the case and how accessible it is.

 

[WMD]

What's your thought on this ???


http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=...dzaUfrEL4bntQa8t4GYBw&ved=0CFMQ9QEwAg&dur=408

It's a trash can and a cheese grater!

But actually, that looks really sharp. Unfortunately, it probably wouldn't jive with the airflow design (in through the bottom, out the top via the single fan).

 

[barmann]

Black, you can say that ?
Ebony that's bee colour challeneged, maybe ?

 

[minifridge1138]

If I am not mistaken, dark colors absorb heat while light colors deflect heat. Would prefer Macs to be silver aluminum specially with laptops when you carry them around.

Actually, the dark colors absorb more light.

If you put a black object and a white object on a heat source in a dark room, then they will both absorb the same amount of heat.

Put them both in the sun, and the black object will absorb more heat.

So the color of the case won't matter much if your Mac in a closet, server room, or under a desk.

 

[Moonjumper]

I hope they do a keyboard and mouse to match the Mac Pro. The current white mouse and white-key keyboard do not match any Macs, and haven't since before the Magic Mouse was created.

 

[Erasmus]

If I am not mistaken, dark colors absorb heat while light colors deflect heat. Would prefer Macs to be silver aluminum specially with laptops when you carry them around.

Actually, dark colours absorb AND emit heat more quickly than light colours. So a black aluminium laptop would heat up quickly if it was left in the sun, but would also cool down quicker if then moved to the shade. And as a typical usage scenario would more readily have the laptop being used indoors than out in the sun, black would actually be beneficial for thermal dissipation.

 

[ClassObject]

This entire thread is stupid.

 

[throAU]

oblig: waah, the MBA design hasn't been significantly updated since 2010 (only CPU speed bumps), apple doesn't care any more, they're killing teh MBA


(do i sound like a mac pro owner now? above was first thoughts at questions over "the future of the rest of the product line")

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

Folks,

this is how cool it would have looked....


.. but hey.. its black this time. What's your thought on this ???


http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=...dzaUfrEL4bntQa8t4GYBw&ved=0CFMQ9QEwAg&dur=408

So instead of looking like a cheese grater, it would look like a colander lol. I wonder what else in the kitchen Apple is gonna try to imitate

 

[applegeek897]

I suppose it is possible, it's not the only pro product, Cinema Displays went from silver to black or at least half of it.

 

[wallysb01]

Actually, the dark colors absorb more light.

If you put a black object and a white object on a heat source in a dark room, then they will both absorb the same amount of heat.

Put them both in the sun, and the black object will absorb more heat.

So the color of the case won't matter much if your Mac in a closet, server room, or under a desk.

Actually, he is right when he says dark colors emit more heat. The color makes a difference both in absorbing and emiting heat. Its science.

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Actually, dark colours absorb AND emit heat more quickly than light colours. So a black aluminium laptop would heat up quickly if it was left in the sun, but would also cool down quicker if then moved to the shade. And as a typical usage scenario would more readily have the laptop being used indoors than out in the sun, black would actually be beneficial for thermal dissipation.

Whoops, you beat me to it.

 

[GermanyChris]

Am I the only one who does not care what colour my computer is? It could be covered in pink and yellow polka dots. I am more concerned with what is inside the case and how accessible it is.

Most likely...

The two things are not mutually exclusive.

 

[JesterJJZ]

Wished so hard for this...

 

[thekev]

Wished so hard for this...

Off topic but I really like your site.

 

[JesterJJZ]

Off topic but I really like your site.

Off topic thanks!

 

[NbinHD]

I hope they do a keyboard and mouse to match the Mac Pro. The current white mouse and white-key keyboard do not match any Macs, and haven't since before the Magic Mouse was created.

THIS!!!!, is what I want to see. And a more ergonomic but classy bluetooth mouse.

 

[ABCDEF-Hex]

Went to a wi-fi mouse and saved the planet

THIS!!!!, is what I want to see. And a more ergonomic but classy bluetooth mouse.

doesn't eat up batteries and nice black & grey Logitech.