What exactly is different? Are the plastics visibly different? I was at an apple store the other day and didn't see any difference between my 2.2ghz MB and the Penryn MB's. Users probably don't notice a difference yet because their MB's are still new. When my 2.2ghz MB first arrived I got few smudges too compared to my original Core Duo BlackBook. Use your new MB's a few weeks and you will notice the same smudges. I'm a bit skeptical and need pics showing the difference in the materials.
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Macbook Black - Fingerprint Magnet no more
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Really? Wow. Maybe they just made some out of the old material just for you?
Maybe this is the same as the SR Blackbook then but without a doubt, after a side by side comparison, this new blackbook is TONS better at hiding prints.
How about flaking?
How does flaking typically happen? What causes it? When does it appear?
'Cause if I have a blackbook, it better ****ing not flake, else I'm'a busta cap in....
Well, you know what I mean.
I think you need to research, you would be surprised, there is a guy with major flaking problems on flickr, just search black macbook flake or something. But I think its fixed with the Penryn's.
i think they changed the plastic on the black macbooks since the 2.2. i bought a 2.2 about a month ago and noticed it looked/felt different at the mac store than the one my friend had which was a 2ghz.
Really? Wow. Maybe they just made some out of the old material just for you?
Or... maybe there was never a change to begin with?
BTW, since no one has posted any pics I will take some tomorrow and post them.
Or... maybe there was never a change to begin with?
BTW, since no one has posted any pics I will take some tomorrow and post them.
Posting pics will prove nothing or I'd post some myself. The plastic feels totally different to my old Core Duo. I'm comparing them side by side at the minute. The old one feels slightly rubberised. It does feel like a coating on the plastic. The new one just feels like a smooth plastic finish. It's less interesting than the old finish if anything but it is DEFINITELY not showing up fingerprints anywhere near as much.
However, I think it's worth pointing out that Apple haven't invented some new kind of plastic that will never get fingerprints. It's not magic. You can't stop fingerprints appearing. All people are saying is that this latest revision is not picking them up so easily.
Pics wont show the difference. They don't really look any different and it certainly wouldn't show up in a photo. You just need to compare the feel of both plastics side by side and there is a CLEAR difference.
Also pretty sure that the trackpad is different. Whether it'll stand the test of time better than my old one is another matter. Fingers crossed.
The trackpad button is more responsive than my old MB and the MBs a couple of my friends have. The ones in store were more responsive too. I can tap this anywhere, even on a corner and it works. This may have been fixed with the SR Macbooks for all I know though.
It wasn't a problem to start with, they're sharp, oh well. Its only on the whitebooks really.
They're really not that sharp anyways. For a week or so, they're a bit sharp, but not enough to cut you or anything (obviously). Honestly, since it goes away rather fast, it isn't much of a problem at all, in my opinion.
I played around with them at my local Best Buy. The black one had some finger prints, but NOTHING like before. I'm actually considering a black book now.
On a side note, what terrific marketing Apple is using with the Best Buy partnership. My store has a section devoted to Apple stuff, including a GIANT 10' tall black wall with 2 large white backlit Apple logos and a huge video wall between them. The table the Macs were on is the same as the Apple Stores. Really nicely done by both parties. It is so amazing to see what Jobs can achieve.
On a side note, what terrific marketing Apple is using with the Best Buy partnership. My store has a section devoted to Apple stuff, including a GIANT 10' tall black wall with 2 large white backlit Apple logos and a huge video wall between them. The table the Macs were on is the same as the Apple Stores. Really nicely done by both parties. It is so amazing to see what Jobs can achieve.
Yup, the changes happened with the MacBook (Late 2007) line, they also have changed keyboards (i.e. the new multimedia keys on the function keys, no num lock or embedded number pad) the vents on the back under the hinge are different and they will use up to 4GB of RAM with the SR chipset.
If they made the change of materials starting with the 2.2ghz models, that would explain why I can't notice a difference between the 2.2 and 2.4 models.