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I just had to see myself both midnight and starlight to have my final decision about if it bothers me. I found the fingerprints to be disgusting and excessive in the midnight! 🤢 but in starlight they are barely noticeable! I'm glad about it and I hope this video helps someone to decide!


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no offense, but, of course at the store the finger prints are going to be much worse on the midnight! LOL!! everyone wants to see it compared to other colors.. are people really that concerned? They are loosing sleep? Its nice apple is doing something different for once 😆
 
I really haven't been bothered by the fingerprints on my midnight at all so far. Definitely my favourite colour of them all. goes great with my desk set up as well. Black desk, black monitor, black xbox series x, space grey iPad and space grey iPhone in a dark case
 
Picked up a base model for couch surfing and light computing. Really enjoying it so far. My daily drivers are 14" MBP M1 Pro and an M1 mini.

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Hi all,

I went to an Apple store the other day and saw a Midnight MBA M2 and the backplate of the MagSafe port was practically shiny.
 
Another check in to see how everyones midnights are holding up. I have until Monday to exchange mine. its a tough one, I love the colour, it matches my desk set up very nicely, fingerprints I dont care about. What does bother me is how much this will show any scuffs or scratches vs the rest. I already have a small mark in the usb c port and its been used once, and I was very careful putting it in. I somehow also have a small nick by one of the hinges and its literally never left my living room lol.

I have a slight amount of backlight bleed on the bottom left corner but its barely noticeable. Only found when running of the backlight bleed test videos so not very realistic usage. My worry is I'll exchange it and get a panel thats worse lol. Ive seen a few who have posted there's with some pretty noticeable bleed so I know I could get much worse then this.

Starlight is out of question for me, not my type of colour. Space grey is an option, just seems boring and silver I feel will look out of place on my set up as well. Going to drive myself crazy all weekend I think lol. But these aren't exactly cheap, so I wanna be picky
 
Another check in to see how everyones midnights are holding up. I have until Monday to exchange mine. its a tough one, I love the colour, it matches my desk set up very nicely, fingerprints I dont care about. What does bother me is how much this will show any scuffs or scratches vs the rest. I already have a small mark in the usb c port and its been used once, and I was very careful putting it in. I somehow also have a small nick by one of the hinges and its literally never left my living room lol.

I have a slight amount of backlight bleed on the bottom left corner but its barely noticeable. Only found when running of the backlight bleed test videos so not very realistic usage. My worry is I'll exchange it and get a panel thats worse lol. Ive seen a few who have posted there's with some pretty noticeable bleed so I know I could get much worse then this.

Starlight is out of question for me, not my type of colour. Space grey is an option, just seems boring and silver I feel will look out of place on my set up as well. Going to drive myself crazy all weekend I think lol. But these aren't exactly cheap, so I wanna be picky
its hard to be OCD about these things (disclaimer: I AM OCD) I can't help you with the bleed. It is what it is. Silver (though arguably boring) is the best choice IMHO.
 
its hard to be OCD about these things (disclaimer: I AM OCD) I can't help you with the bleed. It is what it is. Silver (though arguably boring) is the best choice IMHO.
yea mines going back, I just noticed the hinge on the right side must be rubbing as it stripped off the coating all along the one edge of it. Left side looks perfectly fine. So I might just reorder in silver, who knows

I hate shopping for a new laptop lol, already had and sent back 4 different windows laptops and now this one. Might take a break before I reorder lol
 
yea mines going back, I just noticed the hinge on the right side must be rubbing as it stripped off the coating all along the one edge of it. Left side looks perfectly fine. So I might just reorder in silver, who knows

I hate shopping for a new laptop lol, already had and sent back 4 different windows laptops and now this one. Might take a break before I reorder lol
I recommend an Apple - Windows kept costing me many years of tweaking before I finally discovered the Mac in 2016!
 
I recommend an Apple - Windows kept costing me many years of tweaking before I finally discovered the Mac in 2016!
Yea I’m pretty settled on the MacBook. But as much as I love the midnight, I can see it’s not going to hold up well. I put it in a padded sleeve after I’m done using it, it’s never left my living room all week and it’s already got nicks in the finish.

Clearly a defect on the hinge as it’s literally scrapped off on the one edge of the hinge all the way around.

Oddly enough my wife’s blade 15 still looks brand new besides finger prints and she lugs that thing around everywhere and constantly plugging in and using all the ports. It’s a finger print magnet but they use a pretty durable finish
 
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Yea I’m pretty settled on the MacBook. But as much as I love the midnight, I can see it’s not going to hold up well. I put it in a padded sleeve after I’m done using it, it’s never left my living room all week and it’s already got nicks in the finish.

Clearly a defect on the hinge as it’s literally scrapped off on the one edge of the hinge all the way around.

Oddly enough my wife’s blade 15 still looks brand new besides finger prints and she lugs that thing around everywhere and constant plugging in and using all the ports. It’s a finger print magnet but they use a pretty durable finish
Yeah the Midnight has proven to be a challenge to the OCD crowd (which includes me). Silver is the way to go IMHO.
 
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yea mines going back, I just noticed the hinge on the right side must be rubbing as it stripped off the coating all along the one edge of it. Left side looks perfectly fine. So I might just reorder in silver, who knows

I hate shopping for a new laptop lol, already had and sent back 4 different windows laptops and now this one. Might take a break before I reorder lol
Can you share a photo of this please? It’s very disappointing, if common.
 
I just received my 10 24 MBA M2. It's my first mac so I was really excited for it to finally come. I have to say I'm just a bit disappointed with the backlight bleed on it. Can I get some opinions on what people think of it?
 

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I just received my 10 24 MBA M2. It's my first mac so I was really excited for it to finally come. I have to say I'm just a bit disappointed with the backlight bleed on it. Can I get some opinions on what people think of it?
That doesn't look bad to me. As I posted in the thread earlier, I wouldn't go looking for something that can't normally be seen with typical use. The light bleed test does not show typical use. If you can't see any problems surfing the web, I wouldn't worry about this thread.
 
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Can you share a photo of this please? It’s very disappointing, if common.
its hard to photograph because of its location but this is the best I could get of it. on the right side of the hinge. Doesn't look like much in the picture but when the light hits it, that nice exposed metal ring shines lol
 

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its hard to photograph because of its location but this is the best I could get of it. on the right side of the hinge. Doesn't look like much in the picture but when the light hits it, that nice exposed metal ring shines lol
It looks like the hinge didn't have a complete covering to begin with. I don't see how simply opening and closing the lid would have caused that unless there is a manufacturing / assembly defect impacting the hinge assembly when used.
 
It looks like the hinge didn't have a complete covering to begin with. I don't see how simply opening and closing the lid would have caused that unless there is a manufacturing / assembly defect impacting the hinge assembly when used.
Yea I can't see where its rubbing but definitely looks like it is. There's also a mark out of the coating on the deck right in the same spot just above the hinge. It sucks it has to go back, I hate risking getting something with a different issue, but these aren't exactly cheap laptops so I dont want to settle for this kind of Quality control issue either.

Still above and beyond better quality then the several windows laptops ive tried in the last month lol
 
Yea I can't see where its rubbing but definitely looks like it is. There's also a mark out of the coating on the deck right in the same spot just above the hinge. It sucks it has to go back, I hate risking getting something with a different issue, but these aren't exactly cheap laptops so I dont want to settle for this kind of Quality control issue either.

Still above and beyond better quality then the several windows laptops ive tried in the last month lol
Hopefully, your replacement M2 won't have any problems. I wouldn't like that chipping or defect either. I haven't seen any with my Starlight. I should note that I have not gotten a magnifying lens out to check like so many here seem to do.
 
Hopefully, your replacement M2 won't have any problems. I haven't seen any with my Starlight.
Im wondering If apple will send me a replacement while I hold onto this one so I dont have to go weeks agin without a laptop. They dont stock a 16/1tb in any stores where I live, so I would have to wait until mid September again.
 
Im wondering If apple will send me a replacement while I hold onto this one so I dont have to go weeks agin without a laptop. They dont stock a 16/1tb in any stores where I live, so I would have to wait until mid September again.
They have done that for several people on here in the last 2 weeks. I would call and ask. I bet they will agree to do that for you.
 
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