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POLL : Which colour of 15" MacBook Air did you buy?

If you ordered a 15" MacBook Air, which colour did you get??

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Midnight. I have a clear skin on the way that I put on all of my MacBooks that takes care of the fingerprint issue.
 
Bought classic silver.

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McJobs said:
Bought classic silver.

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I ordered Starlight, just shipped from China. Your pics are making me reconsider.

I went from a Silver 16" to a Space Gray 14", and I'm convinced that Silver is superior to Space Gray.

Seriously considered Midnight, but couldn't pull the trigger after seeing pics of wear, fingerprints, and every display model having silver rings around the thunderbolt ports.

That left me with Silver or Starlight, and the display model at Micro Center pushed me to Starlight.(I would've bought it there, but I wanted 16GB of RAM.)
 
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McJobs said:
Bought classic silver.
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That looks just like my 13” space grey MBA! Must be the lighting!

The one difference I see is that the trim around the screen (left, top, and right) look silvery in the photos whereas on my space grey model they disappear…

Strange. Maybe those with the 15” regardless of color can post more photos under different lighting conditions — daylight, evening, under incandescent, etc.

The fluorescent lights or bright, stark white LEDs in the stores changes their appearance dramatically.
 
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Midnight. I was really regretting the choice when I ordered and almost called them to switch to starlight. but it is BEAUTIFUL. Absolutely gorgeous color and no regrets. Fingerprints not much of an issue yet at least!!
 
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Space gray. My choice ended up coming down to how the body reflected light and how the color of the body contrasted with the screen and keys. It wasn't something I considered until I went to the Apple Store. I always thought I'd want midnight. I went to the Apple Store to get one, but I started seconding guessing it when I looked at the 4 colors side by side. I ended up liking the space gray because it seemed balanced. It had less contrast between the lit screen and body compared to midnight while having some contrast between the body and keys. It also had less glare off the body from the surrounding light from the silver. Space gray seemed the most comfortable to look at to me.

My wife got starlight to replace her older rose gold MBA and loves it. It looks nice but just not my color.
 
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After having owned MacBooks in silver, silver again, space gray, gold, silver again, and then the 13" midnight, if I had to buy today I would go
- for 13.6" Air: midnight > silver > starlight > gray
- for 15.3" Air: silver > starlight > gray > midnight
 
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So, after 158 votes, nearly half have picked Midnight, followed by Silver, a distant second at just under 20%.

Starlight is next with Space Grey running last, but both nipping at Silver's heels.

Looks like Midnight is cruising to an easy victory…
 
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