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Scratch/Wear Concerns? Grey & Gold
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the metal on metal sound is like nails on a chalkboard for me - ever since I've owned a MacBook I always take off my ring and watch when typing cause the sound is horrendous >.< not to mention Im sure the SG model will scratch just as bad as the back panels on the iPhone 5.
When I have scratched my silver MacBooks in the past, I've always noticed that the scratch is actually darker than the silver coloring itself. So, with that in mind, I purposefully chose the space gray color, hoping scratches would blend in more. We'll see.
On the random I ran into an apple employe on the street who knew a lot of the process behind treating the metal, and after asking directly about the scratch issue the answer was the scratch will be the inked color, unless REALLY deep.
Ah, do you mean that the scratch will be in the same colour, but perhaps a different shade, to the colour of the laptop? For example, a scratch on a space grey machine, unless deep, will show in a shade of space grey?
If scratched you can bet it will not show grey, it will be the silver aluminum below the ano finish. 
I don't get it with all the scratching concerns. I've had the old Macbook Pros, the new macbook pros, the macbook airs, and just about every laptop Apple makes, and have never had a scratch on the inside or outside of my unit. Sometimes I wonder what people do to their laptops that they get so beat up. Sometimes when I see them sitting in coffee shops and they have scratches and dents and knicks in the aluminum I wonder how they treat their things that it happens.
I guess I just slide mine into the sleeve when done with it, and have respect for my property, so these things don't happen. Every computer I've used then sold when upgrading people always say "wow this looks brand new" ... but then again my car is 2 years old and looks brand new. I guess different people were just brought up to treat things different.
I guess I just slide mine into the sleeve when done with it, and have respect for my property, so these things don't happen. Every computer I've used then sold when upgrading people always say "wow this looks brand new" ... but then again my car is 2 years old and looks brand new. I guess different people were just brought up to treat things different.
People come in all flavors and there are those who are very careful and then those who just treat it like a tool and could care less about the looks. Scratches and dents would drive me crazy! I, also, have seen hardware at Panera that looks like it has been to hell and back.
