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Silver vs Space Gray M1 MacBook Air
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I went with silver for my M1 MBA
I originally wanted space grey, only had silver in stock, $949 sale, don't regret my purchase I know silver will make me happy for the while
Going for space grey next round, that's if a variety of colors are released or not
I originally wanted space grey, only had silver in stock, $949 sale, don't regret my purchase I know silver will make me happy for the while
Going for space grey next round, that's if a variety of colors are released or not
I originally bought a Space Gray M1 Air to try out a new color, but I ended up returning it and getting a Silver one because I found the Space Gray too dull and boring looking after a week. I find the Silver one more "inviting and fresh" to use compared to the Gray. In a way it makes me excited to use the machine lol. It's all personal taste though.
I've had SG MacBooks almost exclusively since the color debuted years ago, but with my M1 MBA, I bought gold. The tone is much less rose-ish than in previous iterations, and I'm enjoying it so far. If Apple had only SG and silver available, I'd still buy SG.
I will forever prefer the darker color. It is entirely up to your personal preference, which is evidenced by the almost direct tie on this poll.
Space gray is not dark enough, whenever I look at space gray I just think, "why isn't this black?"
Hopefully the next Airs get the iMac color treatment. Nothing wrong with silver but I'd get one in funky colors(that's not gold).
Hopefully the next Airs get the iMac color treatment. Nothing wrong with silver but I'd get one in funky colors(that's not gold).
Silver is nice and bright! Looks clean! Space gray to me looks dirty and gloomy... i used to get everything SG but have recently changed over to Silver, so much better IMO.
2013 - 2018: silver Macbook Air (bought used, but silver was the only colour made)
2018 - 2021: silver Macbook Pro (bought used, silver was a good price)
Now that I bought my first new Mac, I went with space grey Air just to have something different. I think the choice for me is 50/50. Space grey is different to me, even if everyone has it now. Silver is more classic and better hides fingerprints and scratches. I am enjoying the space grey and if I upgrade in a few years, will probably go back go silver for something different.
My vote: change it up!
2018 - 2021: silver Macbook Pro (bought used, silver was a good price)
Now that I bought my first new Mac, I went with space grey Air just to have something different. I think the choice for me is 50/50. Space grey is different to me, even if everyone has it now. Silver is more classic and better hides fingerprints and scratches. I am enjoying the space grey and if I upgrade in a few years, will probably go back go silver for something different.
My vote: change it up!
What do you mean by "it's faster"?
My brother is selling his 13" M1 Sliver MBP so I'm in the middle of trying to decide whether to sell my Space Gray 13" M1 MBP or keep his silver one instead. (and, yes, I know it's an MBA thread, but PilotWoo's comment struck me)
I’m pretty sure he was joking.
Along the lines of the “Go faster stripe” on an American muscle car.
LOL yep.
And now that I’ve re-read my reply above I did sound naive. Of course having our MBPs here side by side, there was no evidence of any speed difference between them. I guess I thought along the lines of, maybe say Apple had put Samsung SSDs in Space Gray and slower, say, Toshiba SSDs in silver.
But, yep, I’ll take that one on chin 🤣👍
And now that I’ve re-read my reply above I did sound naive. Of course having our MBPs here side by side, there was no evidence of any speed difference between them. I guess I thought along the lines of, maybe say Apple had put Samsung SSDs in Space Gray and slower, say, Toshiba SSDs in silver.
But, yep, I’ll take that one on chin 🤣👍
I personally like space gray better, but think silver is more durable. I got my first Mac in 2010 (a 11" MBA) and for the past 11 years have always had silver Macs. In July I got an M1 MBP to replace my dead 2016 MBP and got space gray to try out a new color for the first time. I really like it and have no regrets so far after a few months with the color.
But, it definitely shows scratches or little nicks more. A few weeks ago I accidentally bumped my coffee cup into the corner of my MBP and made a tiny nick. It's now brighter than the area surrounding it and seems to me to be more noticeable than it would be silver.
If I had to do it again, I'd probably go back to silver just because of the durability.
But, it definitely shows scratches or little nicks more. A few weeks ago I accidentally bumped my coffee cup into the corner of my MBP and made a tiny nick. It's now brighter than the area surrounding it and seems to me to be more noticeable than it would be silver.
If I had to do it again, I'd probably go back to silver just because of the durability.
The more the outer coating deviates from the aluminum color (silver-white), the more you will see deeper scratches or dings.
If you can't live with that, it's best to go with silver.
Otherwise, buy according to your personal taste. That's how I went about it and chosed Space gray.
Makes sense.
I already went with silver but I was curious if the goldies had any input to the durability question.