Silver vs Space Gray - Scratches?

[iandk]

Hi,

I just got my new 16" (i9/ 5500M 8GB/ 16GB / 1TB) a few days ago.
But unfortunately I had to notice pretty loud coil whine and some scratches near the USB C port.
Therefore I'm thinking about returning it and getting a new one.

As I am extremely sensitive to scratches, I am thinking about getting the silver model instead of the grey one.

Does anyone have any experience if this is really less prone to scratches?

I hate those scratch marks, especially near the ports.



Thanks!

 

[internetrando]

Silver will still scratch - the difference here is that they will be harder to see and harder to notice.

It's a machine and a tool. As soon as you start using it, it will begin to wear, scratch, etc. It's a part of life. Just enjoy it.

I saw a well used Space Gray laptop the other day that had been beaten to hell and probably used as a target in a gun range. It looked oddly beautiful in that worn look. Kind of looking forward to making my own look like that now.

 

[emraha06]

My opinion: MacBook has to be silver, iphone has to be black

 

[Dominus Mortem]

If you use it, you will scratch it. If you're really OCD about it I suggest putting on a skin or a case. I did that with my 2014 MBP 15 and it preserved it beautifully. Didn't do anything for the keyboard lettering, which I had worn completely off about nine of the keys.

 

[Glenny2lappies]

I've been using Macbooks since before they were MacBooks. All of them looked great once you've wiped the daily grime off them.

My space grey 16" was less than 2 weeks old when I picked it up and put my iPad - in its leather case - on it and now there's a scratch on the lid. This really annoys me especially when I'm in a meeting and the lid's closed on the table -- you could call it OCD, I just hate that my £5k laptop's damaged.

Whether Apple are skimping on the anodising to gouge even more money out of us suckers, or whether it's something about space grey showing scratches more, I don't know.

I'm so pissed off about this I've ordered a dBrand skin to cover up the scratch and prevent others. As I've no chance of *feeling* the new skin, I've ordered it on spec and hope it doesn't feel like some crappy corporate windos laptop. We'll see when it arrives.


Knowing how I feel know, I think that probably the silver colour would be more scratch resistant. Unless, that is, that Apple are a bunch of cheapskates on their materials.

 

[vaugha]

My opinion: MacBook has to be silver, iphone has to be black

Agreed w/ this 100%. MacBooks look best in silver and iPhones in space grey.

 

[fishmoose]

My space grey 16" MBP has a scratch mark just where my Apple Watch touches the body when typing. So yeah, space grey will scratch.