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fwiw this is what my usb-c port space grey looks like after use since near launch in spring 2015 (worn on inside and perimeter, and a bit jagged-y looking at off lighting but not actually, this pic is fairly representative of the port (as for SG color ,it depends on lighting. looks brilliant in this lighting Imo):

also I personally don't care at all my SG 12" is like this, but some may with theirs or their pros. so thought I'd throw it out there. be happy with either one tho!
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fwiw this is what my usb-c port space grey looks like after use since near launch in spring 2015 (worn on inside and perimeter, and a bit jagged-y looking at off lighting but not actually, this pic is fairly representative of the port (as for SG color ,it depends on lighting. looks brilliant in this lighting Imo):

also I personally don't care at all my SG 12" is like this, but some may with theirs or their pros. so thought I'd throw it out there. be happy with either one tho!
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Thanks! Sigh I hope Apple improved with the amortization process..
 
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I don't know what it is but the silver just looks more sharp and professional to me [it is important I send out the right impression in my job / life as a designer].
I also agree with an earlier poster about the SG looking good in the 15". But I will stick with silver - goes with everything else better and compliments other products nicely. SG is just too much darkness for me
 
A poll would have been interesting to have in this case , maybe even by gender or use (pro, hobby, etc) :
- Male + SG
- Male + Silver
- etc

I agree with the above post, upon seeing both I really think the silver looks more classic / pro.
SG is more the "bad boy" / new kid on the block side.
 
After reading this thread and people saying the SG shows more grime, I called and Apple changed my order to Silver. I like the Silver anyways...
 
After reading this thread and people saying the SG shows more grime, I called and Apple changed my order to Silver. I like the Silver anyways...
Also on the same boat but I prefer space grey more... was wondering whether to change to silver for "long term durability"
 
Also on the same boat but I prefer space grey more... was wondering whether to change to silver for "long term durability"

get the space gray. even though I have that little zipper scratch I still feel SG is pretty cool. Like I have posted I had a 12" MacBook in SG for a year and it looked brand new when I sold it. I carried it in loose bags and it slid around quite a bit. No scratches or marks to the naked eye. I do baby my devices but I also never use a case of any sort outside of a backpack or bag. get the color you really want.
 
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get the space gray. even though I have that little zipper scratch I still feel SG is pretty cool. Like I have posted I had a 12" MacBook in SG for a year and it looked brand new when I sold it. I carried it in loose bags and it slid around quite a bit. No scratched or marks to the naked eye. I do baby my devices but I also never use a case of any sort outside of a backpack or bag. get the color you really want.
Thanks for the info!
 
get the space gray. even though I have that little zipper scratch I still feel SG is pretty cool. Like I have posted I had a 12" MacBook in SG for a year and it looked brand new when I sold it. I carried it in loose bags and it slid around quite a bit. No scratches or marks to the naked eye. I do baby my devices but I also never use a case of any sort outside of a backpack or bag. get the color you really want.
I want to chip in and say that I had the same experience but for slightly longer, maybe a year and a half, with my 2015 12" MacBook. No scratches, no case, no skin. Very occasionally it might be put in a bag if travelling but for work everyday, I carried it naked. No blemishes whatsoever.

I also went SG for my current 2016 13" non-TB MBP.
 
After reading this thread and people saying the SG shows more grime, I called and Apple changed my order to Silver. I like the Silver anyways...

I said it earlier in the thread haha, but the space grey will only show grime if you're a dirty(er) person. I've been using space grey since Nov. 17 daily and there are no smudges or marks on it whatsoever.
 
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I said it earlier in the thread haha, but the space grey will only show grime if you're a dirty(er) person. I've been using space grey since Nov. 17 daily and there are no smudges or marks on it whatsoever.

So true. Just go with your initial instinct and please, whatever you do, don't change your order from SG to Silver based on folks here saying SG smudges a bit more! FFS, if you stuff down a large pizza for dinner then pick up your MBP without washing your greasy mits then hey, guess what?

More seriously, I went for the ntMBP 13" in SG as it seemed like a nice change from the silver 13" I had for 6 years. I just wipe down the machine every couple of days with a microfibre cloth pre-sprayed with a bit of water.
 
I went with silver for my 13" ntMBP. I thought about space grey, but I feel it is too dark and I like the classic look of the silver. I also feel silver will stand out less from the older models, which I kind of like as there is no reason for me to advertise I have the new model. The silver is more inconspicuous I think.

That said, my wife has a gold 2016 retina MacBook and I never thought I'd say this but I quite like it. The color is not as flashy as I thought it would be. Though I'm not sure I would buy it for my own machine.

On the topic of color, is it me or is the silver this year a little different color than the previous silver? I compared my 2016 ntMBP to my old 2012 15" rMBP before I sold it and the newer models seem to be a slightly different shade of silver.
 
Really hard to choose between SG and silver, is SG 12" Macbook the same as SG Macbook Pro retina 13 ? Just saw the 12" version and it is pretty lovely !
 
Well this also made my decision easier to go with the silver 15 when I return my space gray 13. I work for Swappa and just came across this sale where the seller was selling a SG non-touch bar 13. He had placed it on a stone fireplace and said it got "many" deep scratches from doing so and had to cancel the sale.
 
Really hard to choose between SG and silver, is SG 12" Macbook the same as SG Macbook Pro retina 13 ? Just saw the 12" version and it is pretty lovely !
Yes the space grey is really nice on the new MacBook Pro. :/ just worried about scratches
 
compared my 2016 ntMBP to my old 2012 15" rMBP before I sold it and the newer models seem to be a slightly different shade of silver.

Hard to describe but agreed-- I was thinking the same.

I think this photo is a good one, but you really have to experience it in different lighting to know whats up. this is in sorta incandescent lighting,
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The silver on my machine has arctic undertones for lack of a better explanation. I love it and against the mirror apple logo on back of the lid, looks really nice

Makes it less bleak than one would imagine that might be reason for them to jump to SG imo being bored with previous look.

In some lighting it lokks similar and maybe even identical perhaps to before when it was just a silver option on pro retina. In other lighting it has a white cast tone, just like how space grey looks/is grey in some lighting and in darkness has a black cast tone

I also think using the silver in darkness and having the illumination of the screen reflect off of its lighter surface, looks great!

In other words I think silver looks a lot more consistently brilliant than SG personally especially in this model particularly, accentuates body changes more prominently to the discerning while being somewhat off the grid from stare of a new laptop and potential questioning at coffee shops (oh how do you like it? What about the ports? What about touchbar/where is it/ what do you think of the pricing? Etc lol) the touchbar independent of color choice would get some rubber necking going on. An obvious sure tell sign you're on the bleeding edge.

Also silver seems to be the significantly less popular option which I'm ok with. Since most people are coming from silver only machine and are sick of it/seek change. Makes sense that's a driving reason why I got SG rMB when I did.

The silver on rMB always looked nice but by the end of the day sorta like a fake/bootleg air. Of the finest caliber no less, but just weird vibes to me. Still, I should say I think silver rMB looks great and so does SG RMBP you can't go too wrong with either. That's why I'm happy with both my color choices

But the SG does certainly show dirt and scratches way more easily. Not the type to clean with a cloth. Only the screen when it's caked in crap heavily. I say this with certainty having had a SG machine a little over a year and a half now. I'm not the cleanest person but not the messiest either. And no I'm not gonna thoroughly wash my hands every single time I need to google something in a pinch, I'm not about to go into surgery and need de sanitization and I'm not handling a unique da Vinci piece, it's a really pretty but still mass manufactured slab of electronic bits. As long as my hands aren't caked in grease or grime visibly or feeling wise, I move on.

To be honest dirt and stuff is more of a turn off to me than scratches showing (assuming you aren't dragging it across fireplace brick, that wouldn't bode well for most finishes period), unless you for sure are going to flip the machine year over year and want to secure top dollar for a mint machine.

I'd also be livid if they went full black next year or in coming years since space Grey is officially dead on iDevices. A dark machine is cool , but grey in particular , doesn't exactly always add up for me in all lighting all the time

The SG with Apple logo on back from distance on a table at Apple Store does blend in and look like any old PC laptop manufacturer, if not a bit of a premium looking gaming style one (albeit way slimmer and simpler). That solidified it for
Me. For rMB you can easily tell it isn't a netbook or another manufacturer given its razor like design and uniquely small size
 
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So FedEx is picking up my SG 13 tomorrow for return. I ordered the base 15 with upgraded 512GB SSD in Silver today. I kept going back and forth with picking SG or Silver. I went with silver for 3 reasons. 1. I feel the Silver will hold up better over time and not show as many scratches/fingerprints as the SG and 2. My XPS 13 is pretty much the same color as the SG (well the lid, since the KB area is carbon fiber) so I figured Silver is different 3. Since It's my first ever Mac, I'm not "sick" of the Silver like other longer Mac users are.
 
So FedEx is picking up my SG 13 tomorrow for return. I ordered the base 15 with upgraded 512GB SSD in Silver today. I kept going back and forth with picking SG or Silver. I went with silver for 3 reasons. 1. I feel the Silver will hold up better over time and not show as many scratches/fingerprints as the SG and 2. My XPS 13 is pretty much the same color as the SG (well the lid, since the KB area is carbon fiber) so I figured Silver is different 3. Since It's my first ever Mac, I'm not "sick" of the Silver like other longer Mac users are.

I saw a space grey in an apple store today with scratches down the side of the lid. Basically could see the silver clearly even thought the scratches were not huge. If this was a silver model you wouldn't have seen them.

The SG still looks really nice on a 15" in store but longevity wise I think the silver is the better choice. I guess it depends how careful you are with it, but can imagine you would need to be quite careful with the SG to keep it prime.
 
different lighting so silver looks different between them here, but I figure since I'm visiting family on holiday travels and there's a silver rMB in the household, it's worthy of a comparison too!

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The space grey looks absolutely stunning. Images really don't do it justice. As long as you're careful you shouldn't get any scratches on it. If you do happen to get a scratch while being careful, I believe the silver would be damaged just as badly.
 
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