Not sure if I want to return my Space Grey for Silver now.. It looks great under certain lightings and looks tacky under certain lightings and it came with a scratch underneath the speaker..
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Space Gray rMBP or Silver ?
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Definitely keep it! You bought it from Apple you took ownership of that scratch the second you handed them the money. Returning it will raise future generation pricing.
Kidding of course
Received my silver tMBP yesterday and I'm completely happy with the colour... such a big fan of the "classic Apple look".
I got Space Grey and love it. It has to be what you want, not what others tell you.
I love my Space Gray under any lighting, but I would return it if it came with a scratch. Take it back and get one you are happy with.
I had the 15' 2016 in silver and had to exchange it. Now I'm sitting in front of a space-gray MacBook and it is just so much better looking. I'd go for space-gray all the time.
PowerBooks and MacBook Pros have been silver for a long time. Jobs brought back the color with the PowerBook titanium after all. It's still a classic for the Pro lines.
I'm saying it ain't a classic "Apple" colour. Don't know why you have to mention Jobs and the PowerBook as only the G4 was "titanium", all other Powerbooks were dull grey. But yeah like I said it "was" a classic for the "Pro" line.
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I've ordered a Space Gray MacBook Pro (still waiting), because I prefer a darker color. Its a bit meh that not all Apple devices has the same Space Gray shading type, few of them are lighter or darker. Pure Aluminium color probably fits cross device better all together, but there aren't iPhone 7 aluminium with black bezels, white bezel distracts me too much.
So I wish,
We could also have aluminium iOS devices with black display bezels.
Or that all Space Gray devices had the same Space Gray shading type.
Btw. That the iPad had the same round edges shape as the iPhone.
At the moment its impossible to buy Apple devices and have an equal look and feel.
My current iMac 27" is aluminium with black bezel.
iPhone 7+ is matte black.
iPad Pro 12.9 is light space gray
Apple Watch is a darker space gray
They all look different!
So I wish,
We could also have aluminium iOS devices with black display bezels.
Or that all Space Gray devices had the same Space Gray shading type.
Btw. That the iPad had the same round edges shape as the iPhone.
At the moment its impossible to buy Apple devices and have an equal look and feel.
My current iMac 27" is aluminium with black bezel.
iPhone 7+ is matte black.
iPad Pro 12.9 is light space gray
Apple Watch is a darker space gray
They all look different!
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Hmmm... I live in Seattle. I don't see that configuration available when I'm on Apple's site, after I configure the machine full spec. Is this something that they 'stock' yet is not seen online when placing an order and choosing to pick up at a local store? I should have asked this question at the UV Apple Store the last time I was in there!
Im glad I chose the Space Grey option. It seems to be much more easy to focus and has some sort of a mysterious attraction. The speaker grills and the dark apple logo seems to add some mysterious element to it. So glad with this choice. The Silver to me looks bland as hell especially without the glowing apple logo it feels like its missing something.
Well when I would look on the site too ever showed they had any until I went in a few times and a miracle they did! lol...
this was last week.