White vs Black (I know, I know, but now the black is different)

[ZiggyPastorius]

white has a glossy finish, black has a matte finish, which is why it costs more.

Ah, thanks for clearing that up for meh.

 

[John.B]

If you really care about the looks, consider the fact that more people will mistake your Macbook for a cheap laptop from another manufacturer if you get the black one compared to the white one.

Nobody is going to mistake my blackbook for anything but an Apple with the white logo on the back of the screen. LOL!

 

[Fiasco]

I would still go with the white. Personal preference... plus too many years of IBM Thinkpads make lead me far, far away from black notebooks.

 

[bluedoggiant]

One way to choose is to go to the apple store, and to see the condition of both, chances are your will come NEAR to it, not exactly (since they're treated like crap), but will eventually come to a condition near it, and it will take a while, and then decide which you like. new penryn blackbooks are to be less prone to fingerprints, and the blackbooks dont look THAT bad to the bad compared to the white books that are brown, as in the keyboard, and i'd rather do less maintenance on my laptop, so looks like the black tax is worth it.

 

[MacGeekDC]

Nothing says style like a Maxed out pimpin BLACKBOOK