oh its not colour chip

something entered the speakers.. cannot seem to remove from small hole.

honeslty would just send to apple to let them clear all these before selling the laptop

Ohh ok, as said earlier a friend of mine didn’t quite had the luck with his mbp M1 space grey, he put on a hard casing and after just 6 months of use, he remove the case to clean the dust and get a shock in his life to see permanent casing prints underneath, and apparently it’s not just him, it was also reported in google that the space grey doesn’t only suffer from palm discoloration and colour chip off around the machine, even using a case (which is supposed to keep the machine in pristine condition) actually leave permanent prints..and apparently it’s luck coz not everyone who uses casings will get these issue (similar hard casings as quoted from Shopee link above), so it’s like an expensive gambling game here..something to do with the heat etc etc..some similar pics found in google..







like mentioned above, it’s silver paint underneath the anodized space grey paint..and I just googled up ‘MacBook space grey discoloration’ to find hundreds of cases like these reported…which is scary..basically use casings or not also have trouble with the discoloration and scratch…especially using hand cream or worse, alcohol hand wipes/sanitizers which we use very frequently these days…another common issue shared is using stickers on the space grey will leave similar silver marks when removed…many also shared that they prefer space grey much over silver but they are only pretty when new and not after few months when the discoloration start to kick in..no poing using it with anxiety and overly care for a machine that you type and touch for many hours a day..the best is to probably just skin up the whole laptop, which again is not a solution to everyone..or probably just pick silver for peace of mind..

This post has been edited by dikae: Nov 23 2021, 09:56 AM

wow that's a first to me, my 8 months-old MBA and 12 months-old MBP used the same casing and it didnt even come close to that!

Pic of my current MBP






p.s. anyone have similar-ish alternatives to recommend? Not a fan of sleeves coz I leave my laptop on a stand most of the time and prefer to have something covering it

This post has been edited by Ziet Inv: Nov 23 2021, 10:03 AM

Yea it was said to be a risk like a gamble game, also maybe depends on the usage that leads to the heat etc..do you use it long hours usually? I just type in ‘MacBook space grey discoloration’ and a can read a bunch of stories already lol

Hence why casings are never good option for laptops, regardless if its Macbooks or a Windows Laptop.

The heat alone will not be dissipated well, and under heavy loads will further stress this. If you want protection, a skin is your best option.

Otherwise, a pouch / bag is your best friend. I will never recommend anyone to use a casing for their laptops, ever.

Yeah I use it quite a lot, 58 charge cycle count for a ~12 month old machine

weekdays - 9 hours office (on battery) and 4-6 hours (on power brick)

weekends - almost whole day (on power brick)

i use it to power a FHD 27" monitor and a USB-powered scarlett solo audio interface, i guess these are not the most power consuming attachments

most of my workflow revolves around final cut pro/photoshop/safari and I never got my laptop warm except when it is rendering 4K footage (but that's like 15% of my workflow), probably thats why? never heard the fan turned up before too

could be a different story for power user that does motion rendering/graphics animation etc.

Are there any skins that protect the edges? I realise I did quite a lot of damage to my hard casing's edges

Wouldn't mind exploring new stuffs! Though still prefer to retain the look of the original macbook colour hehe

Yep i use casings the first few months and realise the clear casing doesn't go well with space grey (can see transparent plasticky case surrounding dark body), feels like a toy.. so I remove it and use a sleeve instead.. but I think clear casing works OK with silver as the contrast is not too big against lighter colour..

That's quite heavy use, and still kept in pristine condition actually I really like my current space grey mbp and Im not sure if I'm ready to switch to silver, but after looking and hearing all the scary possible things that could happen, I think silver will give me much more peace.. and i want to see what's this special feel people's been talking about the silver on the new MBP..

there are plain skins that matches to the macbook colour.. can consider getting those..

Haha yeah my entire career/hustle revolves around my macbook lol couldn't live without it for one day!

I watched a few video on silver MBP and the outer shell does look beautiful!! I might just try silver for my next MBP! (also potentially toying with an idea of a Mac Mini in the next 3-4 years heh)

I like Moft sleeve, have it on my 2019 16".

so it’s coming today

when did you order? last week?

i didn't get any updates

Am looking for the original Apple sleeve for 14” but I don’t think it will come out anytime soon.

Might be getting the replica one for temporary use. This is the only seller that is selling “Apple” sleeve for 14” at this moment but shipping from Indonesia. Not sure whether it really fits the exact dimensions of 14”.

https://shopee.com.my/product/316228295/137...01-1637641890.9

ordered it on launch day, first order was 12.30 then cancelled order and re order at 7pm..

what does your status update show?

Probably getting my MBP today, called DHL this morning to ensure they send it over today.

Anyone tried Migration Assistant? I wonder how it will deal with apps migration from Intel MBP.

I prefer to use it since it's the fastest way but not sure whether it will migrate all the system junk.

still at sorting

This post has been edited by xbbshampoo: Nov 23 2021, 12:42 PM

You will be getting it soon though, tomorrow or so what was the delivery date stated ?

Nice!! Which variant did you PO?

Arrives 23 November 2021