Hello to all great people here,

I am planning to get a Black Macbook very soon. Why Macbook Black you ask? It's simply because I think the Macbook Black will less prone to get dirty compared to the Macbook White (and also of the cool looking factor). This is purely what I think and it might not right.


Allvin pointed me in the Macworld Expo 2008 topic this morning that Black Macbook can get 'even dirtier & smudges everywhere'. I just want to get your opinion regarding an option between the MB062ZP/B (white, 120GB - RM4,759) vs MB063ZP/B (black, 160GB - RM5,459).

I'm not sure regarding this issue. Is it true that the Black Macbook can get dirty as the White Macbook.

Which is a better option in term of value for $$ and which one is a better option I should go for (IF money is not an issue), Pro and Con.

I hope you can share your experience so I can make a better choice.

Thanks in advance

haha if u wanna budget u tk the white (DONT CARe ABOUT THE COLOR) if you buy the laptop jsut for the colour and not the specs take black.. its just the diff of 40GB hard disk .. at the end i chose white ..

i dont mean to scare u..
but, for those "heavy" user..
their Black MacBook should be like this...
(image from Flickr)


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wow...really that bad?

although i use my white MB heavily, but i clean it almost daily,. it remains white n clean up till now,..

yea.. Rm700 for 40Gb and exclusive BLACK color? Aiduh. Not worth le, btw i'm a tight budget person.

yep. it is really scary and same as white. Turn to yellow and black-dirty too. I saw one during my part time work. FIrst time i saw a darn dirty white macbook. The more news, the owner of that macbook is a female

Just make it a habit, after shut down your macbook, CLEAN IT!!

I clean probably once a fortnight. Just make sure your hands are a clean before using. Else, you could invest in those keyboard condoms.

The problem with

Blackbooks is
* Oil stains as shown in pic above
* This goes for the exterrior too if you have slighty oily palms

Whitebooks
*the glossy exterior is just like the iPod. collects scarcthes
*the palmrest, trackpad can get dirty quick if you ain't too hygenic

2nd that

if budget
take the white

From that pict, you can actually see that the owner placed a plastic like sheet on the palm rest to protect it. And the plastic sheet is peeling off, it's not oil smudges.

I currently own a blackbook. Yes, oil (either from your face or food) is quite obvious on the surface. But the oil stain is easy to clean off! What I do is, I just use a damp cloth and slowly rub the oil off. Unlike the white one, if it turns yellow, there's no turning back. (Unless you pay to change the whole panel )

If I were you, if you can afford it, go for the blackbook. Once you own it, a little oil smudge will not bother you much knowing that you can easily clean it off.

I'm not scared at all but get a little heart attack see that kind of Macbook condition. I just want to gather some knowledge regarding the pro and cons for both two now.

I do read from the Macbook thread, there is a solution to remove the white color from the Macbook white using a liquid or something.

Thanks for all the reply, appreciate that. I want to hear more

I'm using the black macbook. Yes it seems everytime u touch u'll get the stain but just wipe it off with cloth.

Btw, i dont wanna buy the white macbook because my white ipod has turned to yellowish colour. Kinda dissapointed. So better I buy the black colour

Thats what I scared the most. The scary yellowish, now seeking an advice, opinion from others experience on which the best to go

mine is still white..
by putting the transparent sticker at the wrist pad area (and top case)...
sound cheap, but it work!
although it oredi more than 1 year,
it still solid white!

i use pentel soft rubber to clean my white macbook, also make sure my hand is very(emphasize!!) clean b4 using.. but vr annoying lor when the eraser dust goes inside the keyboard/trackpad hole there.. gets very frustrated :Phmm.. no such thing as a macbook protective cover sold here at my area.. wat to do..

Got any protective transparent sticker/layer to protect specially for Macbook?

jz for keyboard,palm rest n trackpad..the body use a good laptop bag like the brand i using : HelloLULU. nice design. try it out at any MACHINES.

used to own an Ibook G4

just use the regular JIF

even the yellowish stains will come off

makes ur lappie looks like frm day 1

somemore cheap...kekekeke

eh, if i use those wrapper ( those we saw in parties, they use it to cover the food one) to wrap my top lid, ok ka?

*chuckles*

Of course it is alright, just make sure you leave some space for the fan to release heat.

Though I would add that there are ready made products which would look better than the wrappers

walau eh...
that sound "lagi" cheap!
but i doubt it wont last longer than u expected..

get macbook air, then we will know it will stain or not