White or Black and dirty Macs

Which color should I choose when it comes to showing wear and tear? I assume white is worse because...well, its white. Or could I be wrong and black is worse. Thanks guys.

 

The white will show stains and dirt more, but black will highlight scratches.

I'd choose black myself, but it matches my personality... I'm not innocent enough for white.

 

I had a black macbook and it gets fingerprint stains all over the lid. The trackpad also becomes shiny from the oils in your fingers. The lid is easy to clean, the trackpad...not so much.

My siblings use a white macbook (first revision) and the palm rests does get a little dirty. The lid also gets a few hairline scratches because of the polycarbonate lid. The scratches show in certain angles or lighting.

You can try this option if you are paranoid about getting your notebook dirty.

 

the black one isn't scratches really, it's just LOTS of grease. x( Which of course, sounds disgusting.

But I think the black top looks SO much more striking than the white logo on the white back.

 

If you want to keep either clean, try the Invisible Shield. I nearly use this thing on all my gadgets.

White looks better with the shield, since it's clear unlike the matte texture of the black Macbook.

 

I had a white macbook for 8 months, if I could go back I would've gotten the black one, the white looks more like a toy, and picks up scratches faster than an iPod, palm rest area gets darker with use from the dirt on your skin.

 

The white MacBook does show stains easier, but I wouldn't use my MacBook after working with the car, if you ask me . Its not too much to worry about, most are really faint or at least don't show up that much. Although the black one does look nicer in some ways (I don't like black keys though...not that it would look better being white keys either, but still).

 

White shows scratches MUCH more... (because it scratches easier) and the palm rest gets dirty quite fast.
The Black shows fingerprints/oil/grease stains much more... especially the lid.

Ultimately, it all comes down to how you use your computer. If you're more careless with it, I'd recommend getting the black. If you're careful with it and treat it well, the white is probably a slightly better choice.

 

So what you're saying is I should never touch a MacBook (Probably the reason I've got a toughbook actually... Hose it off when I'm done working on the car )

I do have a mixed keyboard for my G5 tower (White and black keys, thought it looked cool), and my white keys are all dirty looking, while my black keys all look shiney. You can really see that the oils from my hands show up more on the black keys, and the white keys are just simply stained. At least I've got a few more keyboards to use for parts when they look too bad.

 

The best answer . Some people treat their things extremely carefully, others ruin it easily...it varies on the person who uses it. I mean, I use my iPod earbuds for two years and they still aren't broken; my friends break them in a few weeks.

Just a note though, I no longer use my iPod earbuds, I got new Creative EP-630 earbuds for my birthday in December, and they sound much better, for only $25, sometimes less depending on where you find them.

 

I've got a black macbook. I'm careful to not do anything to it that might damage it, but besides that I don't baby it too much. (I'm not worried about the occasional nick here or there.)

It tends to look oily most of the time (fingerprints, handprints on lid, shiny keys, shiny touchpad). Then again, this probably discourages other people from wanting to touch it. I assume that isn't as much of a problem with white, but they have to wear the little nicks and scratches worse than the black.

 

Well, little scratches are more easy to show up on the glossy lid of the white MacBook, but only under light at an angle. I don't really mind, if I really cared about keeping it in the most perfect condition it'd be inside like five different cases and sleeves .