Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #21
What you said (and since deleted from your post) is that "A solid black plastic would be very difficult to achieve," which is utter nonsense.
You are correct that plastic tends to…
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Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #22
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Originally Posted by mathew_m
So does Ben even own a black Macbook yet?
Don't know but I own one myself and I know as a fact that the white letters are printed onto …
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #23
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Originally Posted by Simon
Don't know but I own one myself and I know as a fact that the white letters are printed onto the black plastic of the MB and not the other way …
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #24
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Originally Posted by mathew_m
However I don't understand why you need both a MB and MBP Something tells me that you have too much dispoable income.
That is absolu…
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #25
Which leads us to a good question, how do we prevent or cover the sheen issue?
By the way the sheen I have is not from oil or grease it's from sheer daily use and wear.
For my iB…
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #26
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Originally Posted by Simon
That is absolutely none of your business. A simple 'sorry for posting false information' would have been more appropriate.
Apologize for w…
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #27
You posted misinformation. Black plastic is not hard to make.
Nobody is disputing that it's painted. They're disputing your total nonsense about plastic colors.
tooki
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #28
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Originally Posted by tooki
They're disputing your total nonsense about plastic colors.
tooki
Actually I think they are. To achieve a matte finish on the BMB there…
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #29
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Originally Posted by mathew_m
So does Ben even own a black Macbook yet? The finish on the Blackbook is clearly powder coated. It actually has a similiar texture to my o…
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #30
Anyone remember the monolith in 2001: A Space Oddessy? The full size one that the apes see at the begining? Black lucite. Guaranteed. And that part of the movie was made in lat…
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #31
Bring back the PowerBook 160's TrackBall I say!!!
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #32
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Originally Posted by mathew_m
Actually I think they are. To achieve a matte finish on the BMB there is a finish of paint.
I don't have a background in plastics but I su…
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #33
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Originally Posted by eStar
Which leads us to a good question, how do we prevent or cover the sheen issue?
I owned a PowerBook for a while. Having seen the wear on my …
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #34
I'm surprised this is an issue, consiering the black ipod scroll wheel wears in the exact same way. You'll see it in black ipods at the Apple stores or if you own one, over time. T…
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #35
You can try these trackpad film covers. The 17" size will fit the MacBook unfortunately there's no black one.
http://www.powersupportusa.com/produ...hp?category=pb
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #36
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Originally Posted by hldan
You can try these trackpad film covers. The 17" size will fit the MacBook unfortunately there's no black one.
http://www.powersupportusa.com…
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #37
I used those trackpad films on all of my iBooks & Powerbook...just be aware that the film wears just as quickly if not MORE quickly than your actual trackpad, so while it's gre…
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #38
The black finish is the culprit, it shows every scratch and finger oil stain. Yet another reason to love white!
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #39
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Originally Posted by eStar
By the way the sheen I have is not from oil or grease it's from sheer daily use and wear.
What exactly do you think daily use and wear is…
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #40
The wear I saw on the store models was the main reason I didn't buy the black model. They had been on the shop floor for about three days and both the trackpad and the keyboard wer…
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #41
Sheesh. Everyone lighten up.
I'd like to throw out that I as well am a happy Mr. Clean Magic Eraser user and it works wonders for my computers...
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #42
Well to be fair the trackpad on my white iBook is all shiny.
Does the Mr Clean thing really work? I heard it will mess up the finish even more..
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #43
Ditto on the Magic Eraser. It made my and my friend's slimy marked trackpads look and feel like new. My dad's iBook G3's trackpad had a definite white circle in the middle and was …
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #44
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Originally Posted by SLiMeX
Sheesh. Everyone lighten up.
I'd like to throw out that I as well am a happy Mr. Clean Magic Eraser user and it works wonders for my compute…
Trackpad wear after 3 days! — #45
I have and made it look perfect.