Wife wants a new macbook in the midnight color. Internet is divided a bit on fingerprints and smudges showing up. Apple claims the new version doesn't show as many, but internet says it does. Some say you get used to it and it's not bad, others say it's terrible.

Anyone here with experience on a recent macbook model in midnight color?

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Posted by Pettifogger

I don't really care, Margaret

Member since Feb 2012

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Posted on 2/4/26 at 10:46 am to CatfishJohn

I have two

They get smudged

It doesn't bother me or look gross or anything. I don't notice it or mind, and I don't like things that look dingy.

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Posted by Dicky

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Posted on 2/4/26 at 12:22 pm to CatfishJohn

quote:
McBook

I don't know what this is but no way in hell it's better than a Big Mac.

All seriousness though I have never in my life heard of this being a consideration for someone buying a laptop

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Posted by RebelWithACause

Jackson

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Posted on 2/4/26 at 1:20 pm to Dicky

I have an M2 Midnight MacBook. It shows smudges easily. I put a Dbrand skin on it, so it's not an issue any longer.

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Posted by LemmyLives

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Posted on 2/4/26 at 4:23 pm to CatfishJohn

Get a box of lens wipes from Sam's. You clean the entire thing every day for almost a year for $10.

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Posted by NBR_Exile

Houston via Baton Rouge

Member since Jul 2012

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Posted on 2/5/26 at 6:47 pm to CatfishJohn

My son has an M2 Air and I have an M4 Air both in Midnight. Smudges on the case have never been discussed. Cleaning is easy if you so choose. A damp cloth will get most fingerprints off the case if that is an issue. We don't really care about the outside. We both want the screen and keyboard to be clean. Lens wipes for a light spritz of denatured alcohol, while the computer is off, will clean it up fine.

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