White MacBook for guys?

[triddent222]

I Find botth the Black macbook and the White Macbook to be absolutely beautiful. The White Macbook has a clean, simple design (which does mean it's feminine in any ways). The Black Macbook has a somewhat more professional look to it (except, the white Apple logo on the back XD), it's a bit more..."common" and shouldn't bring much attention to yourself (White MacBook = looks [though not "bad looks", just look ]. If You enjoy being looked, thats the way to go ).

I personally chose the MBP though.

 

[zioxide]

lol

you're so insecure with your masculinity that you are like afraid to use a white laptop? that's just sad.

 

[Quiara]

sure, the black is nice, but i know more guys who have a white macbook and girls who have blackbooks for this reason. guys don't care as much about the color and would rather spend the money on performance. girls care more about looks and a computer is the internet and a typewriter all in one. ooo, ahh, it's black with a pink case!!

As a power-conscious, computer-literate female with a WHITE MacBook, I take exception to this. We're not all airheads concerned with carrying something "pretty" instead of powerful, you know. It's 2007 - women can vote now, too! ^_~

 

[bc008]

get this, a while back in school i told my friends i wanted a black macbook but they just said “but macs are trademark white” (im a guy)

 

[sellitman]

Real men know it's whats under the hood that counts. Grow up.

 

[Principessa]

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[seanneko]

Sounds more like repressed homosexuality than anything....

 

[emac82]

I'm a woman and I wanted a white MacBook but I ended up getting a super awesome deal on the Black one,...At first I was all like "it's a boys laptop", but now that I have it I don't even think about it...The white is nice though...

Colour doesn't determine who one is, or their sexuality.

 

[.JahJahwarrior.]

Mod the apple logo to be a different colour.

 

[jsalzer]

Decor

Actually, using the word "decor" in a public forum is much less manly than having a white MacBook.

 

[Dybbuk]

What I find strange about this topic is that people are almost equating a desire to have pleasing aesthetics as a bad thing!

As a power-conscious, computer-literate female with a WHITE MacBook, I take exception to this. We're not all airheads concerned with carrying something "pretty" instead of powerful, you know. It's 2007 - women can vote now, too! ^_~

Would anyone consider you an airhead for wanting something that looks nice from a company that is just as much about fashion as they are computers?

And yes, I was aware you could vote! I'm not sure what that has to do with this, though!

 

[Quiara]

What I find strange about this topic is that people are almost equating a desire to have pleasing aesthetics as a bad thing!



Would anyone consider you an airhead for wanting something that looks nice from a company that is just as much about fashion as they are computers?

And yes, I was aware you could vote! I'm not sure what that has to do with this, though!

I was objecting to the proposition that men are concerned with performance while women only want something that looks pretty.

 

[Scott982]

I am a guy and I chose the white macbook over the black because my monitor, speakers, keyboard and mouse were all white. So it looks much cleaner on my desk than a black laptop would.

 

[Madmic23]

I just bought a white MacBook at Staples. They had one black one, and one white one. They were both on sale, so it was hard to choose, but I'm happy I went with the white one. It sort of has that classic look to it. I'm not sure if I could put a skin on here, I'd be afraid of ruining the "Apple" look.

 

[grafikat]

I chose the white MB because it was a good value. I wanted a practical machine that it will do its job for the least amount of money.

Spending extra money for a coordinating machine seems impractical. Spending extra money on a computer because it "coordinates" sounds like buying matching shoes and handbags.

 

[jnasato]

I'm a guy, and I modded my white MacBook with an airbrushed sparkly magenta exterior, Swarovski crystals on each key, and there is a rose-pink feather puff where the Apple logo used to be. With my modded MacBook (2.16), I was checking my e-mail in Starbucks last night, when all of a sudden, I started playing football and then five woman jumped on me and started having sex with me, and then my shirt ripped off my torso from my explosively rippling muscles, so then I let out a roar that cracked the walls and caused the ceiling to cave in, and while my mouth was open, into it fell a crate pork rinds, a 512 oz rare T-bone steak, a turkey leg, and asphalt rocks- all of which I swallowed after chewing 12 times- all whilst snapping the backs of 3 Siberian tigers with my bare hands; the fourth tiger torn into a pile of meat chunks and shattered bone, with which I proceeded to have sex with, after the five women each had about- oooh, I'd say- 400 orgasms each.

So results really vary when it comes to character defining colors. Like for example, I used to own a black MacBook until last week, but RIGHT after I walked out of the Apple Store with it, I started to walk on my tiptoes, I ran across the way to Macy's to buy a bra, panties, and some makeup, and most of all, I craved the hard touch of a man, on my soft, instantly-color-transformed feminine body.

Colors are different for some, but for the most part: Watch out for colors you all!!! Colors are inherently magical and all associations regarding color and gender in your particular culture, are absolutely true, and nothing you can do can break you free from the chains of gender-color!!! Being more open minded might possibly lead to sudden death, so please... be careful when choosing the color of an object. Your life and character that you are trying to build from other people's associations, depend on your proper judgment.

 

[Quiara]

I'm a guy, and I modded my white MacBook with an airbrushed sparkly magenta exterior, Swarovski crystals on each key, and there is a rose-pink feather puff where the Apple logo used to be. With my modded MacBook (2.16), I was checking my e-mail in Starbucks last night, when all of a sudden, I started playing football and then five woman jumped on me and started having sex with me, and then my shirt ripped off my torso from my explosively rippling muscles, so then I let out a roar that cracked the walls and caused the ceiling to cave in, and while my mouth was open, into it fell a crate pork rinds, a 512 oz rare T-bone steak, a turkey leg, and asphalt rocks- all of which I swallowed after chewing 12 times- all whilst snapping the backs of 3 Siberian tigers with my bare hands; the fourth tiger torn into a pile of meat chunks and shattered bone, with which I proceeded to have sex with, after the five women each had about- oooh, I'd say- 400 orgasms each.

So results really vary when it comes to character defining colors. Like for example, I used to own a black MacBook until last week, but RIGHT after I walked out of the Apple Store with it, I started to walk on my tiptoes, I ran across the way to Macy's to buy a bra, panties, and some makeup, and most of all, I craved the hard touch of a man, on my soft, instantly-color-transformed feminine body.

Colors are different for some, but for the most part: Watch out for colors you all!!! Colors are inherently magical and all associations regarding color and gender in your particular culture, are absolutely true, and nothing you can do can break you free from the chains of gender-color!!! Being more open minded might possibly lead to sudden death, so please... be careful when choosing the color of an object. Your life and character that you are trying to build from other people's associations, depend on your proper judgment.

I love you.

 

[janey]

As a power-conscious, computer-literate female with a WHITE MacBook, I take exception to this. We're not all airheads concerned with carrying something "pretty" instead of powerful, you know.

I got my black MacBook because it's pretty. And because it reminded me of the black PowerBook G3s, which I really liked.

However, it sticks out like a sore thumb because it's dark but not designed by Dell/HP/etc., because it's not white, and because it's not a MBP, but hey, it works for me. It's like there's this unspoken rule that all coders must have MBPs, hah screw that. I'll stick with my lighter sexier more durable black MB.

(By the way, Firefly rocks )

At first I was all like "it's a boys laptop", but now that I have it I don't even think about it...The white is nice though...

White gets too dirty. Had iBooks before this one. If Apple didn't offer black, I would have either gotten a MBP (and would have been unhappy), or I would have gotten it painted black...or anything but white or pink, frankly (which costs more than the black mb from apple with disappointing results).

At the end of the day, my MacBook is a tool... I bought it simply because it was what I needed, not to make some kind of statement – the colour wasn't even a consideration.

Color is definitely a consideration for me, otherwise I wouldn't necessarily be considering Apple for my laptop. Dell is just realizing this by offering one of their laptops in multiple colors.

Who says your computer can't look good? It's most certainly a tool, but for me it's a tool I use daily for both school and work, and so if I'm going to be carrying around a laptop, it might as well be a nice sleek one in a color I like.

 

[Quiara]

I'm not saying it's wrong to want to carry something pretty. I was just miffed that someone would assume that as a woman, that's my ONLY consideration. Yeah, style is part of Apple's appeal. And yes, I liked the fact that I could get a shiny blue computer as my first Mac. But that's not WHY I bought it. It was a side benefit, not a reason, for me. I'm too much of a geek to sacrifice performance for pretty. ^_^

(And yes - I <3 Firefly with a Big Damn Passion. ^_^)

 

[sbluetruck]

oh, did i mention black has this tendancy to show fingerprints.... a LOT.

sure, white gets a little dirty, but if you're talking about your masculinity, isn't gettin down and dirty a good thing

 

[Dybbuk]

I'm not saying it's wrong to want to carry something pretty. I was just miffed that someone would assume that as a woman, that's my ONLY consideration. Yeah, style is part of Apple's appeal. And yes, I liked the fact that I could get a shiny blue computer as my first Mac. But that's not WHY I bought it. It was a side benefit, not a reason, for me. I'm too much of a geek to sacrifice performance for pretty. ^_^

(And yes - I <3 Firefly with a Big Damn Passion. ^_^)

You are right to say that nobody should assume that because you are a woman, you only want something pretty, and I am sorry if my response did not respect this.

Also, shiny blue? You kick ass. I am waiting for a (RED) MacBook.

Spending extra money for a coordinating machine seems impractical. Spending extra money on a computer because it "coordinates" sounds like buying matching shoes and handbags.

Why adorn a wall with paintings? The wall does its job without them!

Honestly, to say aesthetic appeal isn't a worthwhile investment is a little silly.

 

[Bern]

The OP must be kidding right? Brings a whole new meaning to "shallow". Reminds of this drop kick the other day who went into the store and asked if there were any pink iPod Nano's "...it's not for me of course.."

 

[Dybbuk]

The OP must be kidding right? Brings a whole new meaning to "shallow". Reminds of this drop kick the other day who went into the store and asked if there were any pink iPod Nano's "...it's not for me of course.."

I just ordered a pink laptop case. This ridiculous gender paranoia needs to end. Who on Earth decided to attach certain colours to certain genders!?

People, honestly, just buy what appeals to you the most.

 

[ClassicBean]

Can't we end this racism?

 

[SpaceJello]

Gender and Color

Apple takes many of its design cues from Modernist and Minimalist designs where simplicity and the constrasting colors of black and white dominates. Both movements are considered patriarchal, and masculine by many cultural theoriests and philosophers.

Further, if we think of WHITE hospitals, the WHITE House, the WHITE Lincoln Memorial, they signal institution, strength and power -- all are traditionally considered MASCULINE qualities. WHITE as a color is often associated with "GOODNESS" within traditional Judeo-Christian thought, from Classical Greece to the Enlightenment to today (think angels, the white knight, the Pope.)

In essence, to think that WHITE is feminine (within a Western context) is being short-sighted of the color's historical and masculine associations.


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Note that however, in Eastern cultures, WHITE signals death. Instead of wearing BLACK garments at funeral rites, WHITE is worn. As mentioned above, color is contextual and oftened gendered. But I hope that I cleared up the OP's misconception that the white macbook is inherently more "feminine" than the black macbook.