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Macbook Pro 13 Space Gray discoloration

Hi guys,

After about three months of using my Macbook Pro 13 2017 (non-touchbar) I’ve noticed strange discoloration caused by just holding my palm on the left side of the trackpad (pic). I’ve contacted Apple support for any info, but since it’s just a ’cosmetic issue’ it is not going to be replaced or repaired. They don’t even know how to fix that. I’ve seen many posts of space gray Macbooks and iPad Pros 10,5 suffering from that issue. And I’ve paid ~2,5k$ not to worry about quality issues and an excellent support.

Is someone having that issue? Or am I alone in this?

iPhone 5, iOS 9.0.2

Posted on May 11, 2018 1:57 AM

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€ervantes93 Author

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Posted on May 11, 2018 3:01 PM

You are sort of wrong - aluminum is not painted, it is anodized. Anodization is a process to add some colour to plain aluminum and to extra coat it for increased wear resistance. So iPaid for that particular coating in order for my laptop to last longer. The next thing is that I compulsively care for that thing even when it comes to cosmetic things. Eventually I digged lots of posts on reddit and many users have that issue. I’m never buying a Macbook again unless that is fixed.

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