Apple confirms the MacBook Air M3 won't be a fingerprint magnet like the Air M2

Date:
Mon, 04 Mar 2024 22:45:16 +0000

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Apple confirmed that the MacBook Air M3 won't attract so many fingerprints anymore thanks to a new coating.

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The similarities between the M3 MacBook Air and its predecessors are
numerous, whether for good or bad, but Apple announced that there will be one key difference between the models.

The midnight color variant for the laptop will not be as bad a fingerprint magnet this time around. Scratchgate, as it was called back in 2022 with the M2 MacBook Air , came about due to the midnight blue version being particularly vulnerable to both fingerprints and scratches.

According to Apple , the new M3 version features a breakthrough anodization seal to reduce fingerprints, similar to the space black M3 MacBook Pro, which was the first of Apples laptops to receive such a coating. Apple seems to
have the solution in hand

Considering how prominent Scratchgate was with the M2 MacBook Air, its good
to see that Apple has properly dealt with the issue by adding this new
coating to better protect the chassis of the M3 version. Especially since buyers are investing in this new product and deserve to have one that maintains its aesthetics.

Hopefully, once the preorders are released and people start getting the
laptop into their hands, the coating will be more than sufficient to protect the outside from fingerprints. However, from what those with the Pro have said, the anodization seal does seem to be as effective in reducing the
amount of fingerprints as Apple is claiming, which is good news for the midnight Air M3. There also havent been any major complaints about scratches on the chassis, which is also a good sign.

Fingers crossed that this coating will be the ultimate solution to this problem and that Apple wont allow such an issue to occur again, as quality
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