The white 2006 Intel MacBook was my first Mac. Family members opted for the black one. Personally I never liked the black one. A lot of laptops from that era ha

The white 2006 Intel MacBook was my first Mac. Family members opted for the black one. Personally I never liked the black one. A lot of laptops from that era had cases in shades of black/grey/beige. Apple’s all white glossy case was very unique. However the black case did seem to be less prone to scratches. At certain angles small scratches were very visible on the white case. As the article points out the black model came with more storage but during this era of Apple computers the HDD/RAM was user upgradable. So for me at least the black model was not justified. Both of these models irked me because the plastic used was prone to cracking. The bottom case started forming hairline cracks near the screen hinge/sharp corners. The case had a lot of flex. The screen did not perfectly align with the bottom case. The top cover of the keyboard started cracking off where you’d rest your wrist. I was very happy to replace it with a unibody aluminum design in 2011.