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Endangered Classic Mac Plastic Color Returns As 3D-Printer Filament
Thursday June 5, 2025. 12:00 PM , from Slashdot
![]() The Platinum color, which Apple used in its desktop and portable computer lines starting with the Apple IIgs in 1986, has become synonymous with a distinctive era of classic Macintosh aesthetic. Over time, original Macintosh plastics have become brittle and discolored with age, so matching the 'original' color can be a somewhat challenging and subjective experience. Strosnider said he paid approximately $900 to develop the color. 'Rather than keeping the formulation proprietary, he arranged for Polar Filament to make the color publicly available [for $21.99 per kilogram],' adds Ars. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/06/05/0012257/endangered-classic-mac-plastic-color-returns-as...
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