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3D? Do you mean illuminated?

I'm having a hard time finding an image, but I think that the plastic apple (which also illuminates) is not completely flush with the lid - it protrudes slightly from it, or the edges are recessed, and it is slightly rounded.

I'm also probably mixing it up with the older, proper-coloured (black) MacBooks. Someone will be able to give a better answer soon!

G3 PowerBooks and iBooks were the last to feature rounded, protruding Apple logos on the lid (And on the PowerBook, on the bottom as well!) This was before they glowed, and when they appeared upside down to onlookers with the lid up. All G4 models starting with the Titanium PowerBook G4 and everything since have had flush logos.

Cheers - I thought I might be confusing it.

I’ve dug out an old black MacBook I have, and even though it has a light-up logo, it doesn’t look like it has the same 3D look as the Aluminium MacBook Pro.

I found an image that shows the 3D effect: https://www.realrecyclers.com/images/product_images/original...

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