which after years of staring at simple, plain white or gray boxes was new and spectacular ... It wasn’t until Mac OS X 10.3 that brushed metal made its audacious leap for the mainstream.

That brushed-metal exterior really pops out when you first ... a laptop when you leave it attached to the keyboard. Its pale gray magnesium build gives the Surface Book a classy modern look ...

All of the cases we saw on display have the same basic look and design: they’re all black, with a brushed metal finish and gray metal interiors. That may sound somewhat dreary, but up close in ...