Heat, Whine, and Now Yellow MacBooks

unPlugged-2.0 writes "It appears that Apple's woes with the new MacBook line continue as there have been reports on the forum that the finish on the new MacBook is flaking off or turning yellow. An article on Daily Tech summarizes this report saying: 'Some users have reported the palm rest area, touchpad and mousepad of their new white MacBooks has begun to discolor.' It goes on to say that 'some users on the Apple support forums are reporting moderate to severe discoloration near the palm rest and other locations of their new white MacBooks. At least one user has posted images of the problem to Flickr.' Is this a case of just dirty hands or could it be another problem in Apple's new Intel saga?"

Comments

Clean it?

[Anonymous Coward]

Wash your f* hands. It's white. You sweat and leave your grease everywhere.

Spray some f* Windex on your Macbook and whipe it clean with a proper cleaning cloth. OMFG. Clean.
Same problem as with white iBooks, except it was less visible coz they were gray around the palm area

People can be so dumb.

Good question

[Mensa Babe]

Is this a case of just dirty hands or could it be another problem in Apple's new Intel saga?

Sadly the answer is: Yes.
We have to realise that Apple computers start to be much less "Mac" than ever. They used to be bright and lively, especially in color, showing or characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement. Now they are colorless, drab, dull, lifeless, plain, uncolorful. Furthermore, they embrace Intel's mainstream processing units which means that one can install Windows, Linux, GNU and FreeBSD on them. Hell, even KeyKOS. Obviously it makes them much more appealing to the majority of masculin computer nerds who happen to be much less sensitive to the olfactoric signs of the need of detergents than the average Mac user in the ninetities. I expect similar problems exploding during the next 12 months when Apple computers gain the market coverage. Ironically, problems like this one are clear signs of Apple's success which is something all of us should be proud of.