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

As long as it works

[Silver Sloth]

who cares what it looks like?

Re:As long as it works

[Anonymous Coward]

who cares what it looks like?

Yes, after all, Apple's customers are fairly rational and not easily fooled by appearance.

(Try reading above phrase this with a straight face.)

Re:As long as it works

[zuzzabuzz]

"Everytime someone says 'who cares what it looks like' Steve Jobs dies a little bit."
Who cares what it looks like?






mwuhahahahahah!

But I do believe in fairies.

Re:As long as it works

[masklinn]

Oh yeah I had things like that, little metal cars which changed color when I dropped them in hot water, can I get that on my mac? My friends will be sooo amazed when i'll drop my brand new macbook a tub full of hot water and they see it change color.

Re:As long as it works

[Silver Sloth]

Well actually I used my 2 week old estate (station wagon in the USA) to take horse manure from the local stables to my back garden so yes, exactly, a car is a car, and a PC is PC, both are topols and the aesthetics come a long way second, but then I don't own an Apple.

Re:As long as it works

[Anonymous Coward]

#/usr/bin/perl
#killsteveapp.pl

BEGIN {
print "really?\n";
}

while(&isAlive) {
print "who cares what it looks like? ";
}

END {
print "\nMuhahahahahhahaha!\n";
}
#unfortunately, since he dies "only a little bit," end of life is asymptotic
#and may never be reached (in a continuous reality).

Re:As long as it works

[Kadin2048]

Oh yeah I had things like that, little metal cars which changed color when I dropped them in hot water, can I get that on my mac? My friends will be sooo amazed when i'll drop my brand new macbook a tub full of hot water and they see it change color.

I've got a better one: drop your friend's MacBook in a tub of hot water and watch him change color!

Re:As long as it works

[CaptDeuce]

What about the popularity of windows? Does that fit the description of something that "works, but isn't pretty"?

Works? Your Windows works? Mine just lies around the house all day watching TV and eating potato chips. It never washes the dishes -- and laundry? Sheesh! socks and underwear are piled up to here!

As for pretty, well, it should either shave or grow a proper beard. This "grunge" thing is just awful!"

Re:As long as it works

[cmacb]

"It would be nice if Apple would abandon the white cases for notebooks altogether."

I've heard beige looks nice.

Re:As long as it works

[thatguywhoiam]

When they tried to put out standard PC-looking beige boxes, their sales went into the toilet.

And when they put out toilet-looking boxes, their sales went beige.

Re:As long as it works

[krakelohm]

You heard wrong.

Dirty

[Anonymous Coward]

Damn you dirty apes!

Or what is Steve Jobs thinking right now Alex.

Had to be said

[Alien54]

"get your filthy hands off my machine!"

we now return your to your regularly scheduled discussion

It's the Intel chip forcing the case to turn beige

[Anonymous Coward]

It was always going to happen.

What?

[gowen]

An Apple product whose novel, groovy and stylish exterior wasn't designed with longevity as a prerequisite?

I'm shocked, shocked.

Re:What?

[oudzeeman]

*looks down at white apple keyboard*

Note to self: stop eating lunch at desk

Apple user that forgot to wash their hands?

[pebs]

Three computer users, one Windows, one Apple, one Linux go to the restroom. After being done, the Apple user washes his hands and uses a lot of paper towels to dry them. He says: "Apple users are very thorough."

The Windows user washes his hands, takes only one paper towel and uses even the last little bit. He says: "Windows users are not only thorough, but very economical."

Then they look at the Linux user who just walks out of the door, looks back and says: "Linux users don't piss on our hands."

Re:Apple user that forgot to wash their hands?

[isa-kuruption]

Linux users also don't unzip and pull it out, which explain the yellow spots on their tighty-whiteys instead of their laptops.

Re:Apple user that forgot to wash their hands?

[birge]

Linux users have Linus Torvalds hold their dicks and Richard Stallman ends up covered in piss.

Re:Apple user that forgot to wash their hands?

[jdcook]

Are there any tarballs though?

Yellow and flaky?

[smooth wombat]

Are they sure it is isn't the coating from cheddar cheese snacks that they've been munching on?

If there's a bit of orange then it's probably just the Cheetos.

Black MacBook

[vjmurphy]

So, I guess that extra $150 for the black version seems like a good deal now.

A flavor for everyone it seems

[thallgren]

For the iPod carrying running persons there's the fresh white MacBook.

For the cool designers there's the black MacBook.

For the party-party people there's now the new Nicotine-yellow colored MacBook. :)

They're not alone

[dmjones500]

I've had these problems for years on my PC. Sticky keyboards, strange streaks across the monitor, bad odours eminating from my dvd drive...

I just put it down to loneliness...

Great news!

[squiggleslash]

This new development means that, finally, it's possible to run Mac OS X legally on a Beige-box PC.

Cleaning agents.

[Jerk City Troll]

Among the remedies tried has been the popular iKlean line of products, Windex and even the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser all with different degrees of success.

Come on, we all know that would never work.

Hmm

[thelonestranger]

I guess these Apple users REALLY love their new machines, they should probably wipe them off afterwards if they want to avoid any unsightly embarassing stains, that or use a tissue in the first place.

Re:Hmm

[Matey-O]

[chapelle]I don't know what they make the keys out of, but it's non-stick![chapell]

http://media.putfile.com/s-Show---Apple-Switch-Spo of-1

Re:One question...

[rtyall]

"News just in, Apple have reported that their products discolour when exposed to sperm. Since the news release every one of the complaints have been mysteriously dropped."

Re:Seriously...

[Anonymous Coward]

I've heard people say that sweat can be acidic, or that the oils are different for some people. Maybe that's true, maybe not, but I do know that I have to change the plastic watch strap I wear every year or so because it becomes brittle and cracks (other people can get away with the same strap for many years). I've even tried swapping to a silicone strap that is supposed to last a lifetime, and it is already hardening after 18 months.

Sure, it's the oil that's making your watch straps get crusty and hard. How could we possibly think it was anything else? :)

Colored

[dargaud]

white discoloring to yellow ?!? Shouldn't it be coloring ?

Oh! A word scramble! I LIKE THESE!

[Anonymous Coward]

"your Get hands filthy machine of my!"

You reap what you sew

[Junior J. Junior III]

Seriously, maybe white wasn't the best choice of colors? I guess it's better than the translucent "Look at all the dust I keep in there!" cases from the first generation iMac era, but Apple really ought to consider going back to the drawing board. Maybe some fashion-conscious people would scoff at the idea of a shit-brown MacBook, but you wouldn't have this problem any longer.

"Hey, Johnson, it looks like someone smeared poo all over your laptop."

"It's not a laptop, it's a MacBook. It's supposed to be brown."

"Ooooh, nice then. Keep up the great work!"

Quit doing...

[Anonymous Coward]

...all that meth and your sweat won't be full of corrosive chemicals.

Re:Simple Green

[k4_pacific]

Isn't that the stuff that's made out of people?

Re:Seriously...

[Greyfox]

(Apple and PC guy in a men's urinal)
PC Guy: Hi! I'm a PC!
Apple Guy: Hi! I'm an Apple!
(They finish up and the Apple guy goes to wash his hands, the PC guy heads right out)
Apple Guy: (Smugly) Over at Apple they teach us to wash our hands!
PC Guy: Over in PC land they teach us not to piss on our hands!

Re:it's not a new issue

[McBainLives]

I carried a G3 iBook for two years of heavy use. Never saw anything that a little alcohol couldn't fix. Try two shots of Wild Turkey- it'll look fine...

You know, the government spent a long time testing those new dollar coins to find an alloy that would keep its shine. It didn't work. Nothing that gets used stays clean. Probably some sort of entropy thing.

Re:Good question, unGood answer

[Anonymous Coward]

If you're going to go the whole pretentious "I'm smarter than you" route Mensa_Babe, then you really might want to put some effort into not sounding stupid.

"Sadly the answer is: Yes."

Yes, very sad. The question wasn't asking for a yes or no answer. Your response is similar to answering 'potato' to 'how much is 2 + 2?'.

Maybe I ain't gots the book-learnin' to be in Mensa, but I do have a spell checker...

"...have to realise that..."

realiZe

"...majority of masculin computer..."

masculinE

"...in the ninetities."

nine titties or nineties

I'll let you slide on 'uncolorful' and 'olfactoric'...

Geez, isn't there some kind of testing process for admittance to Mensa?

Re:One question...

[kieran]

My instincts say the culrpit is Cheetos.

Busines oportunity!

[dark-br]

Hmmmmm... I have the urge to start a new company selling latex gloves with the apple logo printed on them. "iGloves"

I am having a similar problem with my Osborne 1

[Tired and Emotional]

The paint on the keyboard where my palms rest has all worn off.

This is what you get for having a good rep...

[ivan256]

Apple has built a reputation for style, and this is what they get if there's even a little chink in the armor. If they don't want stories like this, they should be more like Dell and have this stuff be so common nobody bothers to write about it.

Yes, that's just lovely...

[Anonymous Coward]

Can you do me a favor, though?

If we ever meet in person, could you first tell me that you don't wash your hands after going to the bathroom? That way I'll know to avoid any physical contact with you whatsoever.

It's completely normal--

[theraccoon]

This is normal, really. You know those toothbrushes with the blue strip, and when it fades you're supposed to replace it? Yeah, it's like that, but when your MacBook turns yellow, you're supposed to buy another.