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

[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

[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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.