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?"

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Re:As long as it works

[drinkypoo]

"....this is a company that has made it's living on how things look, as well as how things work, their product reliability, and support."

If you believe that, I've got a big red bridge in Central/Northern California to sell you. The support contract is extra.

Since system 6, and until OSX, Apple was about looks ONLY. PERIOD. MacOS 7 was crap. MacOS 8 was crap. MacOS 9 was slightly more reliable crap, but still CRAP. System 6 was superior to Windows 3.1; With System 7, I changed my mind, because it took longer to boot and crashed a whole hell of a lot more often.

In addition, since the time just before the quadras came out, Apple was the slowest thing around, until the time when the G4 came out. Then the G4 got beat down, and they were on the bottom again, until the G5 came out. Now, they've gone intel and all bets are off, but the point is that for most of their lifetime, Apple has had the SLOWEST computers around.

I've had multiple people tell me that they gave up on Apple specifically because of service. Even today, Apple service is bullshit. If you buy an iPod nano at Best Buy (or similar) and you have problems with it you walk back in and they replace it, usually without asking you any questions besides those about you, for fraud prevention. Try this at an Apple store sometime. Your nano gets shipped back and you wait.

Finally, there are very likely far more people buying Apples because of style than because of substance. There just aren't that many computer nerds out there, per capita. Apple makes their money on style, not how well it works. That doesn't mean it doesn't work well, only that the style is a more signifcant reason to purchase a Mac for most of the people who do so.