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Apple Replacing Yellowed MacBook Palmrests
Andrew Nagy writes "I noticed recently (as did many other MacBook owners) that the palmrests and general surface of my white MacBook was beginning to yellow. I don't really find it a big deal, but thought I'd check out what Apple was doing about it. They now have a page in their support section dedicated to this issue, but since it just tells you to contact Apple support, I did. I took mine in to the nearest store, and after attempting (and failing) to clean the surface he told me they could order a new surface and replace it in the store... all covered for free under the warranty."
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I have a four-year-old TiBook that says you're wrong.
That said, the level of discoloration is minor enough to not be immediately obvious, could probably be scrubbed off if I cared enough about it (I assume it's just collected oil and dirt), and certainly is not the ugly yellow that shows up on the MacBooks.
You can get onsite warranty support with an Apple laptop -- just buy it from a store that offers it as an option. I got it for my wife's iBook when we bought it at Micro Center. Just because it has "Apple" on the box doesn't mean you can't get an on-site warranty for it.
-- I'm old enough to have lived through six different meanings of the word "hacker."
There seems to be a new problem with the white Macbooks reacting to the sweat in their owner's skin:
Either that, or surfing too much pr0n.