Hi,

Any macbook owners facing this problem?... i might change my order to the black one now...

Stain or discoloration...?

I found this one....

http://appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1802

This is soo disappointing..I was looking forward to getting an MB but now im starting to reconsider it a lil..its a lot of money to put down on a machine that starts to look like that after just 2-3 weeks of use.

I don't think this is avoidable. Same goes to other white things. When new looks darn nice, but when kena stain, that's it. That's part of life. Unless you stick those non-adhesive clear cover over the rest or wear a glove.

the thing is, if u read most of the comments in macnn forums, macrumors and the apple site itself, the discoloration is not caused by glove or dirty hands... it's juz the stupid polyurethane shell tat houses the lappie sucks...

i think if sitck the clear cover and if the stain still appears, then *** lor... but i think i'll buy the black one now... dont need the stupid drama of a dirty lappie after 2 wks!... :-)

Sorry ar. Didn't really go and read the comments. Anyway, good for you that you decided on the black. Remember to post some pics later. I aslo wanna buy but currently already short on cash after buying iPod.

after reading about the discoloration on the white macbooks i am seriously reconsidering on getting a macbook :S hopefully the 2nd batch wont have these issues. very *^&%$& la of apple to even have this problem pelik pelik..

wa.. quite serious like that....

Source from appleinsider.com T_T it looked like burn stain..

That is why i bought an IBM ThinkPad rather than other notebooks

Oh man, poor white MacBook owners... another reason to go with the black MacBook, or MBP.

Can your ThinkPad run both Windows XP and Mac OS X?

hafta spend more $$$

oh man.....i have super sweaty hands.....

i dont care if it's the polyurethane that causes this....i still think that sweaty hands will contribute a bit......

dude... i dont think sweaty hands does tat... it does look more like the heat frm the processor tat's causing this... i wonder if anyone dismantled the machine to see how it looks like frm the inside after it's stained... hmmm...

viva la blackbook!...

what i know....
IBM PM 1.7Ghz can run Tiger x86 and XP... also can run XP under Tiger x86

talk bout using cheap quality finishes.. sigh..

A good point to bring up at this point is that a lot of the MBs with the problems have been released with the serial numbers that are pretty close to each other..From reading the Apple Support thread, the serials have been mostly 4H62x and even a few reports of 4H619..So hopefully, it could be an isolated issue affecting the "4H6" serial numbers..

Oh and just for reference, based on a post on that thread, a MB with the serial number "4H621" would mean for

Factory 4H
6 -> 2006
21 -> 21st week

So, the MB was made in the 21st week of 2006 in factory 4H..but again, this is just something i read on an Apple discussion thread..

Thx bahir. for the info
if the discoloration is caused by the heat, hv to use it infront of fan / aircond lorr.. damn it i called the shops where i ordered MB but they said suppose to be middle of this month, but it'salready middle of the month

guys... i checked wit the editor of macworld, and apparently he said tat the discoloration issue is sporadic... it's not on all machines...

"We haven't seen it at all in any of our units here -- it appears to be a sporadic problem.


-jason
--

Jason Snell / VP and Editorial Director, Macworld / jsnell@macworld.com"


Bahir, mayb ur rationale is very true...

I hope so..but we'll see i guess...had read somewhere that Apple has had issues in the past where the problem has been isolated to a particular factory..as recent as the MBPs and the "warping" battery issue were only targeted at a specific serial number set...those with MBs here, what are your serial numbers..? Maybe the Asian market is getting it from a different factory..