[RAB]

Just got a Macbook a few days ago - the white model w/2 gigs of memory and a burner. The first day I had it, I installed a few standard apps - Firefox, Opera, Carbon emacs. I also instlled the 1.1 SMC Firmware Update, which completed without a problem.

That night I shut it off (I didn't put it to sleep - I know I shut it off). The next morning it wouldn't start - no video, no noises, no lights, nothing at all. I did all the steps in the manual to try & start it, with no go. Called Apple Care and they said I should exchange it.

That was two nights ago. Tonight I thought I would give it another try, so I opened the case, and it seemed to come awake - as if it had been asleep rather than shut down! I have since rebooted several times - it restarts fine; it sleeps fine. When I shut down and restart, however, it's odd - I get highly variable delays before it will actually boot. Usually it's 20 seconds or so after I press the power button, but once it was only 2 or 3 seconds.

Everything else seems fine, but I'm nervous about keeping this model past the 14 day return period. Anyone else ever have this experience w/variable delays before booting?

[Big Mac]

Obviously there's a hardware problem of some sort. Return it.

[Cold Warrior]

You could try restoring your firmware on the chance it's related to that.

Apple - Support - Downloads - Firmware Restoration CD 1.4

[Andhee]

You don't want your expensive machine to break on you after a little while, so i'd return it asap to get peace of mind, I definately would.

It's a shame your new machine has been playing up, because I've got the same spec'd macbook as you and I've had no problems with it and I only got mine a few weeks ago.