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harrisjamieh · Jul 18, 2006, 02:21 AM

Hey'all

Did we ever come to the conclusion that Apple have fully fixed the discolouration problem? I know they have supposidly changed the top plastics.. but has that cured the problems?

Reason I ask is that my machine started to discolour about a week ago, and since have convinced Apple to send me a new machine (as apposed to replacing the top plastics). I'm just hoping they've fixed the manufacturing process, because I can't be bothered to go through all this again... and I've just ordered a second MacBook, and I don't want to be with 2 discoloured books!

I heard its week 26 and above machines that don't seem to discolour due to a new top plastic material... any confirmation of that..?

Cheers

Case · Jul 18, 2006, 02:50 AM

mines a week 25 and shes turning blue. No shes not sad, i mean the color blue.

harrisjamieh · Jul 18, 2006, 03:01 AM

Originally Posted by Case

mines a week 25 and shes turning blue. No shes not sad, i mean the color blue.

Blue??

Case · Jul 18, 2006, 03:01 AM

Yes my friend. A light blue. Im not joking.

Beepcake · Jul 18, 2006, 05:15 AM

Are you, by any chance, a smurf?

craigb6 · Jul 18, 2006, 06:39 AM

Originally Posted by Case

Yes my friend. A light blue. Im not joking.

Do you have a picture you can show?

joel_v · Jul 18, 2006, 08:39 AM

mines a week 23 build, and no discolouration as yet...
ive had it for over 4 weeks, so hopefully that means that its not going to discolour...

nickw311 · Jul 18, 2006, 10:57 AM

Mine is a week 25 and is turning yellowish brown.

fesdds · Jul 18, 2006, 11:39 AM

I have 2 week 20's, one has a dot of staining the size of a pencil lead & the other is stain free. My buddy had one that stained really bad, Apple replaced the plastic and his second one has also stained. They have already said they will replace it, but he is waiting for a bit to change it out.

Case · Jul 18, 2006, 02:27 PM

Indeed I do. Its really light because i took a Mr Clean Magic Easer to it for like an hour. I was a lot darker.

Heebs · Jul 18, 2006, 02:45 PM

Man... I hope mine discolors soon if its going to do it... I want to get it replaced before I leave.

Landos Mustache · Jul 18, 2006, 03:14 PM

If it is blue you might have a shirt staining it.

Case · Jul 18, 2006, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

If it is blue you might have a shirt staining it.

First day I got I wore a grey I <3 NYC shirt, then a white tee, then another white tee. Nope not that.

Jawbone54 · Jul 18, 2006, 03:43 PM

Colorful watch?

kapkorn · Jul 18, 2006, 04:31 PM

Mine is BARELY but it looks more like some oil or dirt, nothing like the pictures I have seen but I cant get it off either.

Case · Jul 19, 2006, 12:36 AM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

Colorful watch?

Not a watch wearing guy.

pheonixash · Jul 19, 2006, 12:53 AM

Originally Posted by joel_v

mines a week 23 build, and no discolouration as yet...
ive had it for over 4 weeks, so hopefully that means that its not going to discolour...

Mine discoloured 6 weeks later, so there's still hope.

I have a question. At the moment, I'm in India, where there is no Apple Service Center.

I'll be going back to Singapore in a month, where I purchased the MB. Will they still honour the issue? Because they could argue that over 2 months of use, the discolouration is within spec. Is there anyway I can avoid this?

muaddib420 · Jul 19, 2006, 11:58 AM

my macbook started discoloring around week 3 (i have a week 20 build). it's very slight and i really have to look at it, but it's definitely there, on the left wristpad. it's not annoying enough for me to bother taking it in and being without it for whatever days.

and for some reason, the discoloring has seemed to stablized. it's looked pretty much the same for about a month now. could be that since i noticed it and read all the hubbub online about it, i've been super-paranoid and try not to touch it too much. plus, i clean it quite often (i've used, in no particular order of effectiveness : windex, 409 cleaner, chlorox bleach stick, mr clean magic eraser, regular water, LCD screen wipes).

Landos Mustache · Jul 19, 2006, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by Case

First day I got I wore a grey I <3 NYC shirt, then a white tee, then another white tee. Nope not that.

What about that BLUE mousepad you have next to it? One second your rubbing your palms on the pad the next on the MacBook.

amazing · Jul 19, 2006, 05:54 PM

No amount of discoloration is "within spec." None. Period. Apple appears to have owned up the problem, but they don't seem to have a clear solution yet, since there are reports of the replacement plastic discoloring as well. So, if the discoloration appears early enough, get a new MB, but if it appears later then wait until they've got a clearly better replacement shell...

masugu · Jul 20, 2006, 12:03 AM

Funny...Was at the San Francisco Apple store last weekend...One whitebook on dsplay was really stained. Guess Apple gave up / did not want to keep replacing whiebooks and let the stained mo fo out there. Maybe there is a better plastic fix coming.

Case · Jul 20, 2006, 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by masugu

Funny...Was at the San Francisco Apple store last weekend...One whitebook on dsplay was really stained. Guess Apple gave up / did not want to keep replacing whiebooks and let the stained mo fo out there. Maybe there is a better plastic fix coming.

I saw the same one at same apple store when i got my white macbook

Dillon-K · Jul 20, 2006, 01:46 AM

Originally Posted by Beepcake

Are you, by any chance, a smurf?

That is so mean but insanely funny at the same time LOL~!!

amazing · Jul 20, 2006, 10:25 AM

OTOH I can't imagine an Apple Store leaving a really stained MB out on display? What's with that? Can't help but wonder what reasoning the Genius Bar or the manager would give?

Eug Wanker · Jul 31, 2006, 09:20 PM

Uh oh, mine has started to stain. My iBooks NEVER stained.

Yakov · Jul 31, 2006, 11:55 PM

there are a few blue spots, but i'd chalk that up to occasions that i use the 'book after my hands have a sloppy makeout session with blue pens

ginoledesma · Aug 1, 2006, 01:44 AM

Mine has just started to turn light reddish-pink on the palm rests. Does anyone know the average turn around time for Apple to replace this? I've heard that they will first *try* to clean it thoroughly but will replace the actual case when that doesn't work.

techtrucker · Sep 2, 2006, 07:27 PM

I've had my week 29 MB for about a month, fairly regularly use, and so far no sign of discoloration at all. More than half the time I'm using it with a bluetooth Mighty Mouse, so trackpad usage is light. And I've been doing a lot of work around the house and am not always squeaky clean when sitting down to compute....but knowing my luck now that I've posted this I'll start seeing discoloration by tomorrow.

TheoCryst · Sep 3, 2006, 12:15 AM

Week 26, and I'm getting some pretty heavy discoloration coming. I figure I'll wait a few more weeks, then head over to the local Apple store here in Tucson and get the casing replaced. Hopefully there will be a permanent solution by then.

PS, how long exactly will they keep my 'book? Is this an in-store fix, or would they need to ship it out to get repaired?

Big Mac · Sep 3, 2006, 12:25 AM

I still don't understand why the MBs get discolored. Was the plastic type changed from the kind that the iBooks were made of?

macbook_2012 · Sep 3, 2006, 11:41 AM

I Have recently sent my macbook back to apple and they replaced the inner case at no charge

. They said that they had a large number bad batches of plastic. I was amazed that i sent it out on a wed. and got it back fri.