MacBooks becoming crackBooks?

The last time Apple had some serious machine cracking going on was way back in the Cube days (unless you want to talk about those minor incidents early on with the nanos) but here's a disturbing new one: MacBooks with exteriors starting to crack and distort the chassis under normal usage conditions. A couple of users on different forums are reporting cracks in nearly identical locations of their week 23 MacBooks, but it's still yet to be seen just how wide spread this one really is. Even after the heat and rebooting issue and the discoloration, we're still not really ready to throw in the towel on the MacBook, but we hope Apple has a solution to this one waiting in the wings.

[Thanks, Luke]

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[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2006 3:09AM]

I'd like to add my name to the list of people whose Apple products have always worked either as expected or better (in the case of GUIs, as I'm a switcher).

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2006 9:40AM]

"i still have a G4 powerbook that is in immaculate condition, because i clean it regularly (inside and outside), i dont load it up with porn and other junk, and i reload os x every year or so (not really needed, but still helps the performance a bit on an older computer)."

Whoa... pr0n causes the case to crack? Who knew?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 27th 2006 12:35PM]

My friend has a MacBook, and within 3 weeks of having one his had a crack appear just to the left of where it's dug out for lifting the screen. It's a fairly nasty crack which is really noticable, and it bulges outwards from the centre, as if something is pushing it outwards.

He took it to an Apple Store, and they said they'd swap it over him. Hes's still getting round to that...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2006 1:03PM]

FWIW, iBook G3s had a similar cracking issue on a corner.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 1st 2006 1:05PM]

"I love it... Mac users are so quick to defend Apple for anything - cracked cases, overheating issues, even the fact that their latest iPods shipped with a Windows virus pre-loaded! Somehow Apple is a absolved from all responsibility."
I guess you haven't spent much time on various Mac forums. The majority of Mac users are as critical of Apple as anybody else.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 5:56AM]

Rick Lyon: "As for given Apple a pass, simply PC users being hypocritical. You've given M$ and Windows a free ride for more than a decade and you call us blindly faithful?"

Rick Lyon, I see the truth behind your comment about PC users giving MS a free ride etc. But at least PC users had the freedom to buy hardware from different manufacturers unlike Mac users who had to buy both software (OS) and its hardware from Apple. Having blind faith is not about being a PC user or a Mac user but it's a part of being human... but factually, Mac users have been having _more_ blind faith than PC users. Maybe they're more human... "praise the lord!" :\

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2006 6:24AM]

Superdotman: "I'd like to add my name to the list of people whose Apple products have always worked either as expected or better (in the case of GUIs, as I'm a switcher)."

What are you defending your parent's honour or something? Why don't you add some reasoning to this issue rather than standing behind some heartless company that won't give a rat's butt about you, implying something stupid like "I never got cancer therefore cancer is not a problem"?

[(Unverified) Posted May 1st 2007 9:43AM]

Just an update on my Week 20 MacBook.
Lodged a case with Apple and they said this is not covered by AppleCare.

Bummer!

[(Unverified) Posted May 1st 2007 8:24PM]

this happened to mine 2!!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 14th 2008 11:59AM]

my palm rests cracked (apple replaced under warranty) and now underneath the palm rests the case is cracking heavily (apple said they couldn't do anything)

anyone else try getting this repaired under their apple care?