My MacBook cuts like a knife

I have a long history of being immune to most of the widespread problems that people tend to have with Apple hardware, but today my luck has run out. I have started using a new MacBook (black, thanks for asking) as a replacement for my aging 12-inch Powerbook. Although I hate the extra weight it adds to my backpack, the speed and functionality the MacBook offers when I am on-the-go made it appealing enough for me to finally give in.

Until yesterday I'd been mostly using an external keyboard and mouse with the MacBook since I haven't had to lug it around with me much lately. But since I am a mobile blogging machine here at Macworld, I am using the built-in keyboard and trackpad all week and realizing that all those reports I read about the edges on some MacBooks being sharp as a Ginsu are true: my own MacBook is afflicted.In the past 24 hours my wrists and forearms have become tattooed with little slice marks and my MacBook has already drawn blood when I scraped my thumb on the edge while clumsily reaching for a cable. I have a fairly high threshold for pain, but this is really starting to hurt! Boy, is this going to be a looong week.

I figured some foam wrist-wrest pads might help, but the only ones I could find use adhesive and I am not about to "stick" anything to my MacBook that isn't removable without resorting to Goo Gone. I'm tempted to walk over to the Apple Store on Stockton and see if I can talk them into replacing/exchanging it under warranty with the hopes that the newer one wouldn't be as sharp, but there's, um, some Mac thing going on in town this week so the Apple Store is a bit busy.

If you're looking for me at Macworld this week, I won't be hard to spot. I'll be the chick with the bloody gauze wrapped around her arms. Feel free to share your own pain in the comments if your Macbook cuts like a knife, too!