AAAAAAHHHHHHH NOOOO!!!! THE PAIN!!

[njmac]

My 12" power book has a warp that looks identical to yours.

I dropped mine. I did kind of hammer it a little (fairly gently) back into place. It's not perfect but it is better.

 

[NEENAHBOY]

Same kind of thing happened to me on my 15" Rev. B. A visible slope was present above the optical drive after getting it back from a logic board replacement, and they happily fixed it. Of course, that created other problems!

 

[greatdevourer]

You aint seen nothin. I have large patches of black spots (where the finish came off), including an annoying line across the front of the bottom part, which just so happens to be the same width as the aluminum frame round the screen...

 

[MattG]

Hehe...I love when threads started 5 months ago are brought back from the dead, especially when they're ones I started

Well I haven't bothered trying to get it fixed. I use this laptop all the time and don't really want to be without it. I've 'tapped' the metal back into place for the most part, and it hasn't warped again. I can live with it how it is I guess.

 

[applemacdude]

To clarify, you mean higher standards for heat sensitivity, which puts you in quite a niche market indeed, nothing wrong with that. A consumer with higher standards for performance, for example, would get the most powerful, best-spec'd computer their budget allowed. Earlier, you sounded a bit like a keyboard-feel-priority person yourself, which is why you said you were ditching the iBook: and that too is not an issue that everyone agrees is critical to laptop choice, but maybe to you it was important, if not as important as heat.

Anyway, you think the computers you saw get too hot; I think mine doesn't. Who's right? Both of us: you're right for your tastes, and I'm right for mine. No one should have to use a computer that makes them uncomfortable, if they have a choice in the matter. But as far as either of us can tell from these boards-- which can otherwise be quite the complaint magnets-- most people are not upset with the temperature of their 12" PBs (except maybe the rev. A folks). Sorry it didn't work out for you; you don't need me to tell you that the iBooks are fine machines anyway.

maybe he meant he had more important things to spend his money on than a computer......

 

[lorenzo]

god damn what the hell....
this post caused me to look at my bottom right corner... and yep you guessed it, tiny small signs of warpage. the crack is obviously thicker on the right then the left side.

I JUST GOT THIS POWERBOOK 3 MONTHS AGO!

not to mention the esc key is crooked. apple really seems to have a huge ton of problems of its own that people seem to forget about when they are googling over how great macs are.

 

[cplusd]

Around this last Christmas I dropped my backpack with my 15 PowerBook (Rev. D) in it. It fell from about 5 1/2 to 6 feet and landed right on the corner where the DVI port is located. It did a nice little number on the corner and was shocked it still worked. I actually was able to bend 90% of it back, but boy was that a close call.

Not to put down most PC laptops but I don't see plastic cases taking those kind of falls and keep on ticking without missing a beat.

 

[devman]

My 17" 1Ghz has been doing much the same thing for nearly 2 years now, AND it's been dropped, it's corroding where my right hand rests, all the feet fell off and it runs hot under loading (usually ProTools or Final Cut).

The Power supply input is dented in where my dog caught his paw in the cable and dragged it off the sofa, and the trim on that corner is lifted.

This is a tool, it wears it's scars with pride, the more dinged it gets the better I like it, the Al machines are tough enough, it rides in a Brenthaven every day across London, it's used in lectures in studios and on location and it's never complained.

I love this machine, it's getting a bit slow now, but I'll have to think very carefully before I change it.

People are too precious about keeping their tools perfect.

great post. well said. a nice bit of balance to the thread before it degenerates into another mass hysteria "horizontal lines" or "ipod scratches" extravaganza...

 

[dorqiekat]

Well of course! It just wouldn't suit me that's all. Out of curiosity, if you had your way, what would you like to see them made of?

diamonds.

 

[.Andy]

god damn what the hell....
this post caused me to look at my bottom right corner... and yep you guessed it, tiny small signs of warpage. the crack is obviously thicker on the right then the left side.

I JUST GOT THIS POWERBOOK 3 MONTHS AGO!

not to mention the esc key is crooked. apple really seems to have a huge ton of problems of its own that people seem to forget about when they are googling over how great macs are.

Two powerbooks over six years and no problems here. Nothing that I didn't do myself.

If you just got yours 3 MONTHS AGO and it has defects just TAKE IT BACK. Don't just type on the internet about it. They'll rectify the problems as they are obliged to do.

 

[dorqiekat]

No. In the picture, you can see black between the trim and the aluminum, mine is nowhere near that big (plus, he says the pic was after he'd banged it back into place). I can post a pic of my own if necessary.

Anyway, my gap allows a piece of paper in (only as deep as the width of the trim itself), but not my thumbnail. So it's pretty small.

EDIT: I took a picture. I have to admit, it looks worse in the picture than it does to my eyes, but this is an extreme closeup:

EDIT2: to better put in in context, here's a pic from an angle similar to his. My imperfection is decidedly minor, and invisible from this angle:

My point about all this was did his start like mine and get worse? Mine has not grown at all, as far as I know.

mine looked liked that right out of the box. Didn't really think of it. I think it's normal.

 

[joepunk]

I've got the same thing on happening to my PB.

Also the aluminum surrounding the power supply port is bent. Don't know if it was caused by a slight drop or warping (don't really think it is warping though).

 

[generik]

Don't worry, new dual core PBs are just on the horizon

 

[shieldyoureyes]

I swear this thread cursed me! I was reading it earlier toda and I just got out of class, went to go do some homework and noticed that the palm rest area is seperating from the aluminum body! I have a 12" and its happening about inch to the right of the screen release thingy. Right now its less that a milimeter, but this powerbook is only 3 months old!

Maybe I'll wait a few months before i call apple care. hopefully it wil get so hideous, they will send me a new intel powerbook.
/dream

 

[joepunk]

Maybe I'll wait a few months before i call apple care. hopefully it wil get so hideous and the will send me a new intel powerbook.
/dream

Keep dreaming like the rest of us

 

[hana]

....looking on the bottom of my 15" tibook (the last model made as a ti)
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...ack.....I've lost one of my rubber feet on the left side.
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I suddenly have the urge to limp around on my left side....
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NOT
......just going to live with it....start lighting candles and hope for revision b of the Intel powerbook....

 

[mcgarry]

man, what's this thread still doing alive? thought I'd check in ...

I can report that my PB looks exactly the same today as it did in those pictures I posted earlier, nothing ever got any worse. The pictured stuff is not even noticeable unless you are specifically trying to look for case imperfections.

Overall, I have to say my 12" has held up well, despite a lot of commuting with it on public transit and ever-so-occasionally by bike; somehow, it still looks showroom.