Comments on: MacBook Impressions

By: Eamonn

Eamonn — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:04:04 +0000

I now have permanent pain in my right (trackpad-using) wrist. I asked them if I can sand the edge down without affecting the warranty. Apparently it would affect the warranty. I feel a class-action lawsuit coming on if they don’t do something about this.

By: rachel

rachel — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:27:41 +0000

I too have suffered this problem for months; last night I got to work with some sandpaper – and it’s worked a treat! how I wish I’d done this ages ago. So easy. I just masked everything off VERY carefully (screen, keyboard, all ports, DVD slot etc) with paper & masking tape, to within a couple of millimetres of the troublesome edge – then took some 150 grit for a first quick rub followed by some 320 grit paper for a really good smoothing off rub, dusted off with a clean paintbrush & removed the paper – and hey presto it’s like having my good old ibook G4 back under my wrists!! I know this shouldn’t be necessary; I know that it seems brutal and scary but really it was perfectly straightforward, took about 15 minutes, is invisible to naked eye and has cured the problem completely! No expensive gel pads for me!!

By: Pete Jenkins

Pete Jenkins — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:55:08 +0000

I encountered the same problem. Here’s what I ended up doing: http://pete4512.blogspot.com/2006/10/macbook-sharp-edges.html

By: Pablo

Pablo — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 13:39:21 +0000

Sir… I like you researched the sharp edge problem. I unlike you did not wait to see what goes on and decided to return the macbook (the oven) to the Apple store where it was purchased. I explained to the manager that i was there to see if there was a remedy for the ONLY flaw that my wife was unwilling to live with (keep in mind she is “graduating” from a G3 ice white 12″ 800MHz iBook). One guy suggested that she might be typing incorrectly. I asked if Apple was paying for the typing and ergonomics classes that my wife should sign up for to remedy the situation. “Well, there is this product that tilts the machine…”, I said STFU already. Is Apple going to pay for this product that my wife is forced to use to save her wrists?. I am willing to pay good cash on a bet that wagers on a quick redesign of the sharp edge on the Macbook. The sad part is that in order to avoid admitting that it a is a design flaw, Stevie will put the new case on a duo core 2 machine instead of a revision to the macbook duo core. In the meantime, like you sagely point out the obvious: A large number of PC based users that are comming to the right side will be proven correct when they go back to their PC with cut wrists (well , ok, not cut, per se but rather severly pained and marked wrists). Why should a person in search for an affordable intel based duo core machine even consider a torture device such as the MacBook when not one laptop in exsistence (apple or otherwise) inflicts such intolerable pain on its users for such a high price? How many additional cents does it cost apple to rig a machine with a dremel that can sand every macbook before it exits the factory? heck, I would pay $20 more dollars on top of the over $1000 to get my machine feeling right if I were my wife.

The bottom line is that I am sure mercedez benz would have a factory full of cars if the only flaw was that a sharp edge was on the 5 and 7 o’clock positions ot their stearing wheels. Oh, and don’t feed me the line about driving correctly with your hands at the 10 and 2 o’clock position would eliminate the problem.

I returned the machine and the smart apple store manager waived the 10%restocking fee before i snapped… Fothermuckers!