A german Macbook owner has posted this in Macnews.de. It is interesting enough to be made public, I guess. He reported that he had problems with his Macbook due to crashes and d…

Woah that sucks.

Quote: Originally Posted by Dr.Michael A german Macbook owner has posted this in Macnews.de. It is interesting enough to be made public, I guess. He reported that he had prob…

Photoshopped? Looks a little extreme to me.

so what? obviously a freak case

I bet he tried to overclock it so he can play WOW and melted it

Now it has made it to appledefects. Here is the story: http://www.appledefects.com/?p=74

Those pics are effin fake!! It's funny how the pics shown are only extreme close ups so we can't see the whole thing. The shell of the LCD display and the body of the computer look…

I doubt it's a fake. At least not by just distorting images of an intact MB in PS. In this image you can see the fastening latch below the bezel. No PS distortion filter will make…

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon I doubt it's a fake. At least not by just distorting images of an intact MB in PS. In this image you can see the fastening latch below the bez…

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon I doubt it's a fake. At least not by just distorting images of an intact MB in PS. In this image you can see the fastening latch below the bez…

Quote: Originally Posted by hldan . There are a lot of weird kids on the web with a sick sense of humor with money to burn that will buy a MacBook and take the top cover off the…

Quote: Originally Posted by hldan I'm sure the actual pics are not fake by means of photoshop work but they are fake as far as the computer overheating. There are a lot of weird…

it's obvious that the MacBook malfunctioned, but I don't think it Apple is to blame for it, I mean such things aren't supposed to happen, but they do sometimes, and I think Apple h…

Quote: Originally Posted by Ciber So let me get this straight, you want us to believe that crazy scenario you just made up in order to excuse apple of any blame, instead of simp…

Umm. Technically Apple is not a comglomerate. A conglomerate is "a corporation that has diversified its operations usually by acquiring enterprises in widely varied industries." …

Why would part of the case by the screen melt? Why the hell don't these people post full pictures of the computer that aren't blurry? could it be to high blowtorch marks?

Quote: Originally Posted by masugu Umm. Technically Apple is not a comglomerate. A conglomerate is "a corporation that has diversified its operations usually by acquiring ente…

He spelled it correctly the second time, indicating that it was a typo. And he indeed quoted a dictionary definition - that's why he put it in "quotes".

I don't think ive ever heard of a computer getting so hot that it melts... That must be one of the very first MacBooks.

Quote: Originally Posted by analogika He spelled it correctly the second time, indicating that it was a typo. And he indeed quoted a dictionary definition - that's why he put i…

What I don't get is why he put a DVD in it and then left the room for two hours. I mean, what was the point of that? But, to answer my own question, a bit further down in the orig…

If it was closed and not allowed to sleep I could se this happening. But I dont see how this could damage the screen with it open. And why leave the room for two hours when playing…

it's been left in the sun and they wont honour the warranty so he's pissed off

Wow. I wonder how hot it got exactly.