As I said in a related thread, I saw "wear" much more apparent in the black finish MacBook. Apparently, it gets worse than that. More cost and finish problems.... I don't really se…

Seems like Apple's gonna have to adjust their margin on the BlackBook...negatively. I'm now thinking the BlackBook should be 1099$ and the WhiteBook should be 1299$+.

Too bad, b/c I was really trying to get myself to like the matte finish, but I couldn't. If this is true then there is no way that I'm getting a blackmac edit: this wouldnt be th…

I hope this is just a fairly isolated event. I have other devices with a matte black finish and they don't scratch like that.

I saw one today and you could see the paint damage - I would have thought that after all those years with the TIs, they would have learned about paint!

Hmm... The Pismo / Lombards never had this issue - right?

The only thing they might have had was the rubberized part in the middle getting worn off. But the plastic itself was fine. I still find it hard to believe that the MacBook's finis…

I'm gonna have to try a little scrapey-scrapey when I finally get my ass to an Apple Store to gawk at the new 'Books. From pictures, I'd heretofore thought they both look great. I…

well, the op seems to imply you could test this simply by rubbing your finger along the finish and pushing your nail onto it, casual like, just a little. you don't need a screwdriv…

Yeah, that's why I conjectured they'd be watching like hawks, not like, um, things that don't see so good.

Maybe the scratched demo books will go on sale Seriously, I need to go to a store and look c l o s e l y at the BlacBook. I got lucky with my Ti PB. No paint peeling. I want…

Tried the scraching trick earlier in an Apple store, and didn't get any flakes

Assuming this story is true, how could Apple screw this up? How long have manufacturers been making black laptops? Seriously, this sort of thing shouldn't happen anymore.

Quote: Originally Posted by Spliff Assuming this story is true, how could Apple screw this up? How long have manufacturers been making black laptops? Seriously, this sort of thi…

I also suspect this is isolated, or we'd be hearing about it more. I'm ordering the BlackBook today! If flaking is really as bad as suggested, it'll be easy enough to return it any…

hrm the black definitely looks sexy if it's matte...but i have to say with regards to the ibook i was always more of a switch kind of guy vs apoch.

I had a Pismo, and that thing could take a licking and keep on ticking. Over the years, it picked up a few minor scuffs because it had a "rubberized" coating on parts of the exter…

I dunno... we heard this about nano scratches at first, and the TI paint problems lasted for years. I hoped that they were going to use black plastics, but it doesn't appear to …

yeah that whole doubleshot w/ rubber thing was awesome, those clambooks were indestructable.

Quote: Originally Posted by freshyill I had a Pismo, and that thing could take a licking and keep on ticking. Over the years, it picked up a few minor scuffs because it had a "…

my Pismo won't start up! Been dormant for about a year...any suggestions? Was still running os 9. Not sur what could have happened!

no suggestions ... I thought my problem was the HD, but it wasn't ... mine just goes to the white/grey bootscreen, and never any further. Pismo, R.I.P.

I think that's how mine finally died. My sister has had it for the past year or so, but I can ask, just to be sure. Quote: Originally Posted by masugu my Pismo won't start up…

I think that all these cases that are being listed here on the board are rare instances.

My Lombard is still alive running Panther, but I have been using it less and less (once every few days). I've been thinking of selling it for years, but I just can't part with it.…