Apple MacBook discoloration issues

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If your brand new MacBook mooing isn’t enough of a problem, now there are reports of a casing discoloration issue. It appears that there are more than a few people on Apple’s support site, who are experiencing this issue.

The symptoms of this problem first seem to appear after about 2-3 weeks of use of the Macbook. As you can see in the image to the left, most commonly, yellowish-redish spots appear on the plastic where the palm rests, and on the trackpad button. These spots cannot be removed by any cleaning solution, and seem to only get worse over time.

Macbook owners are speculating that this is the result of the plastic not being able to handle the amount of heat that the Macbook displaces. The Apple Genius Bar has not been able to help anyone so far, as they have not seen this issue before in any of their product lines.

If you are starting to see this problem appear on your MacBook, join the discussions over at Apple’s website. Hopefully, Apple will come up with some solution sooner rather then later, but I just don’t see how they will be able to do anything other than replace the affected laptops.