I'm still cynical of the users reporting these issues
more than likely due to the observation that so many
of them are so immature in how they are handling the
situation.
And on what do you base this? I find this really rather offensive. Many who have had this problem have been very polite and stated repeatedly that they love their machines but are frustrated at this issue. And on top of this, they have had to deal with being told that they have filthy hands, that they don't know how to wipe a computer or that they are downright lying. My MacBook has the yellow discolouration issue. I am trying to get it resolved by Apple. I have phoned them, e-mailed them, and my next step - as soon as I get time (I work, you see) - is to take it in so someone can look at it. I do not have filthy hands, and I am not lying or trying to tarnish Apple's reputation in any way. I can hardly be bothered to say this for the hundredth time, but I have had a white iBook for two years and it has no such problem. It is a problem with the plastic of my MacBook, end of: it is just a fact that my machine has a discoloration issue that cannot be cleaned. From what I gather, it seems that this is
not a widespread issue, and that there are just a relative few of us who have been unlucky enough to suffer from this. I would recommend the MacBook in every other way, but I would feel much better about recommending the machine if I knew that Apple would definitely deal with this issue should it arise. It may well be that no new discolouration cases will arise; perhaps it was just a small batch released in the first few weeks. But it does not make the issue any the less real to those of us who have it, and I am getting pretty tired of being called dirty, a liar, an Apple-basher, or now, the latest insult, "immature", just because I have dared to point out that my Apple purchase isn't perfect.