Jeff Campbell
04-09-2009, 04:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10215692-37.html?tag=mncol;title' target='_blank'>http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-1...tag=mncol;title</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Apple has apparently begun to acknowledge the existence of small white cracks in older plastic MacBooks, according to a report. AppleInsider says Apple service providers started receiving notices last month that the plastic chassis on the white 13-inch MacBook released in 2006 can crack in four different spots. Apple had previously helped out users who had noticed hairline cracks around the trackpad on the top of the notebook, but did not acknowledge cracks in other places as a design flaw, according to AppleInsider."</em></p><p><em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1239237889.usr105634.jpg" /></em></p><p><a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/04/08/apple_addressing_cracks_on_white_macbooks_casings.html" target="_blank">AppleInsider</a> also has a nice collage of cracks on various white <a href="http://www.apple.com/macbook/white/" target="_blank">Macbooks</a>. Apple is advising their repair folks to repair the Macbook even if it is outside the warranty date. That is, if it is determined that the owner of the Macbook is not responsible for the cracks. Interestingly enough, the black Macbooks aren't experiencing the same type of cracking, and are not granted the repair consideration outside warranty dates. </p>