[iBook] Does anyone have an iBook that smells?

[Jonathan Fletcher]

Mine smelled, too. Until Apple replaced it.

My iBook 600 was almost to the end of AppleCare and I sent it to Apple 
complaining about the smell. It has also had some wake-from-sleep 
issues, but the SMELL was what really bothered me. You can call it 
cumin, I (well, my wife really) called it Body Odor!

When it came back from Apple it had a new motherboard, hard drive and 
one or two other things, but the same old keyboard. (Later I found out 
the smell problem really is the keyboard.) But the hard drive was dead. 
I called them back and was firm about having too many repairs on this 
thing.

So I ended up being the first kid on my block to have a brand new 
1.2Gig G4 iBook with a 60 GB drive and Airport Extreme, courtesy of the 
nice people at Apple. Suffice it to say I am very pleased with Apple 
now. Well, that and the stock price. SWEET!

I guess it goes without saying: YMMV!

jonathan


On Nov 8, 2004, at 4:54 PM, 
ibook-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote:

> Message: 11
> Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 18:20:23 +0000
> From: Nikki <nikki at n4h.nildram.co.uk>
> Subject: [iBook] Does anyone have an iBook that smells?
> To: ibook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> Message-ID: <B07E490E-30E9-11D9-977C-00039378938C at n4h.nildram.co.uk>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>
> I am glad I came across this post - my ibook has just started smelling
> - after 2.5 years.
>
> It has taken me a while to figure out that it is the keyboard and not
> what is underneath it.
>
> I can only describe the smell as being similar to the spice 'cumin'.
> My mac friends agree it smells like cumin. Very bizarre and very
> noticeable.
>
> My mind is put at rest that it is safe thanks to your message.  I guess
> I'll just have to put up with it!
>
> Best
>
> Nikki

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