On Thursday, July 10, 2003, at 12:44 PM, c.buttimer at mdx.ac.uk wrote: > My advice: wait! > > I do the same as Rick above, but the paint on mine has chipped right > away on > the edge of the machine above the dvd slot and on quite a lot of the > hinges. > It's not the end of the world, but it's not great. The fan also goes > off too > regularly even when just running a minimal set of apps such as Word, > Safari > and Entourage. It's a lovely machine, but if I were spending my own > money > I'd be annoyed. What model revision is yours? Because I haven't yet heard of a 2002 or later model that chips or bubbles, short of actually dinging the case up (which I have done). --Justin