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anonymous 16 January 2004

Hi all!

I've got a titanium powerbook which I use heavily. Because I do a lot of traveling and location work I seem to have gotten more and more used to using the trackpad. However, now, for the last few months the metal "frame" has started to loose it's paint, especially where my hand sits for most of the day. But even worse; around the edge where I never touch the paint looks like it's gonna come off pretty soon, just like when a car gets corrosion...! I knowit's not corrosion, but just a sh*t paintjob, nevertheless; it looks really bad!

Has any of you had this problem and did you consult anybody at Apple with it?

I personally think Apple should fix mine up!

Stian Westerhus

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PlugHead Fri, 01/16/2004 - 09:10

Same deal - TiG4 (550), year and 1/2 old: The paint has chipped where my hand rests above the CD slot, and beside the hinge/screen release button. I'm not broken up about it - I've done more damage to my horn(s) and their lacquer with my acidic hands. This is only cosmetic: were it detrimental to the functionality of the laptop, I'd be more inclined to gripe...

anonymous Thu, 02/05/2004 - 11:00

You have all stumbled upon the reason Apples newest Powerboks are made of aluminum instead of titanium. A) Titanium flexes too much when used in such a thin application, causing internal disk problems for some people when the machine is moved while the hard drive is spinning. And paint doesn't stick too well to a surface that flexes.
B) It's a bitch to get paint to stick to titanium at all.
There have been complaints of flaking paint jobs all over Mac user forums. And I have yet to hear of anybody getting Apple to repaint their computers.
I think you're on your own. How about a nice flame-job?

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