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Apple Macbooks smelled like body odor in 2005: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/207887 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/207887
by mmmacbook 13y ago
Apple Macbooks smelled like body odor in 2005:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/207887 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/207887
- mds 13y agoMy sister's old white Macbook had that problem. I always assumed something melted in it. It definitely has a powerful "armpit" smell when you open it.
- allenpc 13y agoI had this problem with mine and painstakingly removed every key to try to clean things out. Still smells like BO.
- majurg 13y agoYep, at work we were going thru some old powerbooks prepping them for e-waste and the keyboards had that BO smell. Apparently its the glue used in the keyboard, or something like that.
- xerophtye 13y agoAha! To the people who said apple would have removed something like this if it was on their forums :P
- offmango 13y agoI remember that; I seem to recall it being eventually tracked down to a run of keyboards coming from a particular manufacturer that was using bad rubber. I was working at a Mac repair shop at the time, and before they sorted this out, we'd have to give all the replacement keyboards a "smell test" before using them or sending them back as bad parts.
- nicholassmith 13y agoThat's really weird, as every Apple laptop (~6 or so) I've had has the exact same smell, to the point I thought they were scenting them prior to shipment.
- bluedino 13y agoEvery G4 Powerbook I've ran into has that smell. Eww.