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Apple Users Angered Over Screen Damage

posted by janrinok on Sunday July 12 2015, @11:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the screening-screens dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Thousands of Apple Macbook owners are campaigning for action over reported issues with the laptop's retina screen. They are reporting "horrific stains" spreading across screens, in the forms of spots and patches.
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A website called "Staingate" has been set up by a group unhappy with Apple's response.

Some of them say they have been told they will have to pay $800 (£519) for repair work, the Staingate website states.

A Facebook group formed by people experiencing problems with their Macbook screens has 1,752 members, and Staingate claims to have been contacted by more than 2,500 people so far. US legal firm Whitfield Bryson & Mason has contacted the Facebook group offering to investigate.

Its 2013 models seem to be worst affected, but there are online forums discussing the problem dating back to 2009.

People do pay a premium for Apple hardware, perceiving them as higher-end. Take a look at the images of screen damage—is their anger justified?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @10:05AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @10:05AM (#208398)

    Depends quite alot how you work... a lot of serious work can be done on the oldest machine you can get your hands on.

  • (Score: 2) by jasassin on Tuesday July 14 2015, @08:49AM

    by jasassin (3566) <jasassin@gmail.com> on Tuesday July 14 2015, @08:49AM (#208795) Homepage Journal

    Depends quite alot how you work... a lot of serious work can be done on the oldest machine you can get your hands on.

    I agree. Just imagine what Kevin Mitnick could do with a 300 baud modem! (You get the gist of what I'm saying.)

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