That new mac smell

KooBrewoP · Jun 10, 2004, 08:34 AM

I just got a new PB (yay), and its got that distinctive new mac smell. Anyone know what it actually is that smells?

iGav · Jun 10, 2004, 08:55 AM

You sure it's not that 'fake' new smell they've sprayed onto it to fool you into believing it is new, when infact it's really soiled goods and has been used before?? abit like that 'Turtle Wax New Car Interior Scent' that you can buy in Motor Accessory stores?? heheheh

mj_1903 · Jun 10, 2004, 09:24 AM

That smell brings back memories of when I started using a Mac and how amazed I was at Mac OS X. Definitely a good smell.

I assume much of it comes from the motherboard as it seems to 'affect' every single Mac with no correlation between the makes of the exterior.

themadchemist · Jun 10, 2004, 10:36 AM

and what about that new mac taste! ...Yeah, I guess it's just me.

Laslo Panaflex · Jun 10, 2004, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by mj_1903

I assume much of it comes from the motherboard as it seems to 'affect' every single Mac with no correlation between the makes of the exterior.

Nah, it's the packaging, even my new cinema display had the same smell.

virividox · Jun 10, 2004, 11:22 AM

i miss my new mac smell

it smells like my room now; which is nice but still not the freshly unpacked powerbook goodness that it once used to be

sushi · Jun 10, 2004, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iGAV

You sure it's not that 'fake' new smell they've sprayed onto it to fool you into believing it is new, when infact it's really soiled goods and has been used before?? abit like that 'Turtle Wax New Car Interior Scent' that you can buy in Motor Accessory stores?? heheheh

That's cold!

Sushi

KingSleaze · Jun 10, 2004, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by themadchemist

and what about that new mac taste! ...Yeah, I guess it's just me.

Sure beats the used Mac taste!

mymemory · Jun 10, 2004, 12:43 PM

I do not know abou you guys but a moment ago I was in the street and my nose catched some incredible fragance that seems like a thousand paradises together and when I turned around was this cute girl with her mother right beside her here in Times Square... If she was a computer she would be a mac.

Angelus · Jun 10, 2004, 12:56 PM

Yeah i love that smell. I remember when my mum bought a g4 imac a few months ago i told her to savour that new mac smell. I think its a combination of the plastic packaging and the computer itself since i can still smell it on the keyboard of my powerbook. I think i feel a song coming on: "Memories........."

iBook · Jun 10, 2004, 02:16 PM

I think the smell is from some of the plastics involved.

Not sure, but I recall reading that the reason "new car smell" doesn't last as long is because some of the fumes from the materials that created the aroma were proved toxic. The manufacturers had to switch to other materials; ergo, new car smell is fleeting.

SiliconAddict · Jun 10, 2004, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by KooBrewoP

I just got a new PB (yay), and its got that distinctive new mac smell. Anyone know what it actually is that smells?

Are you talking about that smell that comes with almost ANY electronic device? Pop open a Sony DVD package and take a whiff. I love that smell. I use to work at Toys R Us in the security booth that had all the computer video games in there along with handhelds, consoles, etc. It was the best smell in the world.

Macmaniac · Jun 10, 2004, 10:34 PM

Ah the smell of polystyrene around your new mac

It is a heavenly smell of great things to come

Working in an Apple store I get to smell this a lot

dopefiend · Jun 10, 2004, 10:35 PM

Or it could be deadly computer dust

http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/20...0607025453.htm

quagmire · Jun 10, 2004, 11:14 PM

What smell are you talking about? My powerbook is approaching 6 months old. That thing still has the new mac smell. Are you sure people that you didn't spill anything or spray on your mac?

Jovian9 · Jun 11, 2004, 10:21 AM

Ahhh yes.....the smell of new electronics in the morning

Abstract · Jun 11, 2004, 11:12 AM

I live at a Uni residence, my door is wide open, and someone just caught me smelling my Powerbook..... (and he's laughing at me because he now thinks I kiss my computer....)

I think I have some explaining to do.

And that new car smell is from the glues they use throughout the interior, I've been told.

boomtopper · Jun 11, 2004, 01:20 PM

People think i am mad when i say i love the smell of a new computer. I can't believe there are people out there who think the same.
I have found that you don't just get that smell with new new macs but i also get it with PC's as well.
I just love the smell of fresh circuit boards in the moring

Sun Baked · Jun 11, 2004, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by dopefiend

Or it could be deadly computer dust

http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/20...0607025453.htm

Ah yes, the fresh smell of roasted almonds in the morning.

[Beta Code] · Jun 14, 2004, 08:29 PM

I love that new mac smell, mine still has it.

MrMacMan · Jun 14, 2004, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by quagmire

What smell are you talking about? My powerbook is approaching 6 months old. That thing still has the new mac smell. Are you sure people that you didn't spill anything or spray on your mac?

What do you do? Vacuum seal it?

Anyway mine's is long gone...

Anyway its pretty dangerous the smell really, the first day and a half you are basically breathing toxic stuff.

yoman · Jun 14, 2004, 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dopefiend

Or it could be deadly computer dust

http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/20...0607025453.htm

Fortunately for us Apple stopped using that icky stuff back in 2002

Quote:

Dell and many other computer makers continue using a flame retardant related to PBDEs on circuit boards. They use lead, mercury and other toxins in central processing units and monitors. But Dell, along with Apple and others, stopped using PBDEs in 2002.

its at the bottom of the wired article here

FriarTuck · Jun 15, 2004, 10:26 AM

All three of the Apple stores I've visited smell the same.

Is it simply a matter of a couple dozen Macs cooking the same metals and plastics producing the same smell, or is there an actual Apple store official scent?

Anyway, odor is underrated as a memory-jogger and attention grabber.

My mom used Noxema, and that smell always brings me back home.
And I love the smell of a freshly opened can of tennis balls....

Travl · Jun 15, 2004, 01:36 PM

"You smell that? Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that (well maybe PBDEs) . I love the smell of napalm in the morning."

Robert Duval, Apocalypse Now

Some people get their kicks in different ways....

FriarTuck · Jun 15, 2004, 02:08 PM

The Google ads below this topic (when I viewed it, anyway) were for odor-removal products. I wonder if that's the first time that's happened at MacRumors.

Jun 10, 2004, 08:34 AM	#1
KooBrewoP macrumors regular Join Date: May 2004 Location: behind you!	That new mac smell I just got a new PB (yay), and its got that distinctive new mac smell. Anyone know what it actually is that smells?

Jun 10, 2004, 08:55 AM	#2
iGav macrumors 601 Join Date: Mar 2002	You sure it's not that 'fake' new smell they've sprayed onto it to fool you into believing it is new, when infact it's really soiled goods and has been used before?? abit like that 'Turtle Wax New Car Interior Scent' that you can buy in Motor Accessory stores?? heheheh __________________ "Flick the Gestapo.... No, I said Flick, the Gestapo!"

Jun 10, 2004, 10:36 AM	#4
themadchemist macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chi Town	and what about that new mac taste! ...Yeah, I guess it's just me. __________________ Sometimes, things get worse before they get better. Sometimes, they get better before they get worse. Almost never do they stay the same.

Jun 10, 2004, 11:22 AM	#6
virividox macrumors 68040 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Manila - Nottingham - Philadelphia - Santa Barbara - Boston (ugh hate not knowing where to call home)	i miss my new mac smell it smells like my room now; which is nice but still not the freshly unpacked powerbook goodness that it once used to be __________________ 17" MBP , 2 gig ram, 200 gig fw800 + 120 gig fw400 + 250 gig usb2 ext, 5g 80gig Ipod, Tiger d200 & d70

Jun 10, 2004, 12:56 PM	#10
Angelus macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: New Zealand	Yeah i love that smell. I remember when my mum bought a g4 imac a few months ago i told her to savour that new mac smell. I think its a combination of the plastic packaging and the computer itself since i can still smell it on the keyboard of my powerbook. I think i feel a song coming on: "Memories........." __________________ "To know the path one must walk the path" "If nothing that we do matters then all that matters is what we do"

Jun 10, 2004, 09:24 AM	#3
mj_1903 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	That smell brings back memories of when I started using a Mac and how amazed I was at Mac OS X. Definitely a good smell. I assume much of it comes from the motherboard as it seems to 'affect' every single Mac with no correlation between the makes of the exterior.

Jun 10, 2004, 12:43 PM	#9
mymemory Banned Join Date: May 2001 Location: Miami	I do not know abou you guys but a moment ago I was in the street and my nose catched some incredible fragance that seems like a thousand paradises together and when I turned around was this cute girl with her mother right beside her here in Times Square... If she was a computer she would be a mac.

Jun 10, 2004, 02:16 PM	#11
iBook Banned Join Date: May 2004 Location: On a tugboat	I think the smell is from some of the plastics involved. Not sure, but I recall reading that the reason "new car smell" doesn't last as long is because some of the fumes from the materials that created the aroma were proved toxic. The manufacturers had to switch to other materials; ergo, new car smell is fleeting.

Jun 10, 2004, 10:34 PM	#13
Macmaniac macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: A tiny spec in the "Garden State", 1 square mile in area, somewhere on the outskirts of town by the railroad tracks	Ah the smell of polystyrene around your new mac It is a heavenly smell of great things to come Working in an Apple store I get to smell this a lot __________________ The customer is NOT always right

Jun 10, 2004, 10:35 PM	#14
dopefiend Banned Join Date: May 2004	Or it could be deadly computer dust http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/20...0607025453.htm

Jun 10, 2004, 11:14 PM	#15
quagmire macrumors 68020 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Celestial Being	What smell are you talking about? My powerbook is approaching 6 months old. That thing still has the new mac smell. Are you sure people that you didn't spill anything or spray on your mac? __________________ RIP, F-14 tomcat. You will be missed. The best fighter jet in the world 2007 BMW 335xi status: in my garage!

Jun 11, 2004, 10:21 AM	#16
Jovian9 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: "I'm going to make you feel punch drunk!"	Ahhh yes.....the smell of new electronics in the morning __________________ Maiava Jovian

Jun 11, 2004, 11:12 AM	#17
Abstract macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: It's classified.	I live at a Uni residence, my door is wide open, and someone just caught me smelling my Powerbook..... (and he's laughing at me because he now thinks I kiss my computer....) I think I have some explaining to do. And that new car smell is from the glues they use throughout the interior, I've been told. __________________ "Oh, I've always wanted to touch Stanley," signs teacher Fran Zakoor, embracing the kids… ESPN Article, 04/09/2008

Jun 11, 2004, 01:20 PM	#18
boomtopper macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: UK Huddersfield	People think i am mad when i say i love the smell of a new computer. I can't believe there are people out there who think the same. I have found that you don't just get that smell with new new macs but i also get it with PC's as well. I just love the smell of fresh circuit boards in the moring

Jun 14, 2004, 08:29 PM	#20
[Beta Code] macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2004 Location: Adelaide [SA]	I love that new mac smell, mine still has it. __________________ Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Albert Einstein

Jun 15, 2004, 10:26 AM	#23
FriarTuck macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago area	All three of the Apple stores I've visited smell the same. Is it simply a matter of a couple dozen Macs cooking the same metals and plastics producing the same smell, or is there an actual Apple store official scent? Anyway, odor is underrated as a memory-jogger and attention grabber. My mom used Noxema, and that smell always brings me back home. And I love the smell of a freshly opened can of tennis balls.... __________________ Respectfully yours, FriarTuck

Jun 15, 2004, 01:36 PM	#24
Travl macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2004	"You smell that? Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that (well maybe PBDEs) . I love the smell of napalm in the morning." Robert Duval, Apocalypse Now Some people get their kicks in different ways....

Jun 15, 2004, 02:08 PM	#25
FriarTuck macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago area	The Google ads below this topic (when I viewed it, anyway) were for odor-removal products. I wonder if that's the first time that's happened at MacRumors. __________________ Respectfully yours, FriarTuck

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