This is known as latent defect liability and in affect protects a consumer against a fault that can take longer than the warranty period to manifest or fail, but nevertheless still be a fault with the product. Typically offers protection against a (design) fault with a product for 6 years and in some cases 12 years.
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Apple Facing Class Action Lawsuit Over Lack of Filters in MacBooks and iMacs Causing Trapped Dust
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This is known as latent defect liability and in affect protects a consumer against a fault that can take longer than the warranty period to manifest or fail, but nevertheless still be a fault with the product. Typically offers protection against a (design) fault with a product for 6 years and in some cases 12 years.
Some of us have dustier houses than you do, perchance.
Whenever I've opened up a computer which we've owned for any length of time, it generally does contain a fair bit of dust. But this has been true of both Macs and non-Macs.
I will be happy if all these class action law suits force Apple to improve quality control. They seriously need to. It's been bad for years, it's gotten much worse over the last three.
My 2013 27" iMac doesn't have this issue.
My 2013 27" iMac doesn't have this issue.
Oh, for f.... sake. Give me a break. I have, or have had, pretty much one product from every Apple product line sold the last 10 years, and have never had a dust issue. My iMacs, my MacBooks, my MacBook Pros, my Thunderbolt Displays, NONE of them have had dust creeping into the screen. Sure they were dirty, dinged up, and one MacBook Pro had a cracked screen, but none had dust issues.
This is yet ANOTHER frivolous lawsuit to get some money from Apple. They'll most likely settle out of court, and our prices will go up to make up from the loss. Thank you idiots.
This is yet ANOTHER frivolous lawsuit to get some money from Apple. They'll most likely settle out of court, and our prices will go up to make up from the loss. Thank you idiots.
A lot of people can’t read. It’s not about dust inside the computer itself, which is completely normal, more so for laptops, since you can’t control the air of everywhere you go.
It’s about dust that infiltrate between the LCD panel itself and it’s backlight, which manifest as “clouding” on your screen that you can’t wipe. You can’t remove it unless you take the screen itself apart.
It’s about dust that infiltrate between the LCD panel itself and it’s backlight, which manifest as “clouding” on your screen that you can’t wipe. You can’t remove it unless you take the screen itself apart.
Was at a buddy's house over Thanksgiving and he showed me this in the bottom left corner of his 2015 iMac. We had no idea what it was.
Now we know...
Now we know...
The fact that it didn’t happen to you doesn’t invalidate the fact that it happened to a lot of people, and even to Apple themselves in one of their apple store. (read my previous reply somewhere in the first few comments).
Mine is nowhere that bad, but it has a tiny bit of that on the lower left corner (Late 27" 5K iMac)... NOT GOOD from a 'premium' computer.
How boring it must be considering you're the only person on earth... oh, wait, no you're not.
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Will you be buying all of us new computers without this issue? No? Then ****.
I have never heard of this issue, its obvious its a frivolous lawsuit. In America, people will sue for anything and eveything.
Apple is facing a class action lawsuit that accuses the company of failing to install vent filters in MacBooks and iMacs, leading to lower processor speeds and screen smudges from trapped dust, which result in expensive repairs for consumers.
News of the lawsuit was published today by Hagens Berman, the firm handling the case.
According to the lawsuit, some iMac, iMac Pro, MacBook Pro, MacBook, and MacBook Air users have experienced dark smudges and spots on the interior of the screens of their computers as well as excessive slowness due to heating issues because of the lack of a filter in these devices.Dust accumulating from the air allegedly impacts the screen and the motherboard, causing spots on the display and heat regulation issues.
Hagens Berman says that Apple has been charging customers with machines out of warranty upwards of $600 to fix these problems. The lawsuit says iMac and MacBook models from 2013 to 2018 are affected.
Several plaintiffs are named in the lawsuit, including a photographer who was plagued by dark spots on her Mac's display, a user who had smudges on his iMac who was required to pay $600 for a replacement after five months, and a third iMac owner who saw dark smudges soon after making a purchase and subsequently had his display and motherboard replaced multiple times, leading to high repair bills.
The class action lawsuit is seeking monetary compensation for Mac owners, including compensation for screens that "did not perform as advertised," reimbursement for out-of-pocket repair costs, and compensation for those who sold their computers at a loss due to dark smudges on the display or poor performance.
Article Link: Apple Facing Class Action Lawsuit Over Lack of Filters in MacBooks and iMacs Causing Trapped Dust
Dust has always been a problem. Back when the Macintosh SE was the machine to have, the main air intake, and thus the main dust collector, was/were the 3 1/2 inch floppy drive(s).
There was a thriving buisness supplying refurbished floppy drives at the time.
Your ignorance over a subject isn't proof that it doesn't exist. And they have courts and lawsuits in Europe. Hell, the Ancient Egyptians used to sue the dead...
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I have two 4-in-1 HEPA / UV filters and two UV filters in my 2 Bed, B Bath Condo... and CONSTANTLY and methodically clean the apartment every week. Your deflection of an issue of which you have zero knowledge of is perplexing, at the very least.
I just had the screen on my 2017 iMac replaced due to a big getting stuck in the screen.
Big? You mean bug? Asking for clarification (and not being a grammar nazi). If it is a bug, do you have a pic of it stuck on the screen?
Haha! it definitely helps a lot.
Sorry, but this is insane. Look at the the comments here. Just because you've not seen it doesn't mean it's not real. If I was in the US and didn't get my free repairs (Apple clearly accepts all responsibility for the fault) then I'd be pissed off too. Apple should never have design flaws that last multiple generations. I'll accept them making mistakes and correcting them, but they knew about this for a very long time and didn't remedy it.
The dust in screens thing, I thought it was only iMacs. It's likely to be mechanically a different issue if it's happening on laptops etc.
Stop smoking around your computer. The casings of the iMac would require consistent exhaling of `ash' or smoke to create such a dispersed screen pattern.
