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Apple Facing Class Action Lawsuit Over Lack of Filters in MacBooks and iMacs Causing Trapped Dust
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I attached a video with ants walking inside the screen in my original reply.
for reference.
Im checking old threads in this site and that dust problem occurred since 2012! So far, all iMac series have dust issue. I have no reports about iMac Pro.
Photo of Mac Pro. No such dust filtering.
Laptops I have opened have had fabric filters where air enters as it is pulled by the fans.
No filters on mine.
Laptops I have opened have had fabric filters where air enters as it is pulled by the fans.
Got a vacuum cleaner?
Last year I replaced a HDD with a SSD in a MacBook Pro. I spent some time cleaning the dust and dirt that had accumulated on the fans. It was not all loose like in the Mac Pro image.
Actually it was happening on older iMacs too, I had to replace my 2010 iMac screen twice (luckily it ws done under apple care both times)
That's crazy.
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Just like the keypad protectors which help keep dust and particles out. In Asia most people buy them. Here people don't buy them then eat next to keyboard and complain about keypad issues or leave notebook open in dusty areas where dust collects under keypad.
Is that an iMac?
Yeah I know. Apple announced iMac 2012 that they solved dust issue by eliminating the gap between the glass and LCD. And Yet, we still have problems.
This is actually true. In todays world with solid stare disks it also makes the computers completely silent. Maybe when the ARM Macs arrive.They need to go back to fanless computers like my G3 iMac
My late 2012 iMac definitely suffered from this issue. Apple replaced the screen for free during the warranty period but the problem came back afterwards. So yes, it’s a real issue, and no, I’m not a smoker.
Please do not distract apple engineers from their current task. They are already fighting the dust villain. They seek a way to prevent dust from destroying the laptop keyboards for 3 consecutive years. Let them finish their R&D undistracted, cause for the time being, they are loosing.
iMac dust magnet, after few years of usage the CPU fan becomes choked with dust, the CPU then overheats. After a few years, lots of potential thermal problems waiting.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...s-upgradeability.2094603/page-7#post-25587865
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...s-upgradeability.2094603/page-7#post-25587865
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1 iMac 27" (End of 2011) after 18 months and another (End 2015) after 26 months from totally 5 iMacs showed same screen dust traces – no dirt road or unusual dust atmosphere (the last case in rooms with filtered air supply).
So what?
Apple should start a repair program for sure...
Easier fix would be to properly test things before they release them....it would be cheaper too.
Ding ding ding, we have an Apple apologist award winner here!!
I mean they had no issue with their "filthy rooms" on other computers, so that means it might be an Apple HW Issue, otherwise they would have complained about other models as well..
This remembers me the palm rest of the MacBook, and people tellingother to wash their hands.... and then Apple came out and replaced computer tops because of a manufacturing issue.
Again Apple needs to test better their machines AND learn from its history.
I do not understand how Apple cannot or will not design an air filter for all their computers. The laptop, iMacs, mac mini and mac pro all need air filters. A beautiful designed slide out filter, or a door that can be easily opened. Even my Dell Inspiron at least has a mesh behind the grill, and to clean, can unscrew the back cover.
For my 1st gen designed mac mini, the first thing I did was to find an air filter. Found an individual who designed and made one that fitted perfectly and looked good. Apple could of easily done this. BTW, it has kept the interior spotless (noticed on upgrading the ram).
The new mac mini should of been redesigned to accommodate an air filter (and also much better graphics). From an engineering perspective, to protect your expensive device, an air filter should be mandatory.
For my 1st gen designed mac mini, the first thing I did was to find an air filter. Found an individual who designed and made one that fitted perfectly and looked good. Apple could of easily done this. BTW, it has kept the interior spotless (noticed on upgrading the ram).
The new mac mini should of been redesigned to accommodate an air filter (and also much better graphics). From an engineering perspective, to protect your expensive device, an air filter should be mandatory.
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I ordered my late 2012 iMac right after the Apple event, got those ugly, disturbing (especially as the mac is used for graphic design work) dust smudges in corners pretty soon, I thought I could live with it but decided to send it a week before the end of warranty, a year later it started again, no more warranty, and it annoys me since then. I vacuum regularly and obsessively and have an air purifier and ionizer in my room.
Oh boy the fanboyish protectionism / victim blaming in this forum gets out of hand at times.
"You should clean your house" or "don't open your windows" or whatever seems like an appropriate response to an obvious quality control issue? And so you expect to know what the work environment looks like?
Dust shouldn't get into a sealed display panel no matter how dusty the environment is. If the fan clogs or the motherboard is full of dust, then maybe that's another thing, but dust accumulating in a sealed display panel behind glas that is not serviceable and requires a repair of several hundred dollars as the whole display panel and glas (which is designed to be one unit) needs to be replaced?
Oh, and: this might be okay on a $100 netbook from China, but if I pay Apple money, I expect Apple quality.
"You should clean your house" or "don't open your windows" or whatever seems like an appropriate response to an obvious quality control issue? And so you expect to know what the work environment looks like?
Dust shouldn't get into a sealed display panel no matter how dusty the environment is. If the fan clogs or the motherboard is full of dust, then maybe that's another thing, but dust accumulating in a sealed display panel behind glas that is not serviceable and requires a repair of several hundred dollars as the whole display panel and glas (which is designed to be one unit) needs to be replaced?
Oh, and: this might be okay on a $100 netbook from China, but if I pay Apple money, I expect Apple quality.
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I recently opened my 2014 MBP to upgrade the SSD, and it was definitely not clean. But considering it is four years old I think it is to be expected, and I don't know if stability and performance improves after cleaning it.
The problem appears to be that people were/are being charged $600+ for repairs that should have been included in the warranty as it was happening within months because there was no filter, and when investigating this the firm found that this has been highly persistent for several years, so the older models were included as well.
Good. Hopefully this would improve the quality of future MacBooks.
[doublepost=1543483339][/doublepost]I'm asian. When I bought my first MacBook (it was a 2007 Pro), I bought a keyboard protector as well. It ended up creating a texture on the matte screen which was very visible when the screen is off. I ended up not using it and not buying those again for subsequent MacBooks.
[doublepost=1543483339][/doublepost]I'm asian. When I bought my first MacBook (it was a 2007 Pro), I bought a keyboard protector as well. It ended up creating a texture on the matte screen which was very visible when the screen is off. I ended up not using it and not buying those again for subsequent MacBooks.
Just like the keypad protectors which help keep dust and particles out. In Asia most people buy them. Here people don't buy them then eat next to keyboard and complain about keypad issues or leave notebook open in dusty areas where dust collects under keypad.
