Are you suggesting that I should swab my MBA with a MBP for example
if all MBAs are like that? 
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Issues with my new MBA!!!
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Are you suggesting that I should swab my MBA with a MBP for example
if all MBAs are like that? Dear,
Tomorrow I will get my third MBA replacement. My former two had both issues, and the metal enclosures where in both cases not perfect. Both have small scratches and imperfecitions in the metal case and other issues. Very lame for an $3000 product. This is not how Apple was 4 years ago, where you get an absolute perfect machine.
It has everything to do with quality control or the lack off....
With kind regards,
Bas
Tomorrow I will get my third MBA replacement. My former two had both issues, and the metal enclosures where in both cases not perfect. Both have small scratches and imperfecitions in the metal case and other issues. Very lame for an $3000 product. This is not how Apple was 4 years ago, where you get an absolute perfect machine.
It has everything to do with quality control or the lack off....
With kind regards,
Bas
Obviously you never owned a first-gen 12" Powerbook, or a first-gen Titanium Powerbook.
My girlfriend owns a first generation PB12" and it is flawless in working and in quality of the outer case. I owned a first gen PB-alu, also flawless with a perfect outer shell.
With the PB-TI you've got me. That was horrible either with the paint that fell of..
Still even former rev-A products where at least perfect out of the box in cosmetics. Now we deal with MBA's which are damaged out of the box already, or bad cosntructed. That is just bad QC. And that was better in the past. Even the PB-TI came out of the box perfect.
With kind regards,
Bas
I went through three 867 12" PBs and while aesthetically perfect, the case on the first two always warped due to the excessive heat. I always had to bend the case back into straight by twisting it at the corners or the lid would be angled compared to the body. My third one started making groaning noises from the fan because it was on all the time. The lesson I learned was that first-gen, itty bitty metal apple laptops will always have heat issues, and those issues are inconsistent through the model. That's why some people are doing fine and others aren't, but Apple's QA is not noticeably worse today than it was years ago.
Those Ti Books are a nightmare. So good looking and so trouble prone. I had a first gen that a friend still tries to use. We've replaced the hinges twice, it's lost a lot of paint, and the PRAM battery has now been replaced twice. Compared to my Wallstreet, the Ti is a mess, and the Air is nowhere near as bad.