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A thorough investigation into why old computers turn yellow

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This is one of the few times where the word "thorough" being used to describe a post is particularly apt.

Really? Try this one for "thorough"

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=79859 The 'ne plus ultra' car detailing.. Taking cleaning a car to fanatical levels.

It almost warrants it's own HN submission - but part of it's just fancy car pics... not sure how it would fly.

Great article, I just posted it at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=295560.

126 points - top page for a few days.. yeah - looks like everyone else loved it as well. :)

And for a second I thought my old computers were growing some sort of mold... It never really occurred to me that it could just be plastic discoloration.

Interesting self reflection, in this case I happen to have blamed myself...I wonder what that makes me

This is why I didn't buy a white MacBook. I have a feeling the palmrest discoloration problem that the white MacBooks experienced a little while ago will only be the tip of the iceberg.

The palmrest discoloration has been fixed by using different plastic, as my wife's MB can testify.

My MacBook is covered in stickers, so case whiteness becomes less of an issue.

Jeeez I spent a whole 5 minutes scan reading the article for the answer. Why can't people start long articles with the conclusions first? Would save everyone a lot of time.

It's the journey that provides the excitement, the warm/fuzzy feeling, and the great memories, not the destination.

sucks having to think...

its not the thinking that sucks, it's the time it takes reading these huge articles on HN when a brief conclusion would help ease those like me passing by for a quick scan of the front page on HN before stories get buried.

I almost didn't give yellowing a second thought on old devices, since I saw the same effect on all types of old paper (especially newspapers).

Good thing they started making computers black.

However, a thought: the NOA rep said that they still used the same plastics for their newer products, just that the discoloration wasn't as noticeable due to their darker pigmentation. So what of the Wii, clad in (as of now) pure white?

the Wii has a protective coat over the white plastic (not to the extend of a DS though) that hopefully will protect it.

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