Apple just responded to the report claiming Mac Pros produced before 2008 can give off leukemia-causing benzene by stating through a spokesman spin-doctor to Macworld the following:
We have not found anything that supports this claim, but continue to investigate it for the customer.
While we would love to give Apple the green light on this, what company would openly admit that they products could literally kill you? Independent reports will no doubt populate quickly as the Mac Pros in question more than likely power the labs that test for these types of toxins anyway. How hard would it be for a lab rat to point his atmosphere sniffing thingie at the computer he works on all day. Don’t expect this story to go away any time soon.
What is the point about asking companies about this stuff? Do you think that they will say, “Yes, we knew about this.”?
There is a bunch of stuff that makes people get some kind of disease.
I own a PC and I’ve been without Lukemia or its causes for years! Put that in a commercial :P
Well I can put this issue to bed right now. I have a friend that has leukemia, and she has a mac. Case closed.
Although… I’m not sure if it’s a mac pro built before 2008. There must be a whole variety of Apple products that cause it!
TOTAL RECALL!!
“But wait for Leukemia 5G, it will be much better!”
My 2009 mini model that I just got blows air that smells like wet moldy towels.
It’s very mild once you get used to it but when I leave my office and return a few minutes later, the odor bothers me.
What a piss off. Apple should test their products in a home environment because I’m pretty sure you can’t smell anything in a monster production facility with very good venting.
I always return electronics that put off strong odor and now I don’t know if I should return this mini and keep my old one or hope that the odor will go away.
:(