Apple Mac Pro Odour Issues – Alleged ‘Toxic’ Elements Blamed As Greenpeace Gets on the Case

Ask many an owner of a new Apple Mac Pro about its smell and the chances
are you'll get a range of answers ranging from a discernable 'stench'
comparable to 'rotten apples' to 'my new Apple Mac Pro smells like weed'
(yes, that weed - we kid you not) and now, thanks to Greenpeace becoming
involved, the root of the widely reported odour appears, according to
Liberation, to have been isolated as being (allegedly) down to 'seven
volatile organic contaminants' comprising, in part of styrene, benzene
and its derivatives.A quick visit to Apple's forums serves to highlight
the extent of the 'new Apple Mac Pro odour problem' with end users
reporting the smell as being associated, in particular, with new systems
built prior to this year.

'The problem is my Mac smells of weed.' writes one poster. 'I don't
notice it until I leave the room; when I return… skunk weed.
Clients have commented on it, my wife thinks I have been smoking instead
of working, it is a bit of a problem!' whilst another poster chimes in
'Ah the proverbial new-Mac smell. Nothing like it.' Interestingly,
another user adds 'This is so weird! I’m convinced my Mac Pro
smells of a sort of melted chocolate.' Still - and excuse our flippancy
for a second - its better than smelling of sweaty socks, we suppose.

What is not in doubt is that new Apple Mac Pro's are widely reported as
having 'a certain odour' and, whilst speculation has been rife
concerning the possible origin of the 'new-Mac smell', according to
Liberation, the source of the smell has, thanks to scientists working on
the behalf of Greenpeace, been identified as being ' seven volatile
organic contaminants'. Interestingly, according to Liberation, Apple are
not only aware of the issues discovered by the scientist engaged by
Greenpeace but have, the report states, had a copy of the scientist's
analysis since February.

If you are experiencing the much reported 'new-Mac smell' you may find
Liberation's article of interest and, rather than merely rehash it here,
we are happy to link to (an English translation) of it, as given below,
for your perusal. It makes extremely interesting reading.

Perhaps the ‘weed’ smell could explain why Apple Mac users
are so very laid back (apparently) in comparrison to PC users (as
Apple’s advertising would have you believe)? Perhaps we could be
onto something here.

Liberation