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Apple says no evidence of Mac Pro benzene emissions
The Mac Pro might smell funny, but Apple says there's no evidence that smell is harmful.
(Credit: Apple)Claims that Apple's Mac Pros emit benzene are being denied by the company.
A French newspaper called Libération.fr published the results of a study by a researcher at France's INERIS claiming that odors stemming from certain Mac Pros are the result of benzene emissions. Complaints have surfaced in the past about some sort of weird odor coming from Mac Pros, but it was thought the odor was related to small strips of plastic or material around the heatsink on the processor, depending on where you looked.
The study claims that the benzene fumes won't kill you immediately or anything, but could cause health problems such as leukemia over time. Apple, however, told Macworld it has found no evidence of benzene emissions from the Mac Pro, although it continues to look into the issue.
Tom Krazit, a staff writer for CNET News, focuses on all things Apple. He has covered traditional PC companies such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard, chip companies such as Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, and mobile computers ranging from Research In Motion's to Palm's. E-mail Tom.
Everything apple does is based on fraud, deception, and a desperate need to get rich quick and follow the example of Bill Gates, who beat them in their own game years ago.
oh and i've seen $8000 pc's that cant even get close to a $3000 mac..
go do your word processing and web surfing on a celeron, you obviously are not even worth a celeron chip
I seriously doubt that a small piece of plastic in my Mac Pro is going to kill me... Might not be healthy I admit, but I'm not enclosed in a seal room with the darn thing, so I'm not to worried, lol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene
It's bad. It gives you cancer. This is a concern.
Good luck.
severian
Who makes the case is irrelevant. It's the mother board and processor manufacture. So much for your Microsoft comment. But I wouldn't expect any thing less from a Mac/Apple user. I know it sucks being number 2.
Of course, Microsoft, doesn't make PC hardware, so theoretically, you could run Windows on a PC made from asbestos, with a case covered in arsenic, and emitting high levels of radiation from components salvaged from a leaky nuke plant. That's just how flexible Windows is.