Yeah if your Macbook smells like that you need to be contacting Apple. That's obviously a manufacturing flaw. I've had multiple M series Mac pros from M1 up M5 and none of them have ever had an unpleasant smell.

> M-series MacBooks stink

I've been around a lot of modern MacBooks both in my company and I've also owned a bunch, none of them stunk.

I think this is a rare issue. At least it is lower than 1/20, if not much much lower.

Reminds me of when Dell laptops started smelling like cat urine. Dell denied it for a long time then admitted it was an issue with the manufacturing process. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-24741832

My Mac Mini M4 has a distasteful smell when I pin in with AI prompts. And MacOS isn’t super great either. The Remote Desktop options suck and if I leave mine running for a week it can’t function without a reboot.

The tech industry might actually be worse than it was 20 years ago.

Is that true with the mac book airs? My understanding is that they're completely sealed, and they use the case as a heat spreader.

Can you compare/contrast with the steam deck vent smell?

weird, we have around 150-160 macbook pros (anything m3/m4/m5) in the office and i never smelled that

You're not supposed to use it as a urinal.

A few*. I have 4 at home and none smell

I have an M1 Pro and have no idea what you're talking about.

There's always something with apple, from the breaking keyboards, scratched screens, antenna-gate, cracking gpu solder, ...

The comparison itself seems moot, comparing a consumer-grade consumable device built out of a phone, to a more sustainable, modular, upgrade-able device.