12 Inch MacBook Rattles

[wagsrules]

Just exactly how does this "rattle" prevent you from using the Notebook as intended? My own 1.2 doesn't have this trait, equally I find that shaking my Notebook`s add`s very little to my productivity...

Q-6

I first noticed it on the rMBP just from moving the laptop around. Okay I am not really shaking the laptop but if you move it side to side you can hear it but if you move it front to back I don't hear anything. So this is just a trait of the new trackpad I take it.

 

[Queen6]

Both my rMB and rMBP sound and feel like it is coming from the top by the lcd not down near the trackpad but it really hard to tell. Maybe it is the trackpad.

Take them to Apple if it`s a concern, however the fact that both Notebook`s exhibit the same behaviour, both have Force Touch (not the best of names ) is rather telling, equally if it`s a defect Apple will rectify and or replace. Like it`s the weight from the "Taptic Engine" that simulates the "click" under normal usage moving that is making the noise.

If I shake my own 1.2 rMB I also sometimes will reproduce the same, the bigger question is why would I want to, equally I see your concerns.

Q-6

 

[roxysdad]

I first noticed it when typing on my lap and dog almost knocked over my computer. I heard a small thunk back and forth as I kept the computer from falling and thought "what the heck?". It is more pronounced when the screen is warm. It isn't the trackpad. It is something in the display panel. I'm taking it into the store this week to see what they say. Definitely doesn't hurt productivity or the computer - but it shouldn't be there and I don't want it to be something that is problematic for the gorgeous display in the months/years to come.

 

[Newtons Apple]

WHat's wrong with people lately ? Quite a lot of threads about people shaking their notebooks searching for rattling

Apple people also shake their iPhones and iPads just looking for something to go crazy about.

 

[roxysdad]

I dropped the computer off at the apple store last Wednesday. Apple store genius noticed the rattle in the screen and agreed to send off the computer for repair... only when it came back Saturday there was no repair done - Apple said it was "within specs for this model". So I asked the guy at the counter if he could hear the problem and he took it back to the workshop area behind the store, only to come back in a few minutes to say their techs couldn't believe that the folks down at the main service center didn't at least replace the screen. The apple store even opened a brand new unit in the back to compare with mine, and then also compared them with the samples on the floor. They then proceeded to offer me a brand new replacement computer right there on the spot. I took them up on the deal and am now typing this note on a newly manufactured rMB. Coconut Battery says it was made on 11/2/15, and battery is from 10/5/15.
Pretty awesome service if you ask me.