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Goodbye MacBook Screen

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dawnraid

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Nov 9, 2007
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To my horror yesterday I discovered my macbooks screen had cracked whilst coming back home from holiday! It was in my backpack and in its special protective bag. Dont know how it happend, it wasnt dropped, maybe something poked into the back of it (unlikely) no dents in the back of the screen. Going to see apple tomorrow. General one year warranty cover (im guessing no)?

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I was wondering how long it would take for the first cracked glass MB/MBP thread to come up. I've seen so many of them for the iPhone and iPod touch, so I knew this kind of damage was inevitable with the laptops.

I hope Apple is forgiving and offers you a free fix. If you had it in a sleeve and then in a backpack, this sort of thing shouldn't happen (I would think).

[Edit: wait, is this a blackbook?]
 
Phrasikleia said:
I was wondering how long it would take for the first cracked glass MB/MBP thread to come up. I've seen so many of them for the iPhone and iPod touch, so I knew this kind of damage was inevitable with the laptops.

I hope Apple is forgiving and offers you a free fix. If you had it in a sleeve and then in a backpack, this sort of thing shouldn't happen. That never would have happened with non-glass screen. So much for the strength of unibody; obviously, glass is the weakest link. :(
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This isnt a glassbook. Theres been dozens of these threads already
 
Phrasikleia said:
OK, thanks. You must have been replying just as I was editing. I didn't know the regular glossy screens had that weakness. I guess they're glass-like too.
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All screen have glass, just the new ones have a glass cover too
 
white book, I swapped my black book with my brother for his brand new white book, Oh well **** happens. lol. Im gonna leave it up to my dad to sort out, he does insurance business with apple so its no problem im guessing
 
Wow, in a special protective bag and no dents in the back of the screen? It's a kinda magic. You sure this didn't happen before you put it in the bag? Is the crack only inside? no wound on the surface of the screen?

I really wanna know why this happened. Or I can't carry my Macbook.
 
guthy-lux said:
Wow, in a special protective bag and no dents in the back of the screen? It's a kinda magic. You sure this didn't happen before you put it in the bag? Is the crack only inside? no wound on the surface of the screen?

I really wanna know why this happened. Or I can't carry my Macbook.
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Magic indeed lol, No dents or scratches on the back (well there are a few small scratches from general use) im about 90% sure it didnt happen before (I didnt use it for a couple of hours before i packed up so im not completely sure) no wound on the surface of the screen except some bulges where the glass is almost poking through. the crack is on the inside only.
 
:eek: Now you're making me consider selling mine again and picking up another EEE or equivalent for travelling - it's probably a stupid idea to take something so pricey with me though.
 
Adamo said:
:eek: Now you're making me consider selling mine again and picking up another EEE or equivalent for travelling - it's probably a stupid idea to take something so pricey with me though.
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You seem to be easily influenced by what people say. Tell you what...

If you PM me Ill give you my bank-account number, if you transfer 1000$ to my account, great things will happen. ;)
 
Oh geez bad luck mate! If something like that ever happened to my BlackBook I would probably cry. Er... in a manly way of course... *ahem*

Its worrying that you say it happened despite the MacBook being wrapped up in its protective case, I generally keep mine in the A4 wallet section of my backpack. Its got thick cloth sides and I always assumed that would be sufficient protection up until now...

Eek!
 
My feeling is that it's quite impossible to crack this way...if too much pressure put on it, its more likely that the middle part will crack first I think. I stand corrected though. I think you must have left your laptop somewhere and someone just open it up and hammer it with something blunt...maybe a pencil box and then close it off and then you brought it back home...

Skeletal-dæmon said:
Oh geez bad luck mate! If something like that ever happened to my BlackBook I would probably cry. Er... in a manly way of course... *ahem*

Its worrying that you say it happened despite the MacBook being wrapped up in its protective case, I generally keep mine in the A4 wallet section of my backpack. Its got thick cloth sides and I always assumed that would be sufficient protection up until now...

Eek!
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Can you teach me how to cry in a manly way? I used cry with a lot of sounds which is terrible.
 
woah thats one big crack! apple will replace it for you for free if they're feelin good but they might just ask you to pay for the replacement lcd screen. :)
 
guess that special protective bag wasn't so special afterall. :)

Sorry for the damage. Could very likely be covered under home owners I'd renters insurance.
 
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