Cracked case... what to do? Apple Care?

[dphall]

Hi Mac Community,

I've got an 18 month old white macbook, and have noticed this evening that there is a crack on the front left corner of the unit (near the trackpad). It's about 5cm long, and a 2mm wide strip of the plastic case is in danger of snapping off. It's obviously not a structually big deal, but I'm a bit annoyed that my (pristine and well looked-after!) MB is damaged.

Should this be covered by Apple Care? If so, how do I go about arranging the repair? I don't live in a city with an Apple Store (Edinburgh, UK), but there's a 3rd party retailer here who is pretty good. Whilst I try to arrange this, is it worth gluing the strip. I don't want it to snap off completely, but equally don't want to invalidate my warranty by trying to self-repair it. Finally, I'm approaching a point in my work where I need my MB for some fairly important reports (in the next 2-3 weeks), and really don't want to send it away for replacement for an unspecified time period!

Help! Any advice most gratefully received 🙂

Dave

 

[acfusion29]

You should be covered. If by what I read is what I've seen here on these forums, then you will be fine.

People have gotten it repaired with/without warranty.

 

[LTX]

From other threads on here I think that Apple replaces the case immediately for a crack 🙂

 

[iVeBeenDrinkin']

This has been discussed numerous times. Most people have said Apple fixed it even out of warranty.

 

[andyhargreaves]

+1

I've had several cases replaced on my white macbook due to cracks and splits. Actually, have just developed another split along the front, so off back to Apple fairly soon!

Andy