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Did your Macbook Pro 13" come without a blemish from the factory?

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dlpowered89

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TL-DR - Ordered Macbook Pro 13 8/512 and came with scratches on the display hinge.

I am well aware of this happening on 15", but I haven't witnessed too many on 13" at least on this forum.
 
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My first space grey 13'' tb mbp 16G/500G had a significant nick on the right palm rest.
My replacement had a small chip in the space grey finish on the right palm rest and a small nick on the display edge and on the right, top edge of the base.
I'm still waiting for my second replacement.
 
My original 2016 non-touchbaar 13" MBP was flawless. I traded that in for the 15" tMBP and that machine was flawless as well. Then, I ended up swapping that for a 13" tMBP and once again The newest machine was perfect as well. And I inspected each machine thoroughly, under bright light immediately after unboxing.

Meanwhile, others are on their 3rd or 4th replacement, all having blemish/scratch issues. I guess I'm just one of the lucky ones.

The only "issue" I've had with any of the machines was a slightly loose Touch ID/power button on the 15".
 
Mine looks flawless but I didn't give it a once over with a magnifying glass so there may very well be something there that's not obvious to the naked eye..
 
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Sorry to hear your blemish. I first ordered a nTB but decided I wanted a TB. Both where splendid condition.
 
My 13" was flawless when I got it and it remains that way today; Space Gray.

My 15" is the classic Silver and it was flawless when I received it; remains that way today as well.

The build has been rather impeccable in my experience, although I have had a couple of problems that Apple has gladly fixed for me.
 
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My 13" Space Grey MBP was flawless out of the box. After nearly two months of heavy use, it still looks pretty good; but the rubber feet became worn within a few days of owning the computer.
 
ALL my MacBooks were flawless - so is the current MacBook 13" TB.

Can you post a photo of this blemish?
 
ManuCH said:
Both my 15" were flawless (BTO). I had to replace the first one because of a defective fan.
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I too had a defective fan in my 15" BTO. I had mine shipped to Apple and they replaced the fan no questions asked; works flawlessly now!
 
My 13 TB was blemish free from the factory. Today it slid into my ipad and put a couple small marks on the lid. Bummer, but hey its life.
 
My 13" nTB (16/512) in silver came perfect without any blemishes or problems. I got it two months ago and it's been running perfect since.
 
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blairian89 said:
I too had a defective fan in my 15" BTO. I had mine shipped to Apple and they replaced the fan no questions asked; works flawlessly now!
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I would have preferred to get mine repaired as well, but they were unable as they didn't have any repair capabilities yet. Hence they replaced the whole unit.
 
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