Just Spilled An Entire Glass of Water on Brand New rMacbook Pro...

[MarvinHC]

Not at all. If the Thinkpad were actually a better computer, then we would have all bought one over the MBP, including you. There is a reason you are here. You are here because you know the MBP is better, or you are here to troll with your only argument being "I can spill liquid on my Thinkpad". The rational folks just choose to not be so clumsy.

No one says that the Thinkpad is a better computer (which it is not, it is horrible, I have one for work), but this one feature to deal with the spillage problem is a nice design and would very much fit the clever design choices that Apple usually makes. Take the Magsafe as an example. One could also argue why do you need to put a magnet there instead of the classic plug on other laptops? Just don't be clumsy and ensure you always unplug it properly before you move it and don't trip over the cable. Still they did it to avoid damage on this typical laptop weakness. Same with the feature that detects a drop of a laptop to save the harddrive. Yes, we should not drop our laptops but it happens, and so spillage happens. So why not protect it?
Just my 2 cents...

 

[dekatch]

we'll, my advice is:

get it to a support store, be honest, let them check it/clean it out and pay the 100$ bill just to be sure.

in case something starts to corrode as someone earlier mentioned than your bill will increase later

 

[South657]

spill

Hi do not turn it on your logic board will need to be cleaned and other parts?
If you have started it already turn it off as it will take for the bad news to happen week month trust me it will die with out cleaning As the water has landed on the key board that will need to be replaced. good luck.

 

[MoodyM]

Rice absorbs a lot of water and is a natural desiccant. No myth.

Maybe "myth" is the wrong word, but rice doesn't work as a desiccant to dry out electronics:

From iFixit:

"A common recommendation to those with wet phones is to use uncooked rice. Theoretically this would make sense, as it appears to do the same thing as Molecular Sieve while being readily available to anyone with a well-stocked kitchen.

Unfortunately, rice is not an effective desiccant for a couple of reasons. Rice has a low capacity for atmospheric absorption. It may absorb the liquid water on the case, but our real problem are the tiny drops inside. Also, as rice sits on your shelf, and the shelf at the store before you bought it, in unsealed boxes and bags it slowly sucks in water out of the atmosphere around it, reaching it's absorption capacity."