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nc11

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Jul 8, 2013
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My daughter spilled some nail varnish on her keyboard. Keys stuck together so I went through insurance and opened a claim. It's not the first macbook we've had with water damage over the years, so was expecting it to be classed as "beyond economical repair" and replaced. After a week, the technical lab which works with my insurance company (more than in the UK) called to advise that the macbook is being repaired with top case and keyboard replaced. When I questioned that I was told that contrary to other devices the macbook's casing is far more resilient to liquid than other laptops or devices...

I've now got the laptop back and it works well, but I cannot shake the feeling that it will fault at some point. Am I being too critical? has anyone had a recent liquid damage expirience that demonstrates the validity of the resiliency comment?

It's a 2016 rMB btw...
 
My understanding is a top case and keyboard replacement would be standard procedure in a case like this, not a full replacement
Its working and you aren't experiencing any issues, so there's that
I get why you have the nagging thoughts in the back of your mind, but I think they are just that
Should anything else arise with the laptop I don't think it would be related to this incident
 
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