Macbook Pro + Water is not good. At all.

uben564

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So I spilled water on my couple month old macbook pro, and she's pretty much dead. They (the computer store on campus) said they need to send it back to Apple and it's going to cost about $800. So I think I'm going to wait until October 20th and see if they make a new Macbook Pro.

I was wondering if anyone knew of any good waterproof/resistant cases to prevent future accidents.
 
wait, water doesnt go with the MBP? but ive been giving coke to my MBP since ive got it; it looked so thirsty.
 
I don't mean to be rude but try to resist drinking or eating near your laptop in the future. It's not that hard, really. Alternatively, you could use something to lift up your MB (i.e. a stand) so a spill won't get to your computer.

Now drinking and spill RIGHT over it, I don't know about that...
 
yeah, I know it was a bad idea. I never do it, and the one time I did it spilt. You guys don't need to harp on it so much, I was just trying to find a product to help prevent it again.
 
I heard some people with heat issues tried to cook an egg on theirs!

Give the Guy/Gal a break. I'm sure they're annoyed enough without being told they're an idiot. I'm stupidly careful with my brand new MBP, bought a nice Swissgear Backback to protect it etc, never balance it anywhere close to the edge of things, keep drinks miles away, and still got it out at work, thumped it into the edge of the table and put a ding in the Aluminium next to the ethernet port! :( Accidents happen...
 
Yea, buy a Panasonic toughbook next time around. If you spill water on non-ruggedized electronic devices... components will fail! There is no way around this. You could add a moshi keyboard protector but water could still sneak in the speaker grills or trackpad.
 
Get one of those keyboard covers. and theres no case or sleeve that will protect it from water when you're drinking over your laptop and using it. if it's in your backpack, and you spill water on it, that's a diferent story, but if you're typing a lab report and drinking a can of energy drink, and you spill it, having a sleeve or a case won't do much to save you. Keyboard cover perhaps. I spilled milk all over my laptop in 1st year (it was strawberry milk too! dang! such a waste of good milk :mad:) and my keyboard cover protected it fine.

I usually don't knock over all my drinks (unless I'm drunk, but I usually don't bring my laptop to houseparties :p).
 
I spilled some soda in my cinema display.
-don't even think about asking for pics-
It still works well. I was bummed that I might not be able to use it but its around 5-6 years old so it'll probably die anyway.

Now I keep beverages on the counter and get up to take a drink.
 
Sorry about that happening,Get one of these cover things apple has for your keybord. I have one on my Macbook. Only thing I do not like about the cover is that when you play like,music or tv shows or any kind of sound, it's hard to hear with it on. I useually take it off when I'm watching movies.
 
happened to me twice and my macbook still works...

I have the 13" unibody macbook with the replaceable battery. I just took out the battery and let it dry off for a few hours... everything's fine.
 
So I spilled water on my couple month old macbook pro, and she's pretty much dead. They (the computer store on campus) said they need to send it back to Apple and it's going to cost about $800. So I think I'm going to wait until October 20th and see if they make a new Macbook Pro.

I was wondering if anyone knew of any good waterproof/resistant cases to prevent future accidents.

Get some insurance against water damage.
 
So I spilled water on my couple month old macbook pro, and she's pretty much dead. They (the computer store on campus) said they need to send it back to Apple and it's going to cost about $800. So I think I'm going to wait until October 20th and see if they make a new Macbook Pro.

I was wondering if anyone knew of any good waterproof/resistant cases to prevent future accidents.

Try Jack Daniel next time...:D
 
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