My MacBook: a testament to apple durability

[theRAMman]

My family own a 2008 white macbook which, by all accounts has been taken to and beyond the call of duty ( 😉 ) I list here the things we have done to it over the years:

• Dropped it
• Stood on it
• Hit it
• scratched it
• had coke poured over it TWICE

now here is a list of faults:

• Disk drive no longer works (i dont need it anyway)
• The plastic is peeling of around the bezel (i know its a manufacturing fault)
• the battery doesnt hold a charge
• headphone socket broken

And yet (apart from above mentioned problems) works well (still on leopard 😀). Ok, we thrashed its poor plastic body far beyond its limits and it still works! Its long and no doubt painful life is a tribute to the quality put into apple products!

I would like to hear and of your stories about your MacBooks and prehaps they will receive the RAMman award for exellent service 😛

 

[hamiltonDSi]

Macbook late 2008 Unibody :

Dropped it several times - stairs, floor etc.
Had Yougurt and Coca-Cola poured on it.
Had several things dropped on it hundreds of times. Hundreds, literally.
I am a smoker so for the last 4 years there was smoke all around it.

Faults :

The HDD stopped working.
The backlit keyboard is not as bright as when it was new.
The Unibody enclosure is scratched and nicked.
The Display is scratched as well.

 

[dan4877]

Don't have any stories but I'm looking into purchasing a refurb, and this is helpful. Knowing it can take alot makes my upcoming purchase a lot easier. Thanks.