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My rev.E 12" pb...EXPLODED
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definitely call. get a supervisor too.
and try and find out if this was part of the recall.
if it was and you didn't do anything. i don't know what they'll say. not that they were very loud about the recall so it could easily have been missed.
i'm sure they'll take care of you. they should. this is hardly the normal situation.
and try and find out if this was part of the recall.
if it was and you didn't do anything. i don't know what they'll say. not that they were very loud about the recall so it could easily have been missed.
i'm sure they'll take care of you. they should. this is hardly the normal situation.
holy granny smith apples batman!
yikes...i would bring in the laptop and toss it on the desk in front of your teacher and be like...here's my english paper. if you want it, dig through the battery acid and the charred case and you might find the hard drive. if you don't feel like doing that, you could always just give me an extension.
as far as apple care...i would do the same thing. bring it into a store and yell out in front of everyone... my pb exploded! would someone like to help me out here? and maybe you'll get someone's attention
yikes...i would bring in the laptop and toss it on the desk in front of your teacher and be like...here's my english paper. if you want it, dig through the battery acid and the charred case and you might find the hard drive. if you don't feel like doing that, you could always just give me an extension.
as far as apple care...i would do the same thing. bring it into a store and yell out in front of everyone... my pb exploded! would someone like to help me out here? and maybe you'll get someone's attention
Apple are soooooo going to shower you with free stuff to keep you quiet on this one.
Probably best not to mention you've already posted it on one of the webs most popular Mac destinations tho'.
As they probably should, but I'm sure that Sony will have to reimburse Apple for the expense since it is almost 100% certain that it was their defective battery that exploded.
This should also serve as a good lesson to never ignore a notebook battery recall....
WOWWWWWw
That is *&*&ing SCARY. You are really lucky. Sorry about the homework and other bits, but at least they were well, bits, and not THOSE other, more important body bits, ifyaknowwhatImean.
That is *&*&ing SCARY. You are really lucky. Sorry about the homework and other bits, but at least they were well, bits, and not THOSE other, more important body bits, ifyaknowwhatImean.
QFT. I never used that acronym before.
But this is so true. You gotta do it. When the recall happened, there were people who thought they could be clever, also, and just keep their original battery. This is why you do not want to do that. What if the notebook had been unattended when this happened? My iBook (with replacement battery, per the recall) is now sitting at home, plugged in. No one is there except my cat, Iago. What if it had caught fire?
QFT. I never used that acronym before.
But this is so true. You gotta do it. When the recall happened, there were people who thought they could be clever, also, and just keep their original battery. This is why you do not want to do that. What if the notebook had been unattended when this happened? My iBook (with replacement battery, per the recall) is now sitting at home, plugged in. No one is there except my cat, Iago. What if it had caught fire?
exactly. and although neither of my batteries were affected by the recall i'm still paranoid about my PoweBook's batteries because of things like this. *shudder*
******* And that is why you always return recalled batterys****In the voice of george Sr
But ya that sucks!! Hopefully Apple will give new a new Mac, and from what I hear they might let you redownload the music on iTunes.
Hopefully you back up your HD recently!
But ya that sucks!! Hopefully Apple will give new a new Mac, and from what I hear they might let you redownload the music on iTunes.
Hopefully you back up your HD recently!
As far as your data goes, it looks like the brunt of the damage was on the lower right of the laptop. Fortunately the hard drive is on the lower left. Do what you have to do to get inside the laptop after talking with Apple. I'd bet my left nut that the hard drive is physically fine...except maybe smelling a little. SHould be in good enough shape to connect to something to get your data off.
Definitely call Apple though, Get ready for a nice new MacBook Pro.
Definitely call Apple though, Get ready for a nice new MacBook Pro.
If it is/was part of the recall, dont you think apple is gonna say, well too bad, you should have sent it back to us.
Out of warranty.
Out of AppleCare.
What can you truly expect?
Now if its NOT part of the recall, damn yeah, someone needs to get paid.
Out of warranty.
Out of AppleCare.
What can you truly expect?
Now if its NOT part of the recall, damn yeah, someone needs to get paid.
It came in an Apple laptop. I wouldn't give a flying **** who made it. Period. It's not my job to see who made the parts inside my Apple laptop to ensure that it won't explode. That assurance should automatically come with my purchase.
And Sony issued a recall. Apple did their due diligence and issued the recall on Sony batteries that they included with their products as they identified which ones were affected. This was all covered in the news BIG TIME for MONTHS when it happened. Yes, it sucks that some of these batteries were defective and led to overheating/fire. However, saying that Apple is somehow responsible for the OP still having a bad battery is absurd. They did all they could to take care of the problem. If people IGNORE THE ISSUE, that's not Apple's fault AT ALL.
Hmm MacBook/Pro Battery update. Hmmm
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=3590731#post3590731
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=3590731#post3590731
LOL
It sounds like "my dog ate my homework..."
But true, try that what yojitani says.
Exactly. And a link to the battery recall information is on Apple's home page still to this day. I don't know what else Apple could have been expected to do to get the word out to those affected.
I'm really sorry, but the way you wrote that is so funny... I have no idea, but I bet your teacher would give you an extension if you showed him or her the pictures
UPDATES!
So I just got off the phone with Apple. The first guy I talked to, asked "Do you have applecare" and I was "no" *BIG LONG SILENCE* and then he said "Well, there isn't much I can do" and then I was like "DUDE MY COMPUTER EXPLODED! MY DESK IS BURNT! MY ENGLISH HOMEWORK...GONE. WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSE TO TELL MY ENGLISH TEACHER?" *long silence* "Let me connect you with my 'parts specialist'". So after answering a seris of safety questions, he tells me that he'll run this by his safety engineers and they'll get back to him in 4 business hours. Which means they'll call Monday. So I guess, we'll just have to wait and see what they come up with.
and lol at the pwned picture! PURE GENIUS!
So I just got off the phone with Apple. The first guy I talked to, asked "Do you have applecare" and I was "no" *BIG LONG SILENCE* and then he said "Well, there isn't much I can do" and then I was like "DUDE MY COMPUTER EXPLODED! MY DESK IS BURNT! MY ENGLISH HOMEWORK...GONE. WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSE TO TELL MY ENGLISH TEACHER?" *long silence* "Let me connect you with my 'parts specialist'". So after answering a seris of safety questions, he tells me that he'll run this by his safety engineers and they'll get back to him in 4 business hours. Which means they'll call Monday. So I guess, we'll just have to wait and see what they come up with.
and lol at the pwned picture! PURE GENIUS!
