Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Small chip on lid on 2011 MBP 15"

MUBiomed

MUBiomed

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Apr 24, 2010
408
53
Bought a new MBP (in the sig) yesterday and while unboxing it I noticed a small chip on the leading edge of the lid. I have attached a pic and before everyone looses their cool I am simply asking if the chip will get worse over time since there is a "chink in the armor" so to say. I dont want to be pulling this thing in and of a bag and having more flake off over time. I can obviously return it no questions asked to Best Buy in 14 days.

Again please remain calm when you see the pic (and no I will not scratch it as I use it, when I sell MacBooks/MBPs used they look new)
 

Attachments

  • photo2.jpg
    photo2.jpg
    1.1 MB · Views: 355
Don't even consider what will happen over time. Exchange it ASAP. No sense in keeping a $1700 + computer that came with a chip in it.
 
As I said in a different thread, I can already see Best Buy girl's face when I tell her why I want another one...:(
 
MUBiomed said:
As I said in a different thread, I can already see Best Buy girl's face when I tell her why I want another one...:(
Click to expand...

Who cares about what she thinks. You're a BioMed student who can dish out ~2000 on a new computer, she's a cashier. She's obligated to take your return, especially with a chip in aluminium.
 
frunk said:
Who cares about what she thinks. You're a BioMed student who can dish out ~2000 on a new computer, she's a cashier. She's obligated to take your return, especially with a chip in aluminium.
Click to expand...

Haha I definitely dont care to return it...no one understands the OCD nature of a new MBP owner though :D
 
MUBiomed said:
As I said in a different thread, I can already see Best Buy girl's face when I tell her why I want another one...:(
Click to expand...

I got a question. I know it's off-topic, but oh well...

Is there a difference between medical and biomedical at MU (I guess that's your school?). I figured medical school pretty much was biomedical.
 
ddoolin0 said:
I got a question. I know it's off-topic, but oh well...

Is there a difference between medical and biomedical at MU (I guess that's your school?). I figured medical school pretty much was biomedical.
Click to expand...

Depends on which MU you are talking about as there are several. I was a Biomedical Major in Undergrad (got a B.S. in Cellular/Molecular Biology) and now I am a medical student (to be a Doctor M.D.) so yes there is a difference. Some schools also have a graduate school Biomedical degree which is a M.S. in Biology focused on medical research which is also a different route.
 
ddoolin0 said:
I got a question. I know it's off-topic, but oh well...

Is there a difference between medical and biomedical at MU (I guess that's your school?). I figured medical school pretty much was biomedical.
Click to expand...

I think it has to do with degrees/research

Biomedical might be for graduate-level medicine, while medical would be for actually becoming a doctor.

I really don't know though, just taking a guess.
 
I love how ocd everyone here is. It makes me feel normal. Just keep it bro, it's a tiny spec on a sexy beast. Are you going to turn down eva mendes because she has a mole?
Eva-Mendes-8.jpg
 
applejobs said:
I love how ocd everyone here is. It makes me feel normal. Just keep it bro, it's a tiny spec on a sexy beast. Are you going to turn down eva mendes because she has a mole?
Eva-Mendes-8.jpg
Click to expand...

Wow, that means I must have good game. Hell yeah I'll turn down Eva Mendes then. lol get me another woman just as good :p
 
Def take it back! no telling how hard it was dropped to damage it while still in its box. unless the damage was done by apple durring the time it was being put together like the stripped screw in the ifixit MBP tear down... ill be looking my new MBP with a hawkeye soon as i get it.
 
I would have already returned it....

IMO unacceptable for the cost of this computer.
 
whatever floats your boat I say....

this is not a glass window - a chip won't leave a crack along the way! But hey, you paid alot for the laptop and you can return within 14 days. This one is pure OCD judging from the MACRO shot required to even see the damage :rolleyes:
 
I have a similar dent on my 2008 aluminium MacBook. Mine was a BTO with upgraded RAM and iWork installed so I guess whoever carried out the work dropped something on it. I'm normally really OCD when it comes to my stuff but the funny thing is, because the damage wasn't done by me, it never really bothered me - it's only when I drop/damage something myself, and then dwell on how stupid I was and what I could have done to prevent it, that it gets to me. You are completely entitled to a swap if it bothers you, but I would decide how much you really notice it. My MacBook is still pretty much pristine, and this mark just adds to the individuality of my computer...

And in answer to your question, it hasn't got any worse - or changed at all - since the day I got it.
 

Attachments

  • photo.JPG
    photo.JPG
    354 KB · Views: 91
Last edited:
applejobs said:
I love how ocd everyone here is. It makes me feel normal. Just keep it bro, it's a tiny spec on a sexy beast. Are you going to turn down eva mendes because she has a mole?
Eva-Mendes-8.jpg
Click to expand...

Of course not, I'd take her even faster because she has that mole :D As well as i love my 13" MBP 1000 times more since I accidently chiped it next to the superdrive, thats what makes it MY mbp and not someone else's boring machine! As well as the mole on Eva Mendes is what gives her personality and sets her apart from all the other beautiful girls in hollywood ;)
 
NO, don't keep it! When you eventually replace it and sell it, you want it to be in as pristine condition as possible. I've had mine for 2.5 years and there's not a chip or scratch on it. I hate to return things, too, but it should at least start out in perfect condition.
 
frunk said:
Who cares about what she thinks. You're a BioMed student who can dish out ~2000 on a new computer, she's a cashier.
Click to expand...

Maybe a doctor or two can prescribe some medication for that ego of yours.
 
Like many have already suggested here, return it. If anything, you should be angry at Apple, because they try to sell you subpar quality at full price. It's Apple's poor quality control that allows these dented or chipped laptops to reach the customers. If people let them get away with faults like these, they will never improve their QC, because customers accept second grade quality even though the prices are very high.
 
I had already started loading some files on it while trying to decide what to do and eventually came to the decision to return it. I called Best Buy and asked them if we could just swap my HDD into the new one to save myself the trouble of recopying files but of course they are not authorized to do that. I am tempted to go buy another one, put my HDD in it, and return the chipped one with the factory HDD in it from the new one. If I don't do it this way I will feel obligated to wipe this one's HDD and that will take ages on a 5400 drive.....:mad:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back