Spilt glass of water over 17" 2011 macbook pro

[l.a.rossmann]

Blaming Apple for not making a spill proof machine is borderline comical. I know there are keyboards like that though so maybe one day. The context of my post though was in general; I take responsibility for my actions and I've paid dearly in many cases. Yet I'm still here alive and kicking.

I disagree.

It's not Apple's fault you spilled liquid on your laptop. I don't want to take away personal responsibility.

I'm saying, that as an engineering company with billions of dollars and over ten years of experience building notebooks - and at least six years of catching up rapidly to PC notebook marketshare, it is silly to not come up with a solution to this problem. It would be wise to implement a less delicate design.

People could say it is comical one expects a manufacturer to come up with a virus proof machine. Apple did just that! This is easier.

It's one thing if you're competing based on price, but Apple has the luxury of high profit margins on these machines. Why not spend a little bit of engineering effort to fix this problem? Other laptop manufacturers are trying to.

 

[sehnsucht77]

I woke up this morning and opened my macbook to see water all over the screen and keyboard I must have accidentally spilt a glass of water over my macbook pro the night before without noticing!
Straight away I dried it off with a towel and left it to dry out for about 12 hours. I then turned it on and everything was working, apart from the trackpad which was slow to respond and right click didn't work.
I connected my external trackpad from my iMac and it worked perfectly. I was planning to get a replacement through Apple as I still have 1 month left on the warranty.
If I don't tell Apple it has water damage, would they be able to replace it still? Are there any water sensors in the Macbook like there are in iPhone?

you might not tell apple it wasn't water damage but anyone savvy enough to check out the innards of your machine will call your gamble. i've worked on enough circuit boards in my life to know if something seeped into a casing and wasn't supposed to be there -the techs will too. don't lie, its not cool and the thing was your fault. man up. it'll be better than to be showed pictures that you tried to pass off the damage in a public place and trying to play it off in public with an "oh-snap" facial expression.

 

[mac(:fan]

While I agree that the truth is the best path it is difficult when the moral compasses of the fat cats at apple headquarters are spinning out of control. Possibly if the repair bills weren’t so retardedly high one wouldn’t resort to trying to pull a fast one on them. And ya good point, with technology the way it is there probably is a way to deter water from the sensitive parts in the device. I am currently on my daughter’s piece of crap hp laptop because I also pulled a bone head move and left my MBP outside, on and open and it rained!! They want $900 to repair it half the price I paid for it new 4 months ago and if Intel makes it how come it’s so much more expensive to fix than the comparable PC

 

[mactoday]

I woke up this morning and opened my macbook to see water all over the screen and keyboard I must have accidentally spilt a glass of water over my macbook pro the night before without noticing!
Straight away I dried it off with a towel and left it to dry out for about 12 hours. I then turned it on and everything was working, apart from the trackpad which was slow to respond and right click didn't work.
I connected my external trackpad from my iMac and it worked perfectly. I was planning to get a replacement through Apple as I still have 1 month left on the warranty.
If I don't tell Apple it has water damage, would they be able to replace it still? Are there any water sensors in the Macbook like there are in iPhone?

You should try to get repair it under warranty. I had PowerBook G3 14" 292Mhz top model in 1998 and I accidentally spilt a cup of coffee on the keyboard and I turned it off, took out booth batteries and dry it with towel and then with wiped with towel with alcohol and blow dry, PowerBook worked just fine but keyboard was dead. I called to Apple and send me box for repair it, after a week I've got PowerBook and invoice inside, they have changed me logic board and keyboard under warranty. You have to try.

 

[GoCubsGo]

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