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joshwest

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Apr 27, 2005
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I was curious if a stress/pressure crack would be covered under apple care. This computer has never been opened but i looked on the side and where the screw is located it has cracked. I attached a Picture. Let me know your thoughts..

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The bottom case will get replaced by Applecare. Those stress marks are pretty common in the white macbooks. I had mine replaced twice before I switched to the Aluminum design.
 
Apple has been repairing white MB's with cracks even when out of the
official warranty period. Just take it in to a store.
 
They'll replace it, some people around here have even said they can do it in-store in a couple hours.
 
There appears to be something else going on with your Mac - the deck is bowed up near the crack.

I was just looking at that. Although Apple acknowledged the stress cracks on the white/black MacBook's, that looks like something happened to your MacBook - almost like it was dropped or something. Hopefully Apple will look past that and just perform the repair for you.
 
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