May
27
2008
MacBook Injury
Earlier today I dropped my MacBook out of my backpack. I took it out of the incase sleeve (hoping it would be alright) and discovered that one of the corners was badly bent from the fall. Here are some pictures:
Pretty intense huh? The entire machine (as far as I’ve tested) works. The power-port even works! It doesn’t look very pretty though. I’m going to contact AppleCare as soon as I’m done with school and will post updates on twitter about how they handle the situation.
**UPDATE** Apple was very gracious and replaced the top (keyboard and all) after they bent the underlying metal back into place. Thanks Apple! **UPDATE**
June 18th, 2008 at 4:28 am
My sympathy. I dropped my PowerBook Alu in exactly the same way a year ago. Unfortunately it was not in a sleeve (as it had its own special pocket in the backpack, I just forgot to zip it closed) and did get a bend much more serious than yours. It did work with one exception - the fluorescent tube that backlights the display failed and had to be replaced. So I’m glad to see yours made it with much less damage.