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http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/d… http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/d… I was at Starbucks and the wind blew my brand new MacBook Pro off the table (onto concrete) and it dented the left corner of my laptop. Needless to say I freaked out and went into shock for about 15 mins. Anyway, the only thing that happened besides the cosmetic damage was that the internet was disconnected for a second. Other than that, everything is working just fine. The only thing that I am kind of worried about is the battery life. Also, I am worried that since it has a small opening because of the jam (as seen in the pictures) that stuff might get into the computer. It seems to me that it has weakened a little…is it me? or am I just worried too much? Please calm my nerves or give it to me straight! Thanks!
The main thing I would do right now is make sure I had a good backup. You would also want to maintain a regular backup in case the hard drive should die. Check out the optical drive. You may well have been lucky and avoided serious damage so I would suggest you just continue using it and see what the future brings. Ralph
I would be worried by the unit warranty status now that the MBP has been dropped and show case damages.
You should see my MacBook Pro, I’ve got all four corners dented and I’ve seen worse and still working ;-} Mac’s seem to hold up better than many other laptops, but I won’t push my luck. You need to balance your love of a blemish free system to your work needs. With laptops in general you need to be on top of your backups as one day you’ll find that last drop did it in.
i got on this as soon as i dropped mine, and thank god its okay i dropped it on wood flooring and started panicking! its working absolutely fine though
I dropped my lovely Mac at an airport two days ago while I was taking it out of my backpack to put in a bin for screening. Someone jostled me right as I took it out of the bag, and before I knew it I was hearing a sickening thud and watching the bottom part of my Tech21 Impactology case fly off my computer. I pulled myself together enough to pick my Mac off the floor and inspect the damage. Luckily, the snap-on case seemed to have absorbed most of the impact. It was bent and dented at the top and bottom left corners… I almost breathed a sigh of sweet relief… until I noticed that the bottom of my gorgeous machine was also dented, just a little, but enough to make my stomach churn. I was worried sick all through the rest of my journey. On top of the cosmetic damage which pained me to look at, I was worried that perhaps the drop had damaged a crucial internal component of my computer. I actually booked a Genius Appointment during my layover in the middle of my journey. I walked into the Apple Store today with dread and apprehension and they ran diagnostics on it. Everything checked out fine! Nothing was wrong with my machine at all! Apparently the only moving part of the new Macs is the fan and that wasn’t moving when my computer took a dive so nothing internal was damaged. And they said it’s unlikely that anything will come up in the future, and if it did they would just fix it under my AppleCare, without even referencing this event as the cause, since they had already checked it out and deemed it okay and unaffected by the fall. I decided that fixing the dent (which would require getting the entire unibody replaced for almost $600) wasn’t really worth it since they insisted that it wouldn’t interfere with the functionality of my computer. Also, it wouldn’t really be my computer anymore if they replaced the entire body. Maccie and I have been through a lot together. She’s been there for me at 3am when I’m sobbing and trying to type a coherent essay before my deadline. And she’s been there for me when I couldn’t go home and needed to Skype my Mum just so I could see her face. I would never change her, I love her too much, just the way she is. I walked away feeling like a huge weight had been lifted from my shoulders. Now I just have to get used to this ding on the left bottom corner of my computer. Sigh…maybe it’ll grow on me. %#*@, these machines are champs though. My old Acer would probably be dead now. I guess I need to get a more butch name for my Mac now, seeing as how she’s survived a nasty fall and all. Maccie is a little too soft for a champ like her
Macs are pretty resilient, I’ve dropped mine a few times before (although on more giving surfaces than concrete, but still) and it’s no worse for the wear.
Same opening on mine because i dented it is this ok?
I back mine up every day that is definitely necessity especially if you do things like video editing that could crash very badly…. Bad experiences over here
I do but do you mean for all video editing? I do videos on my mac then export the finished product and delete it off the computer. Is that bad?
My MacBook Pro 13 inch fell off my bed about 2 feet on my carpet. It was opened and fell opened with no external problems. Im worried if it broke the hard drive or any internal parts.
