I have had my Macbook for 5 1/2 months. My first issue was the battery. In the upper right hand corner where it says how much battery life is left, it says there is no batteries available.
A week later I made myself an appointment to get it fixed and somewhere between me making the appointment and packing it into my case a crack appeared in the lower right corner of the screen. I took the computer in anyway to get prices on how much each would cost to fix.
They gave me a new battery no questions asked, but the screen would cost at least $600 to fix. I took the computer home and it has been 24 hours and the battery is still unavailable..meaning everytime my charger comes out my computer shuts itself off. I am still very upset and don’t know what to do about the screen, since i could just buy a new laptop for that price, but the fact that the battery isn’t even fixed is bothering me more and more.
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Do yourself a favour, sell your Mac and buy a PC.
I am in the same predicament, my screen shattered when I shut it, and it is going to cost me $900 to get it fixed. I think I would rather spend the money on a PC.
This is after the same problem with the battery, which blew up and wrecked my mouse, and after the CD insert fell within the computor. These things were both covered by warranty, but both things took numerable services to actually fix.
To own a Mac is to be part of a Religon, I like to think independantly.
Bhuvana on March 14th, 2008 at 5:26 pm | Link
Bhuvana:
Apparently you like to think “independently” of proper English spelling guidelines.
There are less expensive options for replacing a Mac’s screen. Find a reputable third-party repair company to fix it for less than what Apple charges.
LCDs do not spontaneously crack. Despite what you may think, they don’t just “break” without external force. 5 minutes of online searching will save you a lot of money. If only that’s what people were interested in rather than handouts.
DrunkenTech on March 27th, 2008 at 3:56 pm | Link
Excuse me?? I have owned several laptops and NEVER have had any issues with them. I am a teacher and deal with at least 15 laptops at day, not one has been broken in the past 6 years. I currently own a Macbook and I went away, left my Mac in a safe location and when i returned I found a crack in the corner, which COMPLETELY distorted my screen. Now, it is not my responsibility to replace my screen with a screen that is not Mac approved. I’m sorry if you find this hard to believe, however the 50 or so blogs that i have read can back my case up. Apple need to get with it, and just like their battery fault, admit that this is a manufacturer default.
Bee on April 19th, 2008 at 3:18 am | Link
This is the same EXACT problem…first the battery, then when I entered the room and opened the macbook, the screen is shattered, can this be explained???? WILL APPLE PAY FOR THIS???
Jane on May 15th, 2008 at 8:06 pm | Link
The two problems are about as related as stubbing your toe and having your eyeball fall out.
And LCDs spontaneously crack about as often as eyeballs jump out of sockets.
DrunkenTech on May 15th, 2008 at 8:55 pm | Link
the same thing happend to me and my screen. My laptop still works but the crack is getting worse. They don’t make my copy of a mac anymore so i caned get it fixed. I Hope apple fixed this problem in the new laptops.
brian on September 11th, 2008 at 4:36 am | Link
LCDs do not spontaneously crack. Despite what you may think, they don’t just “break” without external force.
Rob Stumpf on October 3rd, 2008 at 2:45 pm | Link
Sorry for what you people say, but Brian is right. LCD screens do not just crack, nor do batteries explode
Brandon on October 5th, 2008 at 7:34 am | Link