Smashed up my MBP.

[Munson]

Well not smashed up, exactly. Fell arse over tit on ice yesterday while carrying my bag into work. The end result is a nice dent in the lid (where I landed on the bag no doubt).

Still functional but needs a new lid. What's it likely to set me back? Screen is ok.

 

[Adam]

Ouch, unlucky fella!

 

[Craigus]

Vids?

 

[MaLicE]

how old is it?? apple will prob replace it free of charge if its in warrantee

 

[jenic]

lol, they wont

Would you expect your car to be fixed under warranty if you stoved it into a wall?

 

[Fletcher]

Unlucky Roy

 

[Munson]

A couple of months I think. It still works fine. Just battered to f**k. It's only my business 13" anyway so I'm not crying over it. Shame though. I was just wondering how much it's likely to cost to replace the lid...if the lid can be replaced without changing the screen.

 

[Rob182]

have my lid replaced under apple care (fault with the screen) and the apple guy told me it would cost over £600 for a new clamshell (which is the screen and lid) as i was told you cant get a genuine apple lid on its own!

 

[Adam.]

Could be worse....

Here's one that was returned by one of the managers:

Took a trip down a set of stairs apparently.

 

[Jason_E]

LOL

My Macbooks got a couple of dings on it, they don't matter so it doesn't bother me.

 

[UncleGrumpy]

And theres me thinking the follow up was going to be .....and bought an Alienware

Yes I know I'm a front bottom Roy, anyhoo, had a quick nose around and the only place I could find a unibody they were talking £500 and listed as out of stock.

I'll talk to the systems monkeys at work tomorrow, we have a lot of mac stuff so I'm sure they've had similar type incidents and might know where to get hold of one and how much etc.

You never know, the useless f*****s might actually come up trumps for once, i'll post up on this thread tomorrow from work if they come up with anything worthwhile.

 

[Munson]

Cool. Thanks for that.

 

[Gally]

Trip fall in the house, alas ze house insurance.

 

[sneeks]

I had the lid and screen replaced under warranty on my 13" MBP and I think the invoice said it would have cost me just under £400.

 

[David]

Put a gela skin on it. Did it with my dell i dented. Jobs a goodun and looks cool AND is £15.

 

[UncleGrumpy]

Royston, spoke to our guys today and they use a site called ifixit.com for random mac bits, it's based in the states but it's the most reliable place they've found.

Hope it helps bud.
x

 

[Revels]

Do you not have appropriate winter boots?

Old people falling over is dangerous. You could have broken your hip.

 

[Munson]

Cheers Lord, I'll check that out in due course. A skin isn't gonna fix it. It's proper dented. Surprised the panel isn't toast TBH.

Dan, with respect, STFU.

 

[jenic]

Found this today: http://www.myservice.com/cases.html

Its US based, but $199 for a display case fitted, wouldn't be unreasonable to think a authorised repair centre over here (i.e not official apple, but authorised place you can find on the apple site) would do it for around the £200 mark?

 

[markkram]

My unibody MacBook survived totally unmarked following a seven month tour of the USA. Back home less than a week and managed to drop an empty mug on to the closed lid. My mac now sports a beautiful curved dent in the top of the clam shell. No problems with the screen so just see it as a battle scar that makes it unique.

 

[Daniel]

First the Volvo, now this. You're not getting on very well in the ice are you Roy.

 

[Munson]

No.

 

[Daniel]

I suppose your reactions aren't what they used to be.

 

[Jason_E]

It's funny because he's old.

Be honest, did you dent it because you tried to power it with a traction engine and it fell off?

 

[Munson]

At least come up with your own jokes.

 

[RoryW]

Don't know what you've decided to do but these guys repaired my mates MBP and he was well chuffed with their service. Miles from you I'm guessing??

http://www.solutions-inc.co.uk/index.php/chichester

 

[Munson]

Cheers but it looks like the whole chassis is bent. I've since noticed that there's a dent/crease protruding outwards on the underside, so a proper fix would mean an entire new unibody. Seems like it took a proper pounding. Probably a testament to the quality that it's still 100% functional. A lesser machine would probably have cracked it's Airfix chassis

I've decided I'll just leave it as it is and probably get a new one when they are updated. Especially if they make resolution upgrades to the next models, which they surely will.

 

[The Hoff]

13" Air, done.

 

[Munson]

No can do. I need ethernet and ideally an optical drive.

 

[The Hoff]

Shame, I had a play with one, fell in love immediately. I think you can get adapters for them RE ethernet.

May get the 11" myself when my VAIO dies.

 

[RoryW]

Cheers but it looks like the whole chassis is bent. I've since noticed that there's a dent/crease protruding outwards on the underside, so a proper fix would mean an entire new unibody. Seems like it took a proper pounding. Probably a testament to the quality that it's still 100% functional. A lesser machine would probably have cracked it's Airfix chassis

I've decided I'll just leave it as it is and probably get a new one when they are updated. Especially if they make resolution upgrades to the next models, which they surely will.

Might be worth checking out the House hold cover you have, ours covers laptops etc and it obviously happened at home

they definitely sound solid though, cant think of many laptops that will take an impact like that and have a working screen after

 

[Christopher]

Just in case you were wondering, a new Unibody top case is £127. The LCD lids are sold as one unit from Apple, but you can buy the lids separately. They're ~£150.

To have Apple replace the display assembly, it's £395 fitted.

Most places will charge around £100 to fit all that.

I was about to do the same, but then my iSight packed up and Apple replaced it all for free for me.