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The case of a broken Macbook Air

This was supposed to be a minor accident involving my new Macbook Air a couple of days ago but it turned out to be pretty damaging actually.

The adaptor of my MBA slipped from my hands and dropped around 7 or 8 inches from the keyboard (near the area where the power button is). Hit the F11 and F12 keys and bounced to the lower right corner of the screen.

The screen blurred and I got this.

Looks like a gash but actually the LCD is fine — no cracks or bruises. It’s the panel inside that’s affected and the display has that bleeding effect with some 15-20% of the screen area already unusable.

I think it was just bad luck. My old Macbook Air suffered much worse accidents in the 9 or so month I used it. This new one — barely 3 weeks.

Brought it to the store where I got it for a check-up and they admitted the screen is somewhat fragile to have that kind of damage for a minor bump but could not do anything except for giving me the number of the Apple’s Customer Support.

I know accidental damage isn’t covered by the warranty so either I return it for parts replacement (they tell me it will cost between Php25k to Php30k) or I just figure out a way to get one from eBay.

For the meantime, I’ve hooked this up on an external monitor so I can still use it. Despite having a desktop PC and a couple other laptops around, I just don’t have the urge to blog without my Macbook Air (oh my, am I becoming a Apple fanboy Macaddict?).

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

53 Responses

  1. Avatar for Apple Lover Apple Lover says:

    Guest what happened? They test my charger for 2 weeks then after the result of test they said that my charger is a fake (Good a fake included in the box what the hell!!!) then I purchase a brand new one in the PowerMac Megamall (Authorized Apple Reseller) they don’t want to open because it was sealed and need to purchase first. I bought one for 1,199.00 php after I open the adapter… What is this the same with the fake one that you don’t want to replace. Guys go to service center and watch the reactions of the customer inside, then you can decide if you will buy another apple products?

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  5. Avatar for Bless Bless says:

    Did u have it fixed? I got mine for my macbook 13″ unibody for 9k. Boy it looked like new. They used the same screen for a lower cost. Had it assessed from apple service center and valued the repair at 72k.. I was like, u kidding me? Dava?

  6. Avatar for Jethro Jethro says:

    As Vegeta have said…….
    SAD FOR YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUU

    Or:

    Vegeta! What does the scouter say about the replacement price?
    Vegeta:It’s over 9000!

  7. Avatar for joseph joseph says:

    ito yung main problem pag bumili ka ng mahal na gadget pag nasira MAHAL din ang repair…

  8. Avatar for RAWR RAWR says:

    Sir halata ba yung crack? pwede naman siguro sabihin na lang na hindi siya nabagsakan/naaksidente para icover ng warranty..

    I have a unibody macbookpro 13.3″…one day nagloko battery then hindi na mabuhay..Ayun motherboard daw 30-40k repair…thats 3months after warranty..ok ang apple sa design at innovations…

    Should have buy that applecare! DAMN!

  9. Avatar for justine justine says:

    Yan ba yung latest na MBA? With backlit keyboard? Damn! That was an awful experience. Gusto ko din magka Mac! :|

  10. Avatar for jonaflormicfren jonaflormicfren says:

    That is part of change and it need to be change.

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