Poll: Is your macBook cracked/cracking

Stigmama · Post by **Stigmama** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:57 am

mine did the exact same as those pics.

Pasha · Post by **Pasha** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:17 am

Voted No. I'm using it inside. Taken to gig (recording a band Live) not more than 4 times.

- Best
- Pasha

koneko · Post by **koneko** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:35 am

mine did it too. tape the damn thing. as long as it works it's all good.

Mazzo · Post by **Mazzo** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:05 am

wow, thanks guys!

I wanted to get one mainly because they look beautiful - it's really hard to find PCs that look nice.

The ones with cracks don't look nice though, they look cheap

I'll wait to see what the new macbooks are like - hopefully they will change the closing mechanism/those two ridges/the plastic

dazzer · Post by **dazzer** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:31 am

I await the development of cracks in my currently crack-free MB with baited breath. Think I better get AppleCare.

fatrabbit · Post by **fatrabbit** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:27 am

People throw their laptops around like they are crash test dummies - and they are surprised that they break.

Mazzo · Post by **Mazzo** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:36 pm

fatrabbit wrote:People throw their laptops around like they are crash test dummies - and they are surprised that they break.

These cracks are all due to the magnetic closing mechanism snapping the two ridges down on the palm rest causing stress fractures which eventually lead to cracks.

The new macbooks are rumoured to have metal cases, so this shouldn't be a problem anymore.

Mazzo · Post by **Mazzo** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:11 pm

to the people who said their macbooks weren't cracked, how old are your machines?

UKRuss · Post by **UKRuss** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:19 pm

Mazzo wrote:I'll probably get one and just superglue it if it does crack

cheers anyway!

Mine cracked as per the pic you found...and I glued it back...then the other side fell off and i thought...meh. Percuter still works fine.

stonee · Post by **stonee** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:00 pm

took my mac book a couple of days to crack. i was pretty mad. but that was 2 years ago now, so I'm over it now. i imagine the new ones aren't as bad for it.

nate_D · Post by **nate_D** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:03 pm

Mazzo wrote:to the people who said their macbooks weren't cracked, how old are your machines?

i'm working with 16 months

tricil · Post by **tricil** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:30 pm

you do realize that non-macbook owners just wanting to fan the flame will answer these polls negatively and skew the result?

myself included.

Mazzo · Post by **Mazzo** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:42 pm

tricil wrote:you do realize that non-macbook owners just wanting to fan the flame will answer these polls negatively and skew the result?

myself included.

i figured that, but i thought that those votes would be balanced by the mac lovers but not macbook owners vote

hacktheplanet · Post by **hacktheplanet** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:07 pm

My Mac Book got some cracks and discoloration.
I just mailed it into Apple Care, and 4 days later I had a new case. For free.
It's good as new, so everyone quit hating.

And don't use tape/glue/gum/etc to fix your computer! Send it in to be repaired! (unless your warranty is over)

bencodec · Post by **bencodec** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:07 pm

yeah, apple will usually fix this for free.