Comments on: MacBook Air Susceptible to Gravity

By: techiepalar

techiepalar — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:47:44 +0000

Maybe, when I’ll have a laptop someday, I should take a big care with it…

By: Computer Shopping, a la Apple | The Adventures of Jessica Sideways

Computer Shopping, a la Apple | The Adventures of Jessica Sideways — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:10:58 +0000

[...] is packed into the laptop so tightly and it is not very well protected. Therefore, this makes the MacBook Air very susceptible to gravity, which is a horrible thing for me – a woman who has a serious problem with dropping computers. [...]

By: Robert Barnwell

Robert Barnwell — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:39:45 +0000

Yeah I just dropped my macbook pro and it looks exactly like that at the moment.

By: Review: TechRestore Mac Repair - PaulStamatiou.com

Review: TechRestore Mac Repair - PaulStamatiou.com — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:08:49 +0000

[...] too long ago I accidentally dropped my MacBook Air onto a hard floor and the screen cracked. I knew that I did not have the time or patience to let [...]

By: Steve Nordquist

Steve Nordquist — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:57:30 +0000

Anyone with a $40 16-core laptop they’re not using, you know…I think I could get emacs (and maybe a nation or two) running on that and be happy. You should file sarbox on your 128-core low-neutron special and beat Far Cry 2.

By: Steve Nordquist

Steve Nordquist — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:50:14 +0000

Ostensibly, you’d make one of those giant hamster balls (or inflatable cages, since it doesn’t have to tolerate an abusive 70kg. person) like in AppleGeeks and suspend the air within it…taking an inspectable 2oz. helium canister with you on flights if they ask you to deflate it to fit in the carry-on guideline thing.

Attach it within a Sumo bag/chair?

Contrawise you can get a piano wire cage with rubber grips and corners on it, and a papercutting held taut in back.

You could open the thing up and fill every void and weak spot with appropriate ceramic and metal components.

After that gets old, you get to build an active defense system for it.

You would be healthier just taking Aikido so you can save the thing before someone takes it out by you know, breathing. On your fetish.

The MacBook Air is so made for the characters in Hokuto no Ken to use. Slayers Revolution, maybe.

By: ремонт офисов

ремонт офисов — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:38:37 +0000

Знакомый стиль.

By: Udi

Udi — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:14:06 +0000

Nice pool man!

By: Ricky Mills

Ricky Mills — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:00:48 +0000

Apple will be able to point you in the direction of your nearest certified specialist who stocks Air parts. I’ve had a similar issue, just give them a ring and they will be able to give you some options.

Hope this helps!

By: One Laptop Per Child News

One Laptop Per Child News — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:04:35 +0000

Why Give 1 Get 1 is going to be a much harder sale in 2008…

Don’t drink and punch your XO.

The other day when I was in Vancouver and using the XO while sitting in a nice café someone started asking me about the machine and the current state of OLPC. When I mentioned that Give 1 Get 1 was going to make a come…

By: Jeremy Ricketts

Jeremy Ricketts — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:13:59 +0000

Dang!

By: Greg Ashbaugh

Greg Ashbaugh — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:05:24 +0000

Dell’s CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service for their notebooks would cover this which I bought for mine. It’s unfortunate Apple doesn’t provide something comparable.

Sorry to hear about the damage. =/

By: Cait Imbimbo

Cait Imbimbo — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:27:40 +0000

I agree with others, if it were me, I’d send it off. I’ve heard good things about TechRestore.com if that adds any trust to the site for you. :]

By: Juliestarchild

Juliestarchild — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:26:13 +0000

Ouch!
This happened to me on my G4 powerbook titanium BUT I had accidental damage cover on my home insurance and that covered it – now I ALWAYS pay for accidental damage cover, even if it really only means I’ll ever use it for my laptop (now Mac Book Pro) and iMac g5 and TV, xbox360 etc etc – all covered for accidents – well worth it. I’d definitely recommend this as it’s a small cost and a quick add on to contents cover on a home insurance policy you (most likely) already have.

And finally to the dude who can ‘get away’ with using a £20 laptop – good luck to you – like Paul says, some of us need laptops that have power as our work requires us to do more than just browse the web and create word docs – I just get away with 2 gb ram but my work machine has 4gb ram like Paul’s – you need to get a grip and think beyond your own little boundaries and your post wasn’t really very helpful was it? Perhaps you could ponder on all the things you’re missing out on by not using a decent PC(?)/Mac to its full potential! Perhaps you’re missing something?!

By: Theo R

Theo R — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:00:35 +0000

Poor you! A word of advice if you send your laptop off: do NOT use UPS! A member of my family sent off a brand new laptop with a startup problem a few years ago, and it was returned with half the screen leaking chemicals and not functioning correctly.

Best of luck with the repair….

By: Netta

Netta — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:07:33 +0000

Oooops… so sorry to hear that, Paul :(( Hope everything can be sorted out soon. I will surely learn from your experience.

By: Adam Perfect

Adam Perfect — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:10:21 +0000

I know your pain, I’m currently trying to get my Air sorted having spilled about a pint of milky tea on it.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:04:46 +0000

The MacBook Air uses an AU Optronics B133EW03 panel, which costs about $300 from warehouses (google it). I’d replace it myself in this situation, if you’re feeling up to it ifixit has some pointers on Air disassembly ;)

By: Mark Jaquith

Mark Jaquith — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:23:17 +0000

Get Apple to repair it, and then get an insurance policy for it added on to your renter’s insurance.

By: Markus Langenfeld

Markus Langenfeld — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:22:53 +0000

That really sucks Paul. You can actually see the screen flex when they close it in the commercial, I’m not surprised that it cracked so easily.

Hopefully Apple can get you a deal on the repair.

By: Anna Sabino

Anna Sabino — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:59:02 +0000

Sorry about your accident… :-(
Recently I purchased a .mac stuff and after signing up for it, etc.
I realized I wanted to return it.
After talking to a sales person, who said no (because it was too late), I talked to a sales manager, who not only agreed to refund me the money but also offered a year of .mac for free!
Apple has amazing/unusual customer service!!!

I have 2 solutions:
- try talking to them and ask to make an exception.
- set-up a “support Paul” stuff on your site, similar to http://twit.tv/
to buy a new machine. You provide a well researched content and have many followers, who will help!!!

Good luck!!!

By: Dean

Dean — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:07:22 +0000

Wow. That monitor is painful to look at. I’ve never had that happen to me, though. Sorry for the crack. :s

By: adi chandra

adi chandra — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:10:35 +0000

man! it’s sad to see you’re dropping the air. well it’s a really light machine, so i always bring my air with one hand, and that really brings more risk to a dropping air.

learning from your experience, from now on i will not take the air as easy as i take a magazine.

By: Ryan Williams

Ryan Williams — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:52:21 +0000

I’m guessing the answer would be along the lines of “Because not everybody uses their computer in exactly the same way that you do”, Andy. I for one would need plenty of processing power if I had a laptop because *my* work brings even my quad core desktop machine armed with 4GB of RAM to its knees at times. We don’t all use computers for browsing websites and producing office documents.

Not that I’m endorsing the MacBook Air because it’s way too overpriced in my opinion, but I’m not sure why you’re bringing in a comparison between a £20 desktop and an ultra-portable laptop. Clearly people who use powerful laptops have a specific reason for doing so, and you don’t get many laptops that’re worth a damn for £20 anyway. If you did, you’re extremely lucky.

By: passby

passby — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:10:07 +0000

@ William : Apple stinks when it comes to repairs