My MBA wobbles on a flat surface... What should I do??

[eggersj]

Today I discovered that my MBA wobbles while on a perfectly flat surface. Has anyone had this problem? I bought it in early March. It is driving me nutz while typing!!! I keep it in pristine condition. It doesn't even have a scratch on it and is always in it's WaterField sleeve in my messenger bag....

Wobble wobble wobble... Should I take it back?

 

[pgharavi]

Today I discovered that my MBA wobbles while on a perfectly flat surface. Has anyone had this problem? I bought it in early March. It is driving me nutz while typing!!! I keep it in pristine condition. It doesn't even have a scratch on it and is always in it's WaterField sleeve in my messenger bag....

Wobble wobble wobble... Should I take it back?

Take the bottom left end, and the top right end (of the keyboard) and flex it out.

Seriously. It works. I usually do this once a week. lol

 

[ScottFitz]

Is this a recent turn of events or did you just not notice it when you got it?

 

[StealthRider]

Find a not-flat surface?

Honestly, flexing it is probably your best bet if you don't want to give it back to Apple for any length of time.

 

[Sesshi]

Yeah. Gentle flexing does straighten it out - recently my Air has also started to wobble. I bent it slightly so that it wobbles a bit less. My oldest, just about to be replaced TZ - straight as a ruler.

 

[eggersj]

Is this a recent turn of events or did you just not notice it when you got it?

Def a recent event. Haven't had a problem until last night. I will try to flex it to straighten it out.

It was on a granite counter top when I first noticed it. Then I tried it on the kitchen table, and then the coffee table. All the same thing.

Thanks for the advice!!!

 

[bartman-chinese]

Why would the thing flex? Would heat be a factor?

(Aside from the nasty dent I have no issues with mine)

 

[aussieinrome]

Check the surface.

is the surface flat? i thought my mba wobbled until i discovered it was my office desk surface that was distorted...

 

[Sesshi]

Why would the thing flex? Would heat be a factor?

(Aside from the nasty dent I have no issues with mine)

It doesn't so much flex as deform over time in everyday use.

The shell is aluminium. As I said in your thread, it's a 'dead' metal, not a springy one like steel. So once it's shape is changed, it has a habit of staying changed. The Air does have a thick shell - indeed, it's necessary since it effectively has no internal chassis - but it can deform.

For example, if like me you carry it in a non-rigid messenger bag most of the time than it is subject to mild flexing forces, which can over time deform a machine built like the Air (or the Macbook Pro). I doubt from the relative ease that I can bend the Air that the metal is treated in a way that optimises Aluminium's strengths. It's made for relative ease of manufacture - trading off weight, form and rigidity.