Someone spilled coke on my MBA today

[tangledweb16]

While we're on the subject of bottling up your emotions... when I got my iPhone stolen I was in school and I just kind of stated "hey... my phone just got stolen." Everyone around me just kind of stared and it all got really quiet... and then someone was all like "What are you gonna do?" They all looked like they thought I was going to either cry or beat someone up. But no... That wouldn't have been the right attitude.

It really pissed me off.... but what could I do? I reported it to the police, Apple, and the school, and cancelled my service, as well as having my phone already being pass code protected. At least they couldn't use it.

Just always try to keep a good attitude.

 

[Sun Baked]

Sorry I seem to have spilled your intestines on the floor, silly me.

 

[Lord Sam]

While we're on the subject of bottling up your emotions... when I got my iPhone stolen I was in school and I just kind of stated "hey... my phone just got stolen." Everyone around me just kind of stared and it all got really quiet... and then someone was all like "What are you gonna do?" They all looked like they thought I was going to either cry or beat someone up. But no... That wouldn't have been the right attitude.

It really pissed me off.... but what could I do? I reported it to the police, Apple, and the school, and cancelled my service, as well as having my phone already being pass code protected. At least they couldn't use it.

Just always try to keep a good attitude.

Wow. That really sucks. If I had 1, I'd be more worried about having it mugged from me on the way home. But if sm1 in ur school took it... that's bad.

 

[jedivulcan]

I'd be writing a court date on the back of a napkin if someone spilled a drink on my Mac..

 

[ubercool]

I had this happen to me on an Iberia flight between Madrid and Chicago. Flight attendant in business class spills red wine on my six-week old Sony TZ. Keyboard became sticky and hard to use and I had to buy a replacement TZ to use while it was being repaired in Japan by Dynamism.

Just got it back after two months away. Thankfully, Dynamism repaired it for free. But I'm still trying to get my claim resolved with Iberia, I have had zero response after three tries via registered mail, express mail and web form.

Moral of the story: close your lappy the minute you see a flight attendant with an open bottle of wine!

P.S. Oh and I now use a CooSkin to cover my keyboard, waiting for one for the MBA to be released.

 

[OttomanUmpire]

I wouldn't get too worked up about some liquid hitting the lid. My 2 yo son knocked a beer onto my open PB G4 a few days ago. The beverage got all over the trackpad and into the keyboard (from caps lock to F and down to the spacebar). Sopped up as much of it as I could, but the trackpad was totally unresponsive. So, I turned it upside down over a towel and let it dry out over night. Next day, things are back to normal, except there's a slight clicking noise (sounds like stickiness) when I use the trackpad button.

These things are surprisingly well built. While open and running, it's slipped off a bathroom counter onto a tile floor, and off a coffee table about three times. It split the case open about 1/4" at the front left corner, but (no kidding) I used some 3M packaging tape to hold it together for the last four months. The other corner is pretty bent up and the DVD drive doesn't work, but I've been able to transfer files with bluetooth and a flash drive, and do backups in target disk mode.

If only they'd come out with the new MBPs, I'd let this baby slip into the retirement it so richly deserves.

 

[arjunm]

Wow, just Friday the guy next to me in college had an open bottle of iced tea next to my MBA. I asked him to close the bottle and keep it on the other side.

He gave me a strange look, I know I was obnoxious and weird, but my MBA's worth it, innit

 

[anirban]

Did you have apple care for your mba ? If you didn't and it spilled everywhere and your mba didn't work what would happen.Would apple still replace it.???

Nope, as said by others, AppleCare does not cover accidental damage. Check your homeowner's insurance- they may bail you out on instances such as these.

 

[southcounty949]

I usually do all my studying with my friend at Barnes & Noble, and after reading this blog, I found myself keeping my drink on a chair instead of on the table anywhere near my MBA. I also get all tense now when someone walks next to me with a drink.

 

[Abstract]

Is the MBA thin enough to whip it towards him and slit his throat?

It's not an advertising slogan Apple would want to use, but it would still make the MBA sound pretty bad-ass for such a "soft" machine.

 

[Stampyhead]

You guys are so freakin ridiculous. Some coke spilled on top of a closed laptop and you act like a dingo almost ate your baby. What's even more funnier than the OP are the ones who are posting to console the OP. I might understand if it spilled on the keyboard.

What's even 'more funnier' is your lack of command of the English language.

 

[Mustafa]

Coke is disgusting when it gets on something.

Imagine what it's doing to your internal organs and teeth.

 

[davidjearly]

My avatar expresses exactly what my reaction to this would be.

Well Coke is disgusting.

Fixed that for you.

 

[gnasher729]

If it had gotten into the machinery, the topic's title would have been "Beat someone to death with an $1800 paperweight today."

The MacBook Air is completely unsuitable for beating someone to death. However, it would be time for an experiment whether it is thin enough to cut someone's throat...

 

[Mustafa]

The MacBook Air is completely unsuitable for beating someone to death.

A ThinkPad would be my recommendation -- if you're strong enough to swing it.