I bought my Macbook so I could develop for the iPhone. While I found over £700 for the privilege of developing for the iPhone a bit steep, it made sense. There was no other way of me doing it, unless I hacked a machine and somehow get the Mac OS running on it. I didn’t have the time to pursue the latter. Anyway, the Macbook has been kept in a specifically designed sleeve, and inside a laptop compartment inside a rucksack, padded with memory foam, designed specifically for carrying a laptop. Never dropped it, or sat on it, or served dinner with it… Have a look at these pictures:

Cracked Macbook

Macbook Cracked Up - 1

Cracked Macbook

Macbook Cracked Up - 2

While the Apple Rep at the ‘Genius Bar’ was sympathetic to my woes, and offered to replace the top part for free (good job too, I was in no mood to be messed with that day, trust me.)  My calls for a replacement laptop was met with ‘If it was a month old, we could have done….”

Still, under six months for a Macbook isn’t bad then, right?

I have had about ten laptops, half the price of my Macbook throughout my career. Never before have I had the kind of problem with quality.

I’ll wrap it in cotton wool then before I take it out in future.

To add insult to injury, the part wasn’t in stock. Despite having waited a week to get an appointment at the ‘Genius Bar’ I would have to wait some more. The problem is clearly a design fault, but they carried on selling them like that anyway. Still, they are repairing it, that makes everything OK? No.

First and last. Ever. Lets hope that when I get it back, it’s safe to expose it to oxygen.