A dead pixel popped up in the middle of the screen today on my 4weeks old MBPR

Spoke to an AppleCare employee today and she said it is unacceptable for that to happen. So I am going to take it back to my local Apple store in the morning. Did anyone have similar problems in the past?

Had a couple of dead pixels (According to the service centre guys)
The service guys said that they'd replace the screen (3 weeks back)
I did call up Apple support, said I couldn't wait anymore, They put me through a service head in Singapore.You wont believe what he had to say. I said I can't wait for a computer anymore, He replied, if you want a computer you need to get a refund and buy another PC not a mac. Anyway, these guys are way in on their heels with the screen problem.
Anyway waiting for my First replacement Base model.so much of emotional stress to get a working mac worthy of the money I paid !!!! :-(

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Hello!
I've already searched through the discussions and found some people with similiar display issues. But I just had to post this question because I'm panicing.
I turned on my MacBook Pro 1.83 (It's from July '06) today just to notice a white spot at the right center of the display. At first I thought it was just some smear from a fingertipp, but it wouldn't go away. So I changed my wallpaper from the colourful one I have to a solid light grey default wallpaper.
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Some of the people here and on the net seem to have theirs repaired under warranty. But with display, you never know what they'll say.
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Greetings from Germany.
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I have now spoken to a local store which does repairs for Apple here.
(Funny thing: in Germany you can't send the Notebooks back to Apple for repairs anymore. You have to go to a Service Provider, which could be a problem outside of big cities.)
He's says it's a known problem which will be covered by the warranty:
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