The Durability of Macbooks is not worth the money.
I was playing xbox on my couch with my mac book beside me, i moved my elbow and is slid off the couch and landed on it's back and the screen slammed shut. This was probably a 1.5 ft drop into well-cushioned carpet. I pick it up and now my screen is totally dislodged by around 2-3 milimeters on the right side. Now when i open it, it makes the most dsiturbing cracking sound ive ever heard, because the back of the screen is scraping again the back corner as i flip up the screen! Ive tried pushing the screen back, but nothing seems to work! This is very annoying and if i can't fix this i am going to never come back to apple because every one drops their laptops once or twice and they aren't supposed to break when they slid of a couch onto a soft surface! Ant idea on how to lodge the screen back in place (what i mean by screen is the hole back monitor)! yah this may look nice, but my body falling from a tewtny story building we be better off! My fans make funky noises now and my screens dislodged, is closes way to easy now! and theres no way! NO WAY! im giving it to apple because i keep my life and my qork on this peice of crap! HELP ME!
Message was edited by: Newgen_hasissues
It was difficult knowing if you were asking an actual question or just ranting. You might be able to use the instructions at iFixIt.com
to loosen the screen and move it back into place. I would imagine it has bent the retaining pins on the hinge and those may need replacing to get it straight.
FYI in 20 plus years of working with computers I have never dropped any computer so not everyone does it.
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