Bright White Pixels on Screen / Apple Replacement

Thought this might be useful to others. Bought a new MacPro 13" fully maxed out about 6 months ago. My second Apple, first one is a PowerBook that is 7 years old and still kicking. Anyway, I noticed in the bottom left hand corner, about 6-7 pixels (size of a pea) would turn bright white on certain white web pages. Sort of anoyed me and who knows if it would get worse. Knowing how expensive Apple products are to fix and the fact that is was still under warranty I brought to my Apple store in Philadelphia, PA.
Tech took one look at it and said they would relace the screen. According this forum, others have had same issue, was a defective screen sourced from, I think Samsung.
3 hours later, Tech calls me and says, "while we had you computer open, we noticed you also have a defective motherboard and memory!" Wow, am I glad I brought this baby in because I was on the fence about it. He said Apple would replace the entire computer with a brand new one, swapped out my 500GB hard drive for me and gave me a new 1 year warranty.
I was also on the fence about buying the Apple Care extended warranty, but now I plan on buying it in 11 or so months. At least I am glad that Apple stand behind their products, as they should for the price we pay. Hope this helps others.

I had the same thing, a macbook pro bought in may 2010. I noticed a bright spot on the screen two weeks ago, really only visible when a light background behind the spot. I took it in and they said, yah we will replace the screen.
I called a week later, having been told that the replacement screen was in stock and that it would be done in a few days, figuring it must be done and they haven't called. They wouldn't give me any information over the phone except that a part that was defective needed to be ordered... I had to go into the store for them to tell me that they found that the logic board was defective as the problem was not fixed by replacing the screen. Oh and by the way the mic cable was messed up so that needed to be replaced too...
Needless to say, I am frustrated because they won't have the new logic board for a week or more, and did not bother to call me and let me know that they were making more (unauthorized by me) repairs, and I am out from my computer for more time.
Reading your post, I am wondering why they didn't just switch out the hard drive and give me a new computer as they are replacing the guts of it anyways and mine looks brand new - it never leaves my desk or its furry incase!
Not to mention, now I will have new parts with no new warranty and what is to say that these things won't be defective and manifest themselves in another seven months when it is beyond its original 1 year warranty.
What is the defect in the logic board that causes a bright spot on the screen????? and why did no one bother to call me to authorize all of this! It looks like this is actually a known common problem, so why does apple not extend the warranty on the parts they are replacing to cover them for their first year knowing they very well might fail again?!
I love my computer and paid the big bucks to make the switch to apple, I guess I expect more from the customer service and the tech end of the company...

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