Crazy woman hit my MacBook Pro!
Hi gang,
This is an unbelievable story but true. I was using my brand new 15" MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo (less than 2 weeks old) at a coffee shop tonight, when this crazy old woman sits down at my table, uninvited by me.
Turns out that she had recognized me from some holiday party years earlier and wanted to say hello. She starts rambling on & on about some complete nonsense, but she was apparently so happy to have someone she could talk to that I decided to politely listen to her for a few minutes.
I closed the lid of my MacBook Pro and the MacBook Pro went to sleep.
So I'm listening to her story & I made a funny comment. Apparently, I totally cracked her up b/c she starts laughing uncontrollably & then, in her fit of laughter, she SMACKS HER OPEN HAND DOWN ON MY CLOSED MACBOOK PRO AT FULL STRENGTH! It made the loudest *SMACK* noise that you have ever heard. This insane woman hit my MacBook Pro at full strength!
I was absolutely horrified. It was like it was happening in slow motion. I said, "Don't ever do that ever again. This is a $3,000 machine." And instead of apologizing, she says, "Oh, these things are tough. I once burned a laptop with a candle and it kept working." Then this insane-asylum candidate TRIED TO PICK UP MY MACBOOK PRO to show me where she had burned this other laptop. I grabbed my laptop from her and put it in my laptop bag.
Now, of course, I'm concerned that she may have done damage to my MacBook Pro. Is this the type of force that Apple accounts for when creating these laptops? This is absolutely unbelievable -- I have never, in all my years of owning Apple laptops, ever applied that sort of force to one of these machines. I would never even dream of it. I treat my laptops with the utmost of care. I mean, it would have been bad enough if this machine was turned off, but this machine wasn't even shut down -- it was in sleep mode!
As you can imagine, ever since she did that, I have been painfully aware of sounds coming from my MacBook Pro. For example, I'm not sure if this is normal or not, but the left fan seems to be quietly running at all times. I never noticed this before. I used to think this machine was whisper quiet, but now that fan is all I can notice. Has that fan always been running like that?
I'm also aware of the noises of the hard drive, which may or may not be louder & more frequent than before. It's so hard for me to distinguish what is normal or not.
Is there anything else I should be concerned about? Could she have possibly partially-unseated something inside my machine (like a RAM chip or the Airport card)... or could she have caused some possible damage to the screen?
Can someone help me understand how much I should be concerned about this horrifying incident?
Thank you!
Scott
I am really sorry to hear that! I don't understand this kind of people! instead of apologizing... Unbelievable!
I hope your machine is OK. I totally understand you, you are now more sensitive to any kind of noises. You can try running hardware test, it can give you some ideas.
Have you got her contact details? If there is some hardware failure, she has to pay all of it!!!
But, these computers are quite solid, and most probably there is no damage at all; I hope that is the case for you...
I reaally hate this kind of people!!!
Hi gang,
This is an unbelievable story but true. I was using
my brand new 15" MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo (less than 2
weeks old) at a coffee shop tonight, when this crazy
old woman sits down at my table, uninvited by me.
Turns out that she had recognized me from some
holiday party years earlier and wanted to say hello.
She starts rambling on & on about some complete
nonsense, but she was apparently so happy to have
someone she could talk to that I decided to politely
listen to her for a few minutes.
I closed the lid of my MacBook Pro and the MacBook
Pro went to sleep.
So I'm listening to her story & I made a funny
comment. Apparently, I totally cracked her up b/c
she starts laughing uncontrollably & then, in her fit
of laughter, she SMACKS HER OPEN HAND DOWN ON MY
CLOSED MACBOOK PRO AT FULL STRENGTH! It made the
loudest *SMACK* noise that you have ever heard.
This insane woman hit my MacBook Pro at full
strength!
I was absolutely horrified. It was like it was
happening in slow motion. I said, "Don't ever do
that ever again. This is a $3,000 machine." And
instead of apologizing, she says, "Oh, these things
are tough. I once burned a laptop with a candle and
it kept working." Then this insane-asylum candidate
TRIED TO PICK UP MY MACBOOK PRO to show me where she
had burned this other laptop. I grabbed my laptop
from her and put it in my laptop bag.
Now, of course, I'm concerned that she may have done
damage to my MacBook Pro. Is this the type of force
that Apple accounts for when creating these laptops?
This is absolutely unbelievable -- I have never, in
all my years of owning Apple laptops, ever applied
that sort of force to one of these machines. I
would never even dream of it. I treat my laptops
with the utmost of care. I mean, it would have been
bad enough if this machine was turned off, but this
machine wasn't even shut down -- it was in sleep
mode!
As you can imagine, ever since she did that, I have
been painfully aware of sounds coming from my MacBook
Pro. For example, I'm not sure if this is normal or
not, but the left fan seems to be quietly running at
all times. I never noticed this before. I used to
think this machine was whisper quiet, but now that
fan is all I can notice. Has that fan always been
running like that?
I'm also aware of the noises of the hard drive, which
may or may not be louder & more frequent than before.
It's so hard for me to distinguish what is normal or
not.
Is there anything else I should be concerned about?
Could she have possibly partially-unseated something
inside my machine (like a RAM chip or the Airport
card)... or could she have caused some possible
damage to the screen?
Can someone help me understand how much I should be
concerned about this horrifying incident?
Thank you!
Scott
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