Macbook Pro Out of box DEAD pixels

Yea, want to get a general consensus, Should i be mad that my 3200$ laptop came with Dead Pixels? I think the general state i should be in is angry.
I will be contacting Apple for a replacement, I don't think thats too much to ask at this point.
Message was edited by: Nemockulous

You're taking this much further than what it actually is.
Grudge? I don't think so. I don't even work in "the industry." I said I've helped set up and deploy hundreds of laptops (And also desktops, all LCD monitors). I'm at the same end as yourself, but on a larger scale. I work at in a school district in the IT department. So, once again, grudge? I think not.
No. I didn't imply that about LCD screens. I implied that on ANY LCD screen there CAN (Meaning the possibility of an occurrence) be dead pixels. I had dead pixels on my new iPod touch. I'm just sending it in for repair.
Natural reaction? Yeah, I don't think so. I don't think everyone who gets a problem with a new laptop is going to go off cussing left and right. I know I wouldn't. Matter of fact, I bought a new MBP three weeks ago and I suspect that it may have a bad battery. I'm not cursing apple and swearing all about it. That's a rather pointless reaction that gets your no where.
Constructive advice? You can't get very constructive here, since, you have three simple options. Repair. Replace. Money back.
That's great. I'm glad you've got some large nice screen that hasn't had any issues. Guess what, I have 3 LCD screens (MBP, some no name 19" LCD, and a 17" Apple Studio Display), and none of them have had any dead or stuck pixels either. But that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
Oh I should take back that there's only three options. One slight other one. You can try "fixing" the pixels.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20962
There's one for 10.5. Basically just drop the color square over the dead pixel and have it flash it for five or so minutes. That's really the only software way of attempting to fix it. If it fails then it's a repair/replacement.
Also, unlike the others, I would not suggest getting a replacement.But, this is only if you're sure that everything else on the laptop is absolutely 100%. Then why would you get a replacement? If you're sure everything else work why not just get it repaired? If you get a replacement you're risking having new issues with the MBP that could be more serious than dead pixels.
One thing to do in making sure everything else is good is a hardware diagnostics test. You can try running a hardware diagnostics test (One of the first things I did on my new MBP I got 3 weeks ago) by putting in the first apple installer CD and then booting up while holding D.
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