Spilt wine on my Macbook Pro!!!! HELP!!!

Hey guys!
So my housemate spilt wine on my two month old Macbook Pro and now it isn't responding....
I'm not an idiot and I understand that it my be stuffed but does anybody know how much it will cost to fix???
Thanks in advance..

If it was a Windows laptop, it would have been beer spilt on it
Anyway, there's no way of knowing how much it will cost to fix. You'll probably have to take it to the Apple store to have them look at it.

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Basically on Monday morning i woke up and went to go on my macbook pro 13"
I opened it and there was white wine on the screen and on the keyboard, I was shocked since i didnt remember spilling anything on it so im not sure how much i spilt or how much went into the inside of the computer. The macbook wouldnt turn on and when plugged to charge (was only plugged in to check itt wasnt working) showed no sign of power and the green light wasnt on.
I've been reading online and most things told me to just leave it to dry for a couple days which I have been doing, I wouldve taken it to a repair centre or apple but there are no free spaces for an apple appointment till next monday, so ill probably go then
Out of curiosity I plugged the charger in today on friday night to see if it'd light up having been left to dry and stuff for 5 days and it did light up and the fan started to sspin a little bit. I quickly unplugged it & I didnt turn it on in fear of inflicting more damage to it since ive read it'd accelerate damage to the components & apparently the heat could caramelise the remaining white wine? I think the computer is in sleep mode? Assuming i heard the fans starting to spin & whir, What do you guys recommend I do? Leave it or check whether it works? Or should I make sure its turned off and unscrew the back and check if the logic board or anything else has been damaged?

Yeah I know :/ lol I tried going to the apple shop on tuesday but one of the women their said they were busy and I'd have to make an appointment online and I asked if I could make one now but she said it has to be online which is really annoying tbh
Anyway ive been checking online & there is no spaces available :/ like how long am i supposed to wait its so stupid tbh
If the repairs are costly I'll have to get a chromebook for the time being until I save for an imac how annoying im so stupid

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Hi Timia,
If you are using Safari as a web browser :-
Open Safari, go to Safari menu > Preferences > General, and put Google as the homepage. Then, choose Google as your default search engine.
If you are using Google Chrome as the web browser :-
Open Google Chrome.
In the top right corner of the page, click the Chrome menu Chrome menu > Settings.
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Welcome to Apple Support Communities
The logic board might be damaged or another part of your MacBook Pro. I recommend you to make a backup of your data and take your computer to an Apple Store or reseller because your computer may fail at any moment.
You should do this to guarantee that your computer is safe. Furthermore, you may need a new computer if liquid has affected to a lot of parts, being cheaper a new Mac

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Im really upset with myself for letting this happen, I learnt the lesson of not having liquids by electronics the hard way....
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Leeannelydiate wrote:
HI there,
Its the 2010 13 inch MacBook Pro. Model A1278. I just checked it now and the fan is running again.
That will be because there are short circuits on the logic board, it will continue to happen until the battery dies.
You need to open the Mac and remove the hard drive. It is probably fine. Then you can put it in an external enclosure (or connect with an adaptor cable) and get to your stuff.
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Capture date: Date and time the photo was recorded by the camera clock, stored in EXIF camera data.
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