Dear Bill, Yes, the same happened a year ago or so to me, with a 17 inch MacBookPro bought in 2008. The Apple store in Glasgow replaced it for free within roughly one week, and the laptop works well.
I agree that this is really dangerous, I wonder if it could also cause the leak of material from inside (mine exposed some really ugly brown stuff). Laura On Nov 18, 2012, at 12:28 AM, William G. Scott wrote: > Hi folks: > > I'm trying to get a sense for how frequently this sort of thing occurs: > > <CIMG4451.jpeg> > > That was a macbook air that served me well for four years, but then > self-destructed. (I took it to the Apple store. They generously offered to > repair it for $800 or to sell me a new one, and suggested this was normal if > you leave the power cord attached after the battery charges, even while > giving a lecture or seminar.) It strikes me as a bit dangerous. > > --Bill Scott > > > > > > William G. Scott > Professor > Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry > and The Center for the Molecular Biology of RNA > 228 Sinsheimer Laboratories > University of California at Santa Cruz > Santa Cruz, California 95064 > USA > > > Dr Laura Spagnolo Institute of Structural Molecular Biology University of Edinburgh Room 506, Darwin Building King's Buildings Campus Edinburgh EH9 3JR United Kingdom T: +44 (0)131 650 7066 F: +44 (0)131 650 8650 http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/institutes/structure/homepage.php?id=lspagnolo laura.spagn...@ed.ac.uk -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
