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Discussion on: Slid on ice, body-slammed my new Macbook Air. What should I check for?

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Andy Zhao (he/him)

Haha yes!!! I wish my MacBook Air had an ethernet port too. Too many times have I watched 1080p videos on WiFi and had to buffer ugh.

Refurbed models are definitely the way to go. MacBooks have been fairly repairable until the newest ones with those awful flat keyboards. And if you've ever used a screwdriver you can 100% do this repair. TBH I'm 100% confident that it's literally unscrewing the case with the screwdriver and replacing it. You got this, trust. You can DM me on Connect if you have questions about the right case. 👍👍👍👍

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rhymes

Andy, if you live in New York City you have to visit this dude's repair shop:

He seems to be awesome (and quite angry at Apple :D)

This is the shop's website: rossmanngroup.com/

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Andy Zhao (he/him)

Yes! He has great repair advice. I sometimes think that if I didn't get into a bootcamp and never learned programming, I would probably be at his shop learning how to fix stuff.