Yes, but at least Apple paid for the repair. HP had no mercy for the hinge.
Tell me, outside of a Thinkpad, are there really any good Windows brands? Microsoft's Surface division just opened a repair program because the glass on their screens was spontaneously cracking.
When my son burned his Dell's CPU and mobo while carelessly overclocking it, Dell sent a tech guy to my house the next day with the parts and replaced it on-site for free. No questions asked.
My limited time on Earth is worth a lot and Dell seems to acknowledge that.
And it's an HP, we all know they are terrible.