MacBook Pro Dropped - Repairs Needed?

You need to have it repaired. Something has likely broken or been damaged such as the hard drive.

We are simple users (compared to Genius Bar techicians). Only a technician looking at the device can diagnose it.

And you are correct ... not covered under warranty.

Homeowner's insurance sometimes coveres this, under default policy. Mine does not, but I purchased a $40/year extra policy to cover my $1800 MBP.

Mack8365 wrote:

My MacBook pro suffered a 1 m drop and froze up. The screen then turned to tiny squares and made a loud beeping noise. I restarted the computer as I paniced and the computer froze up in about 15 minutes, after restarting again, it was 10 minutes before it froze. Now it is acting all weird, like it won't show apps in launchpad sometimes, and can't run that many applications at the same time anymore. Everything is updated (Mac OSX 10.7.3) and it is a 13' 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 I got last year. Just wondering if there is something that got knocked out of place that I need to put back or have to give it to Apple for repairs when I have the money to do so (since accedental damage isn't covered in the warranty).

You can't fix it, Apple can.