Dent on glass of Retina screen

If I were you, I'd just take the machine into your local Apple Store and see what they say about it. It may fall under the category of 'accidental damage' and they may charge you a whopping amount to replace the screen. If you don't want to pay for a new screen, you may just have to live with it.

There's always the chance, of course, that Apple will replace the screen under warranty. But I kind of doubt it - you can try. It must have been one **** of a pen to do that sort of damage - MBP screens (at least the non-Retina ones that I've had) have been pretty sturdy.

Clinton

what is the current status of your machine? I just noticed the same thing with my machine. Got it cleaner than it's ever been and noticed a fine impression in the display like a pen ***** or something extremely tiny. Where is yours located? Mine is about two inches above and to the right of dead center. Just asking in case this becomes an issue for others.

I'm always glad to hear of a good Apple experience - I've had them throughout my life with no exceptions. We hear so much bad stuff here and it's nice when someone has a better-than-expected experience.

I'm sure that your rMBP will be fine - now get back to work!

Clinton

Really small world. I went to the Apple Store in Germantown, TN with my same issue. Upon telling the Genius I discovered a dead pixel, he made the comment "you must have really good eyes to see something that small." I showed him where it was. He was surprised that he could see it as well. He plugged it up to their Ethernet and ran general diagnostics. Once everything turned out ok, he was again surprised that they had the part (a whole new "clamshell" display) in stock and can replace it free of charge under warranty. I was surprised as well that this could be done in house because these machines are supposedly so difficult to repair. Upon asking about the repair, he stated that it was nothing to the repair at all. He even showed me that all you have to do is remove the bottom and only a few screws hold the top housing in place and it is apparently a really simple repair process. He printed out the workorder for me to sign. I can't imagine this happening after the warranty period, because the cost to replace the screen "clamshell" is $719.68. Needless to say, I will be purchasing AppleCare since I haven't already before the warranty period on my machine is up. I dropped off my machine around 4:00 PM and got an email that it was ready around 8:00 PM. They even called me at 10:00 AM this morning to let me know that it was ready. Upon picking it up, I checked everything out and it appears to be as good as new. No dead pixel anymore! Yay!

I recently had this happed to my MacBook after having it for about 3 months and have been very busy with school to take it in, could you tell me how you explained it to the genius bar rep so they will understand my problem?

It was easy. Walked in at my scheduled appointment time. Waited to be seen. Said hey check this out! I knew exactly where it was. The guy was suprised I could see a dead pixel with that resolution, but with a black background, it is easy to see. I said put your finger here, right below the affected area, and swiped between desktop 1 and mission contol slowly enough for it to come into view and go away. Then a solid black screen. Genius saw problem, said sure enough, its bad. Set everything up. I left it with him that afternoon and it was ready that next morning.

Ive got this same problem, at least six clusters of dead pixels. Brought it to two different stores and they both refused to replace it claimng that its my fault. If this many people are having the same problem there must be a defect. my mbpr doesnt leave my desk or get unplugged from its monitor display on my wall, i dont understand how this could happen and im shocked that ive been denied a new screen twice. although at least one of the genuis bar tehcs sent in a request for this problem to be reviewed. SOOOO for our sakes if youve been denied a new screen due to this "indent" than call the store and ask them to send a request for your problem to be reviewed.

I actually went in after I posted here and as soon as I showed the Genius Bar rep he said they would fix it under warranty. No issues, got it fixed and returned to me over one weekend.

I had this problem with 3 pixels. Didn't see any dent, and genius bar concluded pixel burnout. This was about 3 months ago, after having my rMBP for 3 months.

The genius bar were great, replacing it immediatly, and as they had a replacement screen in stock.

Only problem is, another 3 months later i have found another 'dead pixel'

If this is a regular problem for others I am thinking perhaps a defect. Will go back to genius bar again and see what they say.

I saw some people postingon Mac Rumors about a similar issue and they were referring it as the pixels "exploding" causing the dent. Maybe something about them overheats and then explodes. If this is a case, this is definitely not user negligence, but a design flaw and should be replaced under waranty. If you are having a difficult time try looking up exploding pixels and see if you can get more information.