So, a glass of red wine commited suicide onto my MacBook Pro the other night.

[kag]

15. My last 2 keyboards have been victims of death by coffee (with cream & sugar)

My last computer, which needed to be replaced anyway, died completely when I spilled coffee directly on to the keyboard. I tried sopping it up, letting it dry...everything but taking it to the genius bar and admitting what I'd done .

My current computer suffered the exact same fate within about two months of my buying it. (Why I don't learn my lesson is a question my hubby is desperately trying to answer .)

Well, it started behaving pretty wacky, just as you described: opening windows on its own, spewing characters as if it was possessed by the devil, etc. Oh, and the trackpad died...sort of. It wouldn't click, but it would still track, so if I switched my settings to have it click by touch instead of by pressing it, it was almost usable.

After a few weeks, it began to get back to normal, though for months every time I typed "z" or "c" it would start spewing random characters again. That has finally stopped, so my machine is almost completely back to normal. The only permanent consequence is that

1) the track pad still won't click so I still have to use the "touch" setting. I use an external mouse virtually all the time because on the "touch" setting it's impossible to click and drag. And

2) Every time my husband sees my using my computer with a cup of coffee nearby he will take on or the other away from me. Can't say I blame him .

I'll be very interested to know if the geniuses can help you, especially with regard to the track pad. Good luck.