Could fingernail scratch rMBP screen (or any screen in general)

[theuserjohnny]

It's one thing to have someone touch the screen with their finger but what about a fingernail? Could a fingernail really do harm to a screen in terms of scratching it and such?

 

[AlphaDogg]

No.

 

[Quad5Ny]

The screen is glass, your finger nail is made of Keratin. It's just not hard enough. (That's what she said.)

Edit: If it's a matte screen, then yes your nail could scratch it because the matte coating is plastic.

 

[Ricanlegend]

If you scratch hard enough yea , anything made of glass can be scratched

 

[Erasmus]

Normal fingernail, no. No matter how hard you scratch.

A nail-polished fingernail, or those fake fingernails, I'm less sure about.

So if someone's gonna be prodding your screen, try to make sure it's a non-transexual man.