Does strumming on your macbook cause damage???

[rienhh]

Hi guys,

I am a new mac user and i have a ridiculous question to ask and i can't help but think of it.

I am very clumsy and i have hit my macbook a few times with my arms. I also have an annoying habit of using my thumbs to hit/strum on my macbook air's aluminium body at the strip of edge surface located at the bottom(i.e area below the bottom of the trackpad and around it). I can literally feel the vibration from my actions sometimes.

I am just wondering whether the vibrations/impact of my fingers hitting the aluminium will damage/affect any internal parts e.g. logic board, trackpad or battery?

Any feedback/comments are welcomed.
Sorry if it was a stupid question and I'm too ocd.

 

[Intell]

It won't hurt anything. The only thing that may not like it is the hard drive, but if you model has a SSD, strum away you can't hurt it.

 

[rienhh]

Really?? I was afraid that the vibrations will cause some parts e.g trackpad to be affected/ become loose in future.

I am going to kick this annoying habit soon but i am just so afraid that it would have already caused damage to my macbook because it looks so fragile

regards

 

[isephmusic]

i play drum on my mac all the time. its a nice build machine dude they can take a lot. the mac airs can REALLy take a lot

 

[rienhh]

Hey, u mean you strum your fingers on it too? because i always hit at that particular part of the macbook and its near the trackpad and battery so i am afraid it will make it misaligned or something

 

[Intell]

Very sure. They were designed to be typed on. Typing on them causes all kinds of vibrations and such. Simply tapping on the palmrest won't cause problems.

 

[rienhh]

Thank you. so sorry i feel like a noob at this. But i did not only tap on the palm rest, i also used my thumb to strike hard at the strip of aluminium edge below the trackpad.

 

[Intell]

You still won't cause any damage to the machine.

 

[rienhh]

Thank you so much for your reply. I am at ease now

Thanks!

 

[markyr17]

I am a drummer, so as a habit, I'm always "drumming" on my machine... Pretty hard

You won't hurt these things, they are built very well.

 

[Orr]

It probably doesn't help.

 

[pupilla]

Hi guys,

I am a new mac user and i have a ridiculous question to ask and i can't help but think of it.

I am very clumsy and i have hit my macbook a few times with my arms. I also have an annoying habit of using my thumbs to hit/strum on my macbook air's aluminium body at the strip of edge surface located at the bottom(i.e area below the bottom of the trackpad and around it). I can literally feel the vibration from my actions sometimes.

I am just wondering whether the vibrations/impact of my fingers hitting the aluminium will damage/affect any internal parts e.g. logic board, trackpad or battery?

Any feedback/comments are welcomed.
Sorry if it was a stupid question and I'm too ocd.

I wouldn't worry about this sort of stuff too easily.

My MacBook air's chassis is - and I kid you not - shaped like this due to certain events (not my own fault):

And it still works flawlessly.

 

[triplelucky]

The glass trackpad surface is more fragile than I thought it would be. Once I broke one by applying to much pressure on a corner of it. So I would think that if you use it like a drum pad you might break yours too.