How durable are MacBook Airs?

[Dweez]

My mid 2013 MBA has been my road warrior / travel companion for the past couple of years. It wears a Moshi iGlaze and is carried in a Timbuk2 messenger bag, plus still looks and operates as brand new. I have less than 100 charge cycles on it, as it's connected to AC power most of the time, and the battery health is still quite good.

 

[flowrider]

I'm pretty sure stem from the back that I should have gone with a larger SSD as my drive is almost full.

There are Third party solutions to fix that problem. I made the same mistake. My 2012 now has a Transcend 480GB SSD

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...b-for-macbook-air-retina-macbook-pro.1729071/

Lou

 

[Lambrook]

Imagine the Macbook Air as a Mercedes-Benz with the bullet-proof doors and rifles and grenade-proof underbelly. Just don't get water on it.

 

[Retromac2008]

my 2006 macbook white is brand new, and was costantly 24/24 turned on without a reboot for 5 years. It s running OSX Snow Leopard and is fast as the day i bought it
my 2008 macbook air is brand new, aestetics is like the first day i bought it and performance is better (thanks to OSX El Capitan)
I feel like using brand new notebooks!

edit: i use it a lot of hours but only light use

 

[Max(IT)]

my wife is using her MBA 11" since 2010 every single day and it seems brand new.

 

[jsavvy]

My 13" 2011 MBA has been amazingly durable. Someone already posted a pic of their Air after hitting a hard tile floor...I had the exact same thing happen with the same result. I throw it in my backpack each day without any extra protection and its lasted this long. In fact, the durability is almost too good; I can't justify buying a new laptop yet.

 

[Sonnto]

I've had mine since 2014, December 13. It's an early 2014 MBA. It's been serving me really well. I haven't tested its durability by smashing it but I mean, it looks brand new and I take really good care of it. I probably won't be getting a new laptop in the next several years. Unless something disastrous happens to my MBA.

 

[savetheunstable]

Yep my 11" looks flawless after over 2 years of everyday use and lots of travel (domestic and international). I do keep a cloth over the keyboard when it's in my backpack; I squish it in with a lot of stuff and don't want the screen scratched.