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I'm amazed the screen didn't crack/break given the force that caused the metal deformation.

I guess the metal acted as a kind of an airbag for the rest of the unit. I think most computers would have died outright.

Apples perhaps. Others - no. Some would only have sustained a scrape.
 
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