Oh please. There are plenty of youtube videos and other online info about certain Thinkpads surviving multistory falls as well as an occasional fire with data intact. This is not to mention that Thinkpad designers actually incorporated drain holes in some of their computers so if user spills a non-excessive amount of liquid on keyboard it will just pour out at the bottom at worst ruining your keyboard, while lovely Apple engineers managed to attach special sensors to MBPs to determine if there was any liquid present so they can void your warranty. Those facts alone should tell you a couple of things about both companies.
Some Apple products are generally strong because of the unibody aluminum shell but they still get deformed and broken during a fall if the hit is hard enough. The MBAs in particular are very fragile.
