Will the glass screen on the new macbook shatter easily?

[princealfie]

I worry that the glass screen and trackpad on the new macbooks could shatter. Is this a realistic expectation? Of course if you drop a macbook, I hope the glass doesn't break easily at all.

 

[aethelbert]

Most laptop parts break easily. Glass isn't resiliant to falls and collisions, so I would assume that it can break just as easily as a screen on an iPhone or iMac. If you'd avoid dropping it, the problem is averted.

 

[Jpoon]

Most laptop parts break easily. Glass isn't resiliant to falls and collisions, so I would assume that it can break just as easily as a screen on an iPhone or iMac.

Protip:

Don't drop laptops, or anything that costs more than 50$.

 

[mobilehaathi]

Um, you could buy a few and do some testing and report back to us with the results.

 

[mike...]

I hope so, because the first one of these Macbooks I see I'm going to punch in the ****ing face because they've been priced out of my rather small student budget.

 

[Stuart in Oz]

I shouldn't think so. Glass can be made extremely strong - way beyond a human's ability to break.

All those glass sheets on skyscrapers are capable of having a car dropped onto them from several meters and they don't break. ('James May's 20th Century' tv show did just that a couple years ago).

Point impacts are more serious (a lot more energy concentrated into a smaller area), but unless you plan on dropping your open glass screen onto a sharp point from a fair height, you should be fine. It's like the glass on the iPhone - tough as nails.

But does it blend?

 

[mike...]

unless you plan on dropping your open glass screen onto a sharp point from a fair height

Or shooting it?

 

[whooleytoo]

I'd have thought there's more danger of something falling on the glass trackpad.