Unibodys are stronger.

I agree I had this stupid bag that zipped along the bottom. As a result, whenever I forgot to zip it completely shut, and picked the bag up by its handle, my laptop would fall out the bottom!

 

How do you drop something that expensive two times? You should be careful next time, no offense.

Also, you should make sure to backup your files. That hard drive may be on its way out.

 

You know, I asked myself that very same question many times!

Haven't dropped it since though (I no longer use that bag) and the laptop is still working fine. My files are backed up just in case.

 

I learned my lesson from dropping my Thinkpad once. Scared me silly, but luckily it was unscathed. These days I carry my Macbook Air with a vice-like grip or stuff it deep in a padded leather bag. It might survive a fall, but the unibody would probably dent very easily, and I'm not willing to risk that.

 

if you have issue with grip consider invisible shield, the added friction certainly helped me

 

Accidents are bound to happen. We are all human.

 

If you are accident prone, do not buy a Mac! Apple does not have accidental warranty. If you a klutz, you are better off buying a business notebook with accidental warranty from Dell, HP, or Lenovo. If you are okay with a carrying around a notebook made out of crystal, get a Mac.

 

I wonder why Apple choose Aluminium. Dell, HP, and Lenovo use Magnesium for their chassis. From what I hear, Magnesium is stronger. But then again, I'm not an engineer.

 

Well, its nice that at least ONE unibody mac doesn't get destroyed when someone breathes hard next to it...

Now about the 20+ dead ones we have had that have broken under less than normal use. Small knocks that are bound to happen have made the unibody 15 and 17" into the least reliable and fragile pieces of crap apple has ever made.

Just as a comparison, there are people who have survived freefall out of planes without a parachute and only broken their nose. We don't count on that either.

 

Because it's shiny. And Mac users, like me, gravitate toward anything remotely shiny.

 

Alright, let's keep it on topic here.

 

civilized discussion?

He's lucky it didn't take his head off... think about the headlines: "...decapitated by MacBook Air in plane crash..."

 

For one thing, I am pretty sure you can't machine Magnesium like you can Aluminium. Also the unibodys are amazingly solid, I have never seen a laptop that feels this solid, not even Thinkpads. Feeling is believing

Isn't the Dell adamo also a single aluminium block construction?

 

Well, I've seen unibodies, and my 2730p. the unibody feels about the same.

the hp elitebooks should be quite rugged, they get tested for it (while not being a toughbook) and can survive quite a bit.

what i'm amazed is, the hdd survived. was it a hdd or an ssd? because if it's a hdd, that was pure luck it still works.

good luck to the guy.. and i hope apple gives him a new one for free. and some support for his regeneration possibly.

 

Good for you davepermen. The unibody design is innovative and very strong.

 

No, it's not innovative. It's just the first time it's been used like it has on notebooks. The process is very common and cheap.
It's not strong, either. It has a great feel too it (well chosen electroplating there) and looks awesome but it's not strong... it would be, perhaps, if slightly more expensive aluminium were to be used... then again, it's a metal that's borderline metalloid. It makes for a great laptop case if it's reinforced with something.

 

Yeah! Exactly!



Wait............what?

 

Hmm.. not innovative when its the first time for any company to first use the unibody method?

LOL he just contradicted himself in that statement.

 

So how's it supposed to be called?

 

I think EnterKnight is confusing innovation with invention. While the unibody construction process is nothing new to engineers, being used to make the whole laptop IS NEW.


On another note, I am also one of the ones who question the durability of the unibody. There have been no experiments to provide solid data on the durability of the unibody.

edit:
And this process is nothing new. Your harddrives are made the same way, along with car engines, etc etc.

 

No, I am not confusing anything. Check innovation in a dictionary...

"a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation [syn: invention]"

 

Yes! Exactly!





wait.............you did it again! Wondering if you're going to successfully negate your own argument a third time.

There are lots of real critiques that can be leveled at the mac. This just isn't one of them.

 

Yeah why argue over semantics? Rather than being like "no it's not an innovation"
"yes it is!"

Why not just say "that innovation has made little improvement over other current manufacturing processes"
...even if you don't personally think it's an innovation; if you were to prove it was not an innovation it would not make any point really.

 

It's considered innovation. The Microwave emitter had existed for years before someone realized that you can use it to nuke food. Thus the Microwave cooker. Invention or innovation?