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Dent or Dust (thelemmy.club)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

idk i was pretty upset when i accidentally threw my $6000 macbook at the very corner of a concrete surface and it got scuffed up but id have been far more worried about a non-macbook… the gash in the aluminium would have been completely fucked plastic and internals

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Wouldn't plastic handle the shock better?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    when i say threw it i mean probably equivalent to dropping it from at least 1, maybe 2 storeys up so it had some momentum to it (it was an accident … a stupid, stupid accident)

    plastic would have cracked for sure and exposed the internals directly to the concrete before taking away much force, or would have bent and not really protected much

    the deceleration was probably higher, but that force was spread evenly rather than on a point, and the components in a macbook are very solidly attached to the frame, which again would have helped spread the deceleration force over more area - imo

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