CT scans of AirPods evolution
This is still the strongest apple advantage: design, engineering and build quality.<p>Recently I wanted to buy a second notebook so I could leave my MBPro at home in trips where I didn't want to work, but still had a machine that run linux and windows for some quick idea or even some light gaming.<p>Decided for a Samsung Galaxy Book Pro. Expensive machine, but slightly cheaper than a MacBook Air. good i7 11gen processor, excellent battery life, very light but with surprisingly good thermals, 1tb SSD, but unfortunately no option to have it with more than 16GB RAM.<p>Anyway, was very satisfied with it, and it was so light that I was even booting it with linux and doing some programming on it.<p>But, one day I just opened the lid by the sides, heard a crack, and the gorgeous OLED screen had cracked.<p>Of course I didnt abuse it, I just opened it, without excessive force or speed. But the screen is very fragile, the lid is paper thin, but not rigid enough, it seems, to avoid this problem.<p>And of course, Samsung says it was my fault, and I will have to pay the fix.<p>And yes, I know people have plenty of complaints about apple, but I never had encountered such an obvious problem with an Apple product. Have they not stress-tested this stuff?