Do MBA displays really crack as easily as described in this forum?

Question

I have been contemplating the purchase of a MBA however the threads detailing cracking of the displays with "light" handling quite frankly scare me.  I would be purchasing to carry, I thought that's what it is made for.  Is this problem as widespread as the threads make it out to be.  Are there any users that have traveled with the MBA without the displays breaking?

Answer 1

Anrando,
Understand that the relative proclivity to breakage is difficult to ascertain in a forum like this for the simple reason that this is a support forum. Problems are the principle reason that a user would post a report of a broken screen, and is in no way representative of the overall satisfacton, or lack of problems of all other users.
We've not seen very much in the way of follow-up to details in what may have illiicted screen damage. By and large, users are not reporting the frequency of screen breakages that could be ordinarily associated with normal use. Yes, to be sure, there are users who have broken screens that attest that their level of care was either ordinary, or care greater than ordinary, but nobody reports the details of the analysis of case geometries that might support a theory of defect.
Bottom line is that there is no evidence that screen breakage is an issue for the vast majority of MBA users.