Ukrainian soldier's M1 MacBook Air takes direct shrapnel hit, saving his life — screen cracked and letter 'K' missing but laptop remains functional
https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/macbooks/ukrainian-soldiers-m1-macbook-air-takes-direct-shrapnel-hit-still-works-despite-battle-damage-screen-cracked-and-letter-k-missing-but-laptop-remains-functional
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tyler@programming.dev · 36 pts · 254d
I don’t think M1 has anything to do with the topic except as an advertisement. Title could literally be “MacBook Air takes a direct shrapnel hit” (air is relevant since it’s the thinness that matters) and it would be just as effective of a title.
SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 254d
There are minor differences in the internal components, from 2019 to 2020 MBAirs, and a notable case change in 2021.
The 2020 model IS pretty tough, though. It’s the last iteration of 11 years refining an already pretty durable form factor.
bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 254d
M1 Model is outdated and no longer sold.
Stern@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 254d
dang, his screen craced on his macboo?
tiny_hedgehog@piefed.social · 22 pts · 254d
I’m glad he’s O_.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 16 pts · 254d
Apple should switch him to a new model without charge (money, not battery). The advertisement can't get any better.
MBech@feddit.dk · 2 pts · 253d
Why would they though? They already got plenty advertisement without paying for it.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 253d
Because it’s nothing to them and a lot to some Of their market. Also, it would make Trump squirm.
AllYourSmurf@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 254d
I wonder if he has AppleCare?
SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 254d
For real, if there was apple’s extended warranty on it, they might have replaced it after the first explosion, but not the 2nd (unless PR opportunity involved).
But it’s a five year old computer, that warranty ended two years ago.
Karjalan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 254d
"sorry, by modifying the hardware you voided your warranty"
essell@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 254d
Can a shrapnel hit be direct?
eleijeep@piefed.social · 5 pts · 254d
Can a shrapnel hit be indirect?
essell@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 254d
I think so, coz shrapnel is the stuff flying out randomly from the first "hit" 🤔
ozymandias117@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 253d
Would that mean a grenade rarely causes direct damage? The explosion is really only designed to throw shrapnel
essell@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 253d
I guess that comes down to frame of reference..
You don't have to hit a guy with the grenade itself, the indirect shrapnel will do the work.
ozymandias117@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 253d
Yeah, just a thought experiment, because we do consider shrapnel ancillary in the case of a bullet...
I'm not sure if a grenade is a direct or indirect hit
Rockets are similar where we call it a "direct hit" but realistically it's just blowing up a large enough area that the target happened to be in the vicinity...
essell@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 253d
Can definitely pick this apart, reminds me of examining forces in secondary school during physics exams.
My thinking on the original point is that shrapnel is never aimed, even if deliberate, as you say it's just there, it comes alongside the attacking action.
Then again, in the sense that shrapnel typically goes directly from one place to another, it's pretty direct
nyctre@piefed.social · 2 pts · 254d
Sure, but even tho it's random, it's still a direct shrapnel hit as opposed to a grazing hit, I think.
Soup@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 254d
Maybe it would be if the shrapnel itself was going to hit his heart or spine?
vivalapivo@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 254d
Anti school shooting measures meet the actual war
r8KNzcU8TzCroexsE2xbWC@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 254d
He was saved by a bible.com tab
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 253d
who the fuck let Fox News in here??
slaacaa@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 253d
K
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 254d
The missing K is being used to count the MacBook kill.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 253d
Must've been a 'surgical strike' ... by a doctor ... that the Apple kept away.
B0rax@feddit.org · 1 pts · 253d
The m1 logicboard is tiny, so the shrapnel likely did not hit it. And the MacBook will work without a functioning battery.
enbiousenvy@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 253d
cases like this made hardware sometimes doesn't look very fragile. while I had my laptop shorted and dead during power outage.
though granted maybe the sharpnel doesn't hit vital parts and maybe more modern laptop have better shortage protection compared to my 2015 laptop that was shorted.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 253d
Years ago at uni my sister beat the shit out of a would-be mugger in a uni carpark with her macbook titanium. If nothing else, respect them as weapons
PoisonPunk@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -4 pts · 253d
thank the 1000 or so chinese slaves on $2 a day who produced that #apple laptop. #JoinTheFediverse, #linux & #FOSS hard- & software