Fragile Macbook Air M2

Very possibly. I'm all for taking good care of the MBA. But it clearly requires a kid-gloves treatment that no other Mac I've owned (there have been many) ever has. There are too many stories out there of careful folks encountering unexpected, seemingly spontaneous damage to their MBA M2s. Apple made a flimsy laptop and is holding customers responsible. I would certainly never buy one again.

Same here, my macbook air screen broke after 9 months. I am really disappointed with apple, after having several macbook pro that worked amazing well for almost 7 years with no issues.

FWIW, I would not use a third hard case for a computer that dissipates heat through its body.

That said, I have not heard of anyone having the issues you describe. If the computer design or quality were contributing to your computer's issues, these user communities would be flooded with posts like yours.

I suspect, but it is only a guess, that your use of a third party hard case and the way you handle the computer are contributing to the problems described.

Have an M2 Air and horizontal lines began appearing about a month ago, I can’t be without this right now and now a vertical line appeared. This thing sits on a table in a house, and is closed when not in use.

Apple third party says damaged screen, no coverage, and Apple wants us to mail it in.

What a horror show.

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Sounds like my problem. Being very carefull with the device and suddenly there was a horizontal line out of the blue. I can't believe that this device is so fragile. But due to my experience with it I think it is.

My wife has a MacBook Air M2 and it basically is a living room couch computer. She rarely carries it anywhere. The screen bezel is cosmetically cracked just below the screen, it has an issue where the screen will just randomly go black while music or stream still plays (lots of reports of this issue around the web) and requires a hard reboot, and now, just today, the trackpad has gone completely bonkers. I have a Genius Bar appointment this weekend.

I have a ten year old MacBook Pro that is solid as a rock (dying battery tho'). I have espoused it's durability, longevity and the downright huge value of a computer that does its job for ten years without drama. The M2 Air just feels built to break, too thin, too light and too much jammed into too small of a space. I would not recommend this computer to anyone at this point.

I have the same. Had it in my backpack, with a hardshell cover. Backpack has a special notebook sleeve.

Now I have a horizontal crack covering my whole trackpad.

That’s an amusing flight of fancy. I work in an all-Mac environment and have witnessed similar problems among colleagues using the MBA M2.

Just because you believe yours doesn’t doesn’t translate to all. I don’t reject the evidence of my own eyes, nor the experiences of colleagues.

Apple devices are not indestructible and not being able to verify how yours has been treated means we as fellow users cannot make a definitive determination. They are not designed to be used under "rugged" conditions.

We have a pair of MBPs and I can tell you they require and deserve reasonably gentle care: no slamming, no dropping, no stressing, no liquids and the like.

I experienced a spontaneous crack in the back of the screen despite handling my 6-month-old Macbook Air M2 very carefully. Although I have AppleCare, I was charged for screen replacement. I've been using Macs of various kinds (including a series of laptops) since the 1980s and have never had a problem like this. IMO the MB Air M2 is quite flimsy. Apple deleted my previous comment about this.

Most likely, there was something you didn't see trapped between the screen and the keyboard. When the MBA is closed, there's practically zero space between the two. A small crack you didn't notice could have easily gotten bigger a while after the cause had been brushed away.

I always take a soft keyboard brush and brush off the keys before I close mine for the day. Mostly, that's because I tend to get crumbs everywhere and want to make sure the they don't end up in the keys but, it makes sure nothing is near the hinge, too.

" ... it clearly requires a kid-gloves treatment"

Just because you believe yours does does not translate to all. That's a logical fallacy known as a "Hasty Generalization".

https://owl.excelsior.edu/argument-and-critical-thinking/logical-fallacies/logical-fallacies-hasty-generalization/

Fallacy: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallacy

I had an issue where there was a small crack in the screen behind the glass within two months. The laptop 
is always stored in a protective bag and I am 100% sure that nothing has been bumped into it or anything 
has gotten in the way. However, I had an expensive repair of 829 euros. After this experience I have my 
doubts about the robustness of the MacAir M2 and I have it now 
in a protective case in a protective laptop bag...

I would also add that lifting screen when closed from the corner instead of the center position can cause stress flexing which could result in some unwanted results like screen cracks. This issue not unique to Apple Macbook's as any thin notebook has thin screen body's that can flex if opened from corners.