I recently got a display change for my MacBook Air due to a dead pixel. After the service, however, I am not able to open open my MacBook with one hand only. I was able to do so before the service. Will this issue be fixed by usage over time or should I approach the service center.?
Hi,
I think it's because replacing upper case with new display, hinge is tight. I think it's getting smoother and smoother while you are using it.
I have a 2020 MacBook Air M1 and it's always beed difficult to open with one hand. Not because the hinge it too tight, but because the device is so light. With all of the other posts I've read about cracked displays, I always open with 2 hands like a clam.
But the launch video of Air 2020 shows the developer opening it with one hand. Doesn't it amount to a claim , though unofficial, that Air devices are "one hand open" - able ?
And I've always been able to open my laptop with one hand. Of course, before the display change.
Events like that are intended to "hook" you. They're "perfect" by design just for the specific audiences. Do you expect a demo to show off bad points?
I never claimed it couldn't be done, only that I've never seen where it was given as a feature. If you choose to believe a demo setup to show only the good points of any device represents a feature in all cases, you are free to do so.
It's bit like all those beautiful hamburgers you see advertised by fast food joints. Those tall, plump, dripping with goodness burgers always turn out to be less appealing and squashed down versions when your actually unwrap them. The internet is filled with examples of what's advertise vs. what's delivered. And they all are clown acts.
It's called Marketing ... makes no claims but imprints on your mind all the good stuff; what you see is very often not what you get.
I think it is getting tighter and tighter. I visited an authorised service center and they were of the opinion that MacBook Air does not officially come with one hand open.
"MacBook Air does not officially come with one hand open."
Interesting point. I have yet to see where Apple has ever claimed "one hand opening" is a feature.
One hand hinge open of MacBook Air M1.
