Mac vs PC Drop Test | WIRED’s Battle Damage
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- Опубліковано 18 лют 2015
- It’s one of the biggest tech rivalries of all time and we finally put it to the test. See which portable device comes out on top: Apple’s MacBook Air or Microsoft's Surface Pro 3.
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I'm shocked at the Surface Pro 3 surviving the five foot drop. Mine shattered and was unusable after a two foot drop on a hard surface.
Lol i still use mac and pc
Even android and ios
I just love all devices
Exept windows phone....
+Mongocom I tend to agree. Every platform has its strengths, so why make a big deal out of it? It mattered more when OSes were less interoperable (much more proprietary about their standards and hardware support) and home PCs were less affordable, forcing many to choose one over all the others to own and use. Those days are passed now - use 'em all!
+TheGEEKmen90s yay so im not alone.... The secret use of the multi os is true?
I taught i were the only one "neutral "
+Mongocom so true
+Mongocom same except i dont have any macs but i would use one
+A Toyota Prius actually i have an old mac from 2009, i remember when apple has nvidia dedicated gpu, wich mine has, now it isnt really a mac anymore cause i upgradet it so much, the only thing that is original now is the case and the os... Its capable of running gta 5 on high settings, now the newer macs have this crappy intel gpus, wich sucks, kinda
Make this video !!! Play Station 1 vs Play Station 2 vs Play Station 3 vs Play Station 4 ! And this !!! Xbox vs Xbox 360 vs Xbox One vs Xbox One S !!!
Szymon 7022 vs PS4 Pro
not gonna happen gonna cost other $2000 man. unless your really lucky you know
Awesome Aiden LOL !
NoobMasterGaming I'm sorry for my comment...
you are forgetting Xbox one x
Nokia vs any willing competitor .
Just Another Nokia Vs Tsar Bomba
Just Another Nokia against that boombox that survive the 55 pound safe
Nokia 3310 VS Nokia 6.
(Bumps each other)
*Universe Explodes*
Just Another They need to test a nokia 3310 and a panasonic toughbook
Just Another iPhone 10
You two should've cosplayed as Jobs and Gates! Preferably the "Pirates of Silicon Valley" versions...
Ha! Great idea!
Chris AngryNerd Baker what??
4:35 aaand he magically fixed the MacBook Airs screen
That was during the second test after he thought it won.
Where can you download that "Spinning Pinwell of Death" background from the old iMac G3?
I thought you would say kernel panic but no. The loading symbol i face when i use 2 programs at once on my slow old 2008 macbook
Well, sometimes. It never stops being amazing
THEY'RE BACK!
Hey man! We are indeed --- Season 2 is ... well ... totally freaking insane :) Thanks for watching, we love that you're a fan!
Experimentboy Oh MY FUCKIN' GODNESS ! x)
Loving You Experimentboy ! :P
Experimentboy hh
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PLAYCRAFT Lol xp oui il est la
i've bent my laptop's screen after crashing while I was typing my 20 page essay :P
Have you recorded if it won or lost before you ended the video?
I really hope you bring this series back!
I'm so glad they're back! :D
that last test was unfair! the bluescreen's stand kept it on the surface where as the spinning pinwheel rolled off the mac
Also the surface area of the Mac dispersed the damage onto the floor as well as evenly across the laptop
The triangle stand put all force on the notebook, notice how the "broken" part is where the screen landed initially
So, the Mac is designed better.
The Mac is a laptop so OF COURSE it was designed better. The Surface is a tablet and not designed better
It is fair it's just microsofts fault that they didn't predict the future and make it lighter and more rolley if that's even a word
oh this series is painful, but super entertaining
How do you know mac internals still works?
I use Windows 10 on my computer but my dad has a window 10 computer to but he also has a vista computer
Not the pinwheel the kernel panic on Mac or sad mac
Kernel panic is boring. Sad Mac maybe.
Sad Mac makes me happy
Great to see you back, I love this show!!!
Thank god I listened to you. I thankfully bought a Mac, right before I accidentally dropped a 50lb error message on it. It still works! Thanks guys!
Not a real test. This was all wrong. Do a REAL windows laptop vs MacBook, or iPad vs Surface. This was the worst test so far.
Tablets are in general less durable. And the spinning wheel had a smooth and round shape so the forces were more evenly distributed and it rolled off. The blue screen monitor had that good stand that localized the forces and kept it there with some high amplitude vibrations. They would have needed to use an iPad and dropped similarly shaped objects to make it a valid test.
You are saying that just 'cause the mac won...-.-
Gamevolution ITA wasn't quite fair due to the location of the motherboard, but results are still results. I'll take their word for it rather than test it myself
If Microsoft wants to try to market their Surface tablet for a laptop, it should be tested against laptops. Even their own commercial compares it to the Macbook Air.
graytlo The Surface is indeed a tablet, but it's a laptop as well, or hybrid at least. The OS on the Surface is what makes it's competitors other laptops, not other tablets, not to mention it's rather large for a tablet too, so structure wise, it should be equal to that of a MacBook Air, considering the MacBook Air is the smallest (well at the time of this video release) laptop Apple makes, making both fair and equal contenders for this test. Testing a Surface to an iPad would in fact be a very unfair test as the Surface is larger and would have a thicker and stronger internal structure to prevent damages versus a lightweight and rather small/thin iPad.
Furthermore, how is this a shocker to you? People complain Macs are overpriced for same specs, when in actuality, the prices are very reasonable. Yes, you can build a PC more often then not with higher specs than a Mac for less cash, but between that PC and the Mac, which will last longer? Which is more reliable? Once that custom PC breaks, you have to repair it on your own, no warranty there. The Mac on the other hand, if it breaks, and a big emphasis on the IF, you have a pretty damn good warranty to cover it. However, that is IF the Mac breaks. I've been a Apple user for years, I even have laptops from 2007 and it works wonderfully still. Whole reason I bought newers Macs was because I knew I can rely on them. They have never crashed or had any corruption, speed was obvious decline as that happens to all computers. However, I can still turn on my 2007 MacBook and still use it today with no issues. As for a PC, you have to take extreme care of it, any slip up means instant trip to local electronic store for maintenance. Hell, I haven't even seen a PC last for more than 2 years without faulting in some way or another.
So price wise, yes, you can go cheap with a PC, same power for less money, and if it breaks, buy another cheap PC to replace and hope your saved data can be transferred. That or you can spend a little extra the first time around, get a reliable computer that most likely will not break on you and know all your saved data will be safe.
As far as gaming goes as well, yes, Macs use different graphic cards that aren't suited to gaming, however, the power that Macs have today can run games so easily that it's not even an issue. I use a late 2012 iMac maxed out and I can run BF4 on max graphical settings with no issue to my frame rate. Best part about it is it feels like it's running as fast as the day I bought it.
So to all the Mac haters out there, I cannot argue specs vs a PC, especially for gaming. All I can do is say what a Mac can do that makes anything better spec wise quite useless. Bottom line, I'll take quality over quantity any day, and Macs are definitely higher quality.
the second test was extremely unfair due to the fact that the MacBook fell on its bottom allowing it to escape with minor dame, but on the other hand with the surface, there was a landing that made it split In too
Two
You're right also the Mac is made of aluminum and the surface is plastic so Steve Jobs made a tough computer
Me 3
You spelled two wrong
And a tablet is not a fucking PC. They should have use a laptop instead
3:11 THE SIMPSONS
Did you discharge the CRT screen in the iMac?
If not, it could be dangerous.
1. Surface is a tablet... not a laptop
2. Don't insult linux 0_0
3. WHY DID YOU SHAKE THE SURFACE LIKE THAT?!? No wonder it didn't turn on... Get that man away from computers...
lol
Linux sucks
+Finn Colville ... Explain yourself...
+Chinese Guy I haven't done enough testing personally (I don't have enough laptops or cash, to smash those things lol)
I just think he just started with a biased against the surface "laptop" and had a desired outcome. (the guy that shook the surface) so you are much more likely to have that outcome.
+Finn Colville Because you lack the intellect to use it... Let me guess you think high level mathematics suck too?
that was hard to watch
How
First two actually depends on how you throw it and how it's positioned
The worst thing that happened to my Macbook was when I was holding it while walking to my chair, and tripped and dropped it. It worked fine, just one of the screws on the bottom had come loose, the and the metal was starting to come off, but I just screwed the screw and the metal was fixed.
So essentially, this was a waste of my time?
Now Your Plainrock124
The worst thing I've done to my computer?
Oh just pour a whole Coca Cola on it on accident.
now I know what battle damage means when I see a VS
The surface pro is a tablet first and a laptop if you pay the extra $100 (I know it's marketed as a laptop) and the Mac air is a full laptop, this is like comparing the iPad Air to an windows notebook
lol
jo l the campaign was to show how it can function as a laptop software-wise with the keyboard extension, but even Microsoft said its meant to be a full laptop inside a tablet form factor, so I could see how you could make your argument in a software comparison stand point but hardware wise, its still a tablet.
in third test, dropping 50pounds on display is a disadvantage for surface since its internals are right behind the display, but thats not the point.
Where is functionality test? I am not going to choose my laptop based on its toughness -_-
The worst thing I ever did to my computer was trying to replace the ram witch dismounted the CPU so I had to completely disassemble it and then reassemble it correctly.
Worst thing I ever did to a computer (which my high school had built for video editing) was plugging in a flash drive and sending a static electricity shock through it. Luckily for me, the machine was totally fine, but I could've been out a few paycheques.
yeah we know that mac's durability is better than windows durability but like who the heck would drop 50 pounds of cement on the surface 3 like...
Mac is not better then pc at all. Anyone familiar with computers can tell you.
i'm taking about durability
CoolDrify by making a shitty comment like that, you have just successfully proven that you don't know jackshit about computers
Michls I think you need to calm down buddy. You don't know anything about me, so how can you possible know? I could literally make up anything on the spot about my experience with computers, and hope you'll believe it but I'll tell you the straight truth. I've built over 4 computers, am in AP computer science at my school, and my cousin with whom I talk to almost daily with is majoring in computer engineering. I dedicate entire portions of my life to learning about computers, and I stand by what I've said. PC's can be infinitely more complex, and manipulatable than Mac's, because Macs have a set design criteria. It's as simple as that.
Hey CoolDrify , so I've read your comment, and I guess you are awaiting for my reply so here goes, I may have misjudged you, and I apologise, I thought you were one of those lets say "9 year old kids" who don't know anything about technology and the only thing they think a computer is for is games, which your response clearly says that you are not!!
From what you wrote initially, I thought that you said that "a mac was inferior than a pc" which that is something I totally disagree with, I use the two systems and I understand their history and their purpose, and I find them equally important, therefor none of them is better than each other, I don't know if that applies same to your opinion, but I just thought that I should share that being that you have shared a bit of information on what you are studying and what you are dedicating your life on, again I was so sorry for swearing at you, I sometimes just lose my temper when kids keep commenting on mac vs pc's videos saying that macs suck because macs can't game or whatever....
Sure the MacBook Air can still turn on, but that's all it could do when this started ;)
name whatever the note can do more that the macbook...
mitchell2820 Run Solidworks 3D and Simulation CAD software natively. Software I depend on for work...
mitchell2820 Touchscreen, more open OS, choice, more native apps
2987ms i have all the apps i need on a macbook pro, i find the air ugly to but i have software on my mac that u need for work, only big difference is gaming that's al,
and well if you want touchscreen don't buy a laptop but a fucking tab
Funny how you completely neglect my comment, yet you jump all over him. Where's Solidworks for a Mac? My $800 HP Windows laptop, with a touchscreen, does more than your $2k MacBook Pro does, for production purposes AND gaming purposes. Show me a MacBook that you can do Mechanical and Electrical work on during the day, then turn around and game on at night, then we'll talk. To say nothing of one that costs under a grand...
The Spinning Pin Wheel of Death Was Lighter Than The Blue Screen Of Death
When are you guys gonna bring these videos back
That's totally impractical test lol.
A good summary of Battle Damage :) Impractical ... but cool at 1000fps.
The Indie Machines true. :)
But it's fun!
+WIRED One note is that the any PC can really run Mac OS X. Just a heads up!
+ryanpaycheck True.
pc can run mac os
Quan Pham Yes, it is called Hackintosh.
+ryanpaycheck But not officially. I don't even know if it's legal.
+ryanpaycheck Not any PC is compatible with OSX. Even for the ones that do, it's sometimes difficult to get it working (or should I say it's always always hard).
For your next battle damage you should do old radio vs new radios
The imac G3 that had the spinning wheel of death should of had the kernel panic crash.
Don't linux systems run on pc?
Linux home systems ARE PCs
2987ms Linux is an OS, meaning it can be booted off any computer. (Mac's can run Windows OS, PC's can run Mac OS, both can run Linux).
Charles Halo Yes, I understand that. I also understand that macs are PCs too.
Why compare a laptop and a tablet, wouldn't the Surface and iPad be a closer match?
Lmfao. I was for sure they both were dead after the second drop.
the worst thing that happened to my macbook pro (2009) is it slid off my lap and landed on the steel leg of a chair that was next to me (2-3 ft). it now has a ~1.5 diameter
Well I don't really care what the value of it to others would be most likely keeping this computer even if it stops working
Matthew H i really dont understand why you feel that its necessary to start insulting me over something that isnt really even a big deal.
as for being easily attached to objects thats a very common thing many people have (for example people who keep their grandparents' watch/lighter/pocket knife/random things like that)
no, i am not a hoarder. the only things that have sentimental value to me are my laptop, a few items from my family members, and a few toys from my childhood. the rest of my stuff as long as it remains useful or there is some value behind it i will keep, but if there is no use then i get rid of it.
long time since iv seen that one. the only furry artwork i have on my computer is drawn by me and is not pornographic (unless someone hugging their boy friend, or someone riding on top of a tank is pornographic) also why the hell would i even need anything like that? i'd much rather spend time with my boy friend, not sitting alone looking at porn (no offense to anyone who does)
Matthew H i still dont understand why you are being so hostile. the only thing you seem to do is reply with insulting comments. yes a laptop is valuable to me, thats just one small object that iv enjoyed for a long time, and enjoy the memories of what iv done on it.
Is it really worth your time to be arguing with someone over something that they enjoy? you can dislike what i enjoy but do you really have to go out of your way to attack that person...
the bias is cringeworthy AF; the macbook was a laptop while the surface was a tablet in the UPRIGHT POSITION, these guys are clearly apple fanboys
Why do you frown upon the Linux users (Like Me)
+Garrett Calkins Because fuck you. Thats why
+Joel Carrillo that is so true but i use both mac and pc i think mac is better it runs a bit smoother but i have a pc for gaming
+epsypolym PC - Gaming or useless shit like viruses and adware that ruins gaming because of the memory limitations for a certain processor.
Linux - What ever the fuck they do.
Mac - iMovie, GarageBand, iTunes, PhotoBooth and $1,000,000 movies that are made with Final Cut Pro X, oh yeah also the simple layout of OS X, oh my god how did I forget speed.
Um I use both witch side do I choose
Where'd all the files go?
the mac products look ugly to me, you guys should have tested it against something like a thinkpad.
Macs are made for retards and homosexuals.
Window is much faster and more innovations.
Kera C but windows always crashes
Kera C and gets viruses, and can't run both systems, and most designs are shit, and ugly screens, and loses his value faster than any apple computer
mitchell2820 1. Not if you know what your doing 2.Yes, yes it can 3.Uh, that's preference but OK 4. Ugly screens? Enjoy your 900p display on your macbook 5.Looses its value quicker? That depends. iluvyurbles I have never had windows crash except for when I played a really buggy unfinished game or over clocked too high. (On my current system)
How about you idiots stop criticizing people with different computer preferences. Is it really that big of a deal?
PC FTW
And u cant a laptop vs a tablet. U should have done surface vs ipad no cover/keyboard
Beaztboyzgotz Nottin cant *do a laptop
Is should be WTF
I mite nkew whare the srfise pro 3 can be fixed
I was playing LoL in the bathroom and I dropped my surface in the toilet...
Mac is totally better than pc!😆
Average Minecraft iSheep. PC is superior in every way.
+Harrison Blatt Mac IS PC.
+LogoBro Productions Sure, a Macbook Pro vs a Windows tablet.
no bro mac all the way
Harrison Blatt give me one thing macs can do that PC can't
why didnt you test it against the MacBook with the xps 13
The surface pro kick stand has all angles too...
3:01 what computer is that
The Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS are different versions of the concle but which is tougher try doing a battle test to find out
You did not do the shaming on the Surface Pro 3 as it has lost this test. Please do it next time.
i miss this series....
It wasn't really about the durability, it was more the angle they landed at. If i hit a laptop from the side i would do less damage than if i hit it in the middle of the screen.
That’s a lot of damage
Laptops: *there is another*
Linux: *am I a joke to you?*
also battle test a Thinkpad X220 versus a Dell Latitude.
Armored windows laptop VS Armored windows laptop.
DO IT
I want a competition with the lenovo thinkpad or yoga series :)
Aren't we gonna talk about the fact that in the clip where they announce the Mac as the winner it still works and the screen is fine?
the worst thing i've ever done to my pc is punch the tempered glass panel and it kinda bent inward
we all know how it would be turned out if the pc was an IBM ThinkPad
The worst thing I did to my computer was strike a key a little harder than I would've liked
Erik Beck not worked to Indy Mogul?
Just what you can do to something and have it still work is not a way to tell if it is better overall. PERIOD!
Do the tough book vs the IBM think pad
The worst thing I've done to my PC is accidentally spilt two pints of MILK on top of it xD
the worst thing ive done to my computer is break it with a program that couldnt run on it twice
Why do you do ipad dead match?
My laptop fell off a foot stall.
they didnt even tryed to turn the surface on
"Unless you're one of those Linux freaks" I'm one.
The surface can run Mac using vmware/virtualbox or one of the other VM software family members
you could have done something more accurate...but it was still fun to watch
What the window lab top go smashed I’ll think of it being a rko
Both of them are great in their own ways
I take the Y,U,B,AND M letter from my computer when my computer is still DELL
this is the kind of test I can relate to! That's not easy for someone of my generation. Congratulations!
it hurts to see them get destroyed...
Battle Damage has to return
worst thing I did was install malware and get a BIOS beep but it works now
In high school the electronics lab still had some mac 2's (class of '06) so they were relics already. That was my morning class and Had a travel mug with pipping hot coffee, I proceeded to pull of the top cover and poured the coffee straight onto the motherboard that damn thing just threw the frowning face o'death and by the next day it was back to life much to my horror. Not even the hot coffee mod could rid me of that dinosaur.
I know this is made a year ago but it looks like it was made in 2019
round 2 high end desktop, custom vs pro. but it needs more quadros
Awsome Video. i subscribed
i missed you battle damage =D
We missed you too :)
Wait that thing at the end....
The worst thing I have done to my Macbook Pro Retina, was accidentally have flung of and smash really hard into the floor. It took absolutely no damage, no dents, there wasn't even a scratch or scuff. My mac, just like your Macbook Air had no case on. It even fell from more than 5 feet, the air got a huge dent from that. Lesson; Macbook Pro is not only faster and more powerful with more features, but much more durable.
Try a Kindle Fire HDX vs a Amazon tv
I once punched my mom computer in the screen face thing ( still trying to work out why)
Perhaps because you're a 11 year old who doesn't know any better?
+Sony Trinitron keep in mind I was 7 at the time
Trey Williams That makes much more sense!
Where is season 3
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