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If that’s an Intel one you’re getting, I can understand it. However the M1 ones are a completely different computer. I am shocked at how good they are.

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I've had a M1 Macbook pro (13-inch) display shatter on me within 10 months of purchase for no reason. The cost of repair is $800 which being around 80% of the cost of the laptop, was untenable. Since then it has been gathering dust in the storage closet for the past five months.

Looking online, it seems like there was a quality issue with their displays for the first few batches of production.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-facing-m1-macbook-cracked-s...

It is a shame. I did enjoy using the laptop very much.

Why did you not have insurance?

99% of the time I’ve seen this sort of stuff happen it’s because there was a screen protector or someone shut some crap in the lid.

Why should you need insurance on something that should be covered under the manufacturer warranty?

The manufacturer doesn’t know you didn’t leave half your rice lunch in the lid when you closed it.

I am confident that I treat my laptops very well. According to the article linked above, this issue has been occurring during normal use.

if only they could support 3 external monitors

M1 Max can. Needs more video (and therefore memory) bandwidth to do that.

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