I've replaced two screens now on my 2019 MBP. The first one happened when I was cleaning the camera before a video call. Apparently I pressed just a bit too hard with the cloth and that pressure broke the connection to the screen and it went black with intermittent white lines. It was under AppleCare so Apple fixed it for $99.
The second time it happened my cat lightly bit the right edge of the screen and that was all it took to kill the entire screen. Again, repaired under AppleCare.
There's clearly a fragility problem with Apple's recent screens. My hypothesis is that in Apple's zeal to make a borderless screen, there's no longer any protection for the connectors at the edge of the screen. A little bit of pressure on the edge could never have killed the older MacBook screens because they had a border of metal around them.
The lesson is that one must be extremely careful with the screens on late-model Apple laptops. Any pressure near the edge beyond a very light touch can completely destroy them. Any dirt or debris on the keyboard deck when you close the laptop can destroy the screen.
I'd love to find some kind of case for the laptop that protects the edge of the screen to make it a little more robust, but it seems like any such solution would be too thick to allow the machine to close.
The second time it happened my cat lightly bit the right edge of the screen and that was all it took to kill the entire screen. Again, repaired under AppleCare.
There's clearly a fragility problem with Apple's recent screens. My hypothesis is that in Apple's zeal to make a borderless screen, there's no longer any protection for the connectors at the edge of the screen. A little bit of pressure on the edge could never have killed the older MacBook screens because they had a border of metal around them.
The lesson is that one must be extremely careful with the screens on late-model Apple laptops. Any pressure near the edge beyond a very light touch can completely destroy them. Any dirt or debris on the keyboard deck when you close the laptop can destroy the screen.
I'd love to find some kind of case for the laptop that protects the edge of the screen to make it a little more robust, but it seems like any such solution would be too thick to allow the machine to close.