Some guy on one of the Mac subreddit groups wanted to secure his Macbook in his car with a tether to deter theft.
I left a comment saying that his main concern should be the heat inside a car.
The storage spec for current Macbooks:
Storage temperature: −13° to 113° F (−25° to 45° C)
The next argument was that a trunk would suffice. I argued against that, as a truck would be just as hot (it is not a sealed compartment and the heat from the cabin would, in almost all cars with trunks, radiate into the trunk. The next argument was that the trunk didn't have windows. A car can get hot even if the windows were covered, as the car is basically a metal enclosure sitting under direct sunlight. The storage spec for the current MBAs is 113 F. That temp can easily be attained in a car's trunk.
The next argument was that MBAs are durable.
THEY ARE MOST CERTAINLY NOT. A simple Reddit search shows the following - reddit.com: search results - macbook cracked screen - and most of those hits are very recent. Many of the posts include pictures of the damage too, so yeah, that statement was quickly debunked.
Folks, don't believe everything you see on the internet.
