It's no secret that I beat the crap out of my laptops. I drag them everywhere, use them non-stop and generally push them to their physical limits. I've been using a last generation PowerBook G4 since about the week it came out and it's been a very sturdy trooper though everything but last week I think I crossed the line. I accidentally stepped on the cord while walking across the room which cased the laptop to fly off the couch where it was sitting and bounce, yes bounce on the hardwood floors. And it was open at the time. My heart stopped thinking I'd killed it but upon closer inspection it seemed to still be functioning. Well not extremely close inspection, but close enough. Later that day I realized the hinge was not behaving normally, and closing it all the way was a bit more sketchy. During my travels yesterday (because the best thing to do with a damaged laptop is take it on a trip) I noticed the seams on the side of the keyboard starting to come open and it seems to be getting worse by the moment. This is not good. Time to get a new machine and I'm going to play cautious and not take this one with me out walking around anymore than I can avoid in the near future. Yikes!