I couldn't believe it when I broke it. I'm the kind of guy who always buys the big bulky cases for mp3 players and stuff. I've never broken any electronic that I've owned up until my laptop. Granted, it was 3 years old, and I bought it refurbished, so it was kind of crappy, but I was still agitated. I'm quite clumsy. Dropped my damn iPod a million times and it never broke. My friend broke his iPhone 4 though by dropping it from a desk onto a carpet. Mine dropped several times on a hard marble floor.