My samsung Laptop has been as durable as all my Samsung Products, my TV and my phones from what I can say in my experience they sure can take a lot of abuse. I have dropped mine down the stairs and after a reformat of the hard drive it works good as new. My Toshiba fell off the couch and was damaged beyond repair so this was a warranty replacement. So I would never recommend Toshiba if you happen to have butterfingers.