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I can confirm. I work at a school with a massive fleet of Macs. The kids generally kill their devices with water by keeping their water bottle in the same bag as their MacBook. Doesn’t matter how often I tell them not to, they insist on doing this.
What do you expect them to do instead? Carry two bags? Keep the bottle in their hand at all times? I think both are highly inconvenient. There are backpacks with bottle holders on the outside, but in my experience, those aren’t very good at holding a bottle. Not bringing a bottle probably is the best option, but that may not be a good option in very hot climates.
Yes. The risk of a water bottle opening in a student’s bag and ruining a laptop, causing a very expensive repair is worse than the inconvenience of keeping the bottle outside of their bag.
How would you avoid water damage due to the scenario? Or do you consider it normal and unavoidable?