Which would be more likely to break when dropped?

The ipad, because I will follow up with a hammer blow.

depending on the height of the fall, both devices will get damaged. The question becomes how extensive will the damage be. . . .

OK, but what if it was, like, Superman’s iPad, and he gave it powers?

I’ve dropped my laptop several times…nothing fatal. Yet…

The glass screen of the ipad will definitely go first. It doesn’t have protection like a laptop.

Thats what i said spinel. Especially if its dropped on a corner.

@FiRE_MaN It’s a common sense thing to everyone but the Apple designers.

You could argue that the iPad is somewhat the equivalent of a laptop screen. The laptop no doubt weighs more and is dimensionally larger and presumably not as stiff (although are we assuming that both screens are made of the same material and thickness, or not?). If the computer was dropped such that the screen took the impact first, wouldn’t the weight of the thing act on the screen and wouldn’t the screen see a larger force than the iPad under the same conditions? Also, I’m not sure what specs we are assuming for each, but a laptop typically has a hard drive containing moving parts which is prone to breaking in impacts. Is this also the case for the iPad?

It is possible, likely even I’d think, that the glass of the iPad is designed to withstand simple falls from hands. I don’t think it would be hard to calculate the force exerted on the screen in a fall from a typical height, and then compare this to material data.

the floor

the iPad. I tripped and dropped my MacBook down some stairs and it was fine.

@JONESGH How did that one happen exactly?

@Spinel my friend’s cat was sitting at the top of the stairs and I didn’t see him until it was too late, needless to say I fell and so did my computer