3 Rugged Notebooks Take a Beating 119
bsk_cw writes "Brian Nadel got a chance to try to destroy three 'fully rugged' notebooks and get paid for it — Computerworld had him drop, spray, drown, bake, shake, and freeze notebooks from General Dynamics Itronix, Getac, and Panasonic. All three suffered some damage, but only the Getac M230 actually died as a result. Brian made videos of the tests (which were apparently done in his home, including his kitchen)."
Print link - avoid 6 pages of ads (Score:5, Informative)
To save you having to wade through 6 ad-filled half pages - here's the link [computerworld.com].
Why this link is't published to start with is beyond me.
Missed one (Score:5, Informative)
The videos are a joke (Score:5, Informative)
The motorcycle-in-the-rain test (Score:3, Informative)
Itronics (Score:4, Informative)
Gobook III (Score:3, Informative)
The Toughbook CF-27s we had before this survived years w/o a hitch, on the other hand.