Sturdy Laptop Testing
All rugged computers, irrespective of the manufacturer, are put through tough tests to be certain they can withstand whatever they claim to be able to bear, which varies by model and ruggedness rating. Labs run laptops through shock, vibration, water, dust, heat and cold temperature tests among many others.
In 2009, Forbes.com made a decision to put a Toughbook thru this kind of testing, which actually involved dropping the rugged portable, tossing it by its handle, pouring soda pop all over the keyboard, crunching potato chips into the keys and tossing darts at the screen. The Toughbook survived all this, but he was driven to destroy it. So he took it to a Six Flags theme park that also includes some animals and let 2 them play with the computer.
During the tiger's first moments with the PC, it was pushed off a rock repeatedly, clawed, chewed, licked and abused. While some keys did pop off (which failed to affect the operation of the keyboard) , the screen held up and the computer stayed on. More importantly, it rebooted and worked, the screen still readable even through tiger spit. Still meaning to destroy the rugged system he let an elephant do its worst. A 10,000 pound elephant put its foot on top of the computer, then lifted his other front leg, putting a massive amount of pressure on the computer.
Not bound by any laboratory specs, the elephant also picked the computer up continually and threw it down with force. Though some pieces did pop off by the time the elephant had stood on the computer and tossed it down repeatedly, it worked to the awe of those doing the tests.
If these fantastic creatures could abuse the laptop without stopping it, how many standard circumstances can you think of that might be able to stop it?
In 2009, Forbes.com made a decision to put a Toughbook thru this kind of testing, which actually involved dropping the rugged portable, tossing it by its handle, pouring soda pop all over the keyboard, crunching potato chips into the keys and tossing darts at the screen. The Toughbook survived all this, but he was driven to destroy it. So he took it to a Six Flags theme park that also includes some animals and let 2 them play with the computer.
During the tiger's first moments with the PC, it was pushed off a rock repeatedly, clawed, chewed, licked and abused. While some keys did pop off (which failed to affect the operation of the keyboard) , the screen held up and the computer stayed on. More importantly, it rebooted and worked, the screen still readable even through tiger spit. Still meaning to destroy the rugged system he let an elephant do its worst. A 10,000 pound elephant put its foot on top of the computer, then lifted his other front leg, putting a massive amount of pressure on the computer.
Not bound by any laboratory specs, the elephant also picked the computer up continually and threw it down with force. Though some pieces did pop off by the time the elephant had stood on the computer and tossed it down repeatedly, it worked to the awe of those doing the tests.
If these fantastic creatures could abuse the laptop without stopping it, how many standard circumstances can you think of that might be able to stop it?
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Even though few folks will ever have to wrestle their rugged laptops away from wild animals, this is the sort of trustworthiness many people need. For a selection of Panasonic Toughbook models, check out Rugged Depot at ruggeddepot.com.
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