All rugged computers, regardless of the manufacturer, are put through harsh tests to make sure they can resist whatever they claim to be well placed to withstand, which varies by model and ruggedness rating. Labs run computers 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 continually, clawed, gnawed, licked and abused. While some keys did pop off (which didn't affect the operation of the keyboard) , the screen held up and the PC stayed on. As importantly, it rebooted and worked, the screen clear enough to read even thru tiger saliva. Still driven to destroy the rugged system he let an elephant do its worst. A 10,000 pound elephant put its foot on top of the PC, then lifted his other front leg, putting an enormous quantity of stress on the PC.
Not bound by any lab directions, the elephant also picked the PC up regularly and threw it down with force. Though some pieces did pop off when the elephant had stood on the PC and thrown it down time after time, it still worked to the amazement of those doing the tests.
If these amazing creatures couldn't manage to kill the laptop, how many normal situations 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 continually, clawed, gnawed, licked and abused. While some keys did pop off (which didn't affect the operation of the keyboard) , the screen held up and the PC stayed on. As importantly, it rebooted and worked, the screen clear enough to read even thru tiger saliva. Still driven to destroy the rugged system he let an elephant do its worst. A 10,000 pound elephant put its foot on top of the PC, then lifted his other front leg, putting an enormous quantity of stress on the PC.
Not bound by any lab directions, the elephant also picked the PC up regularly and threw it down with force. Though some pieces did pop off when the elephant had stood on the PC and thrown it down time after time, it still worked to the amazement of those doing the tests.
If these amazing creatures couldn't manage to kill the laptop, how many normal situations 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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