What is the t42 made of???

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SimonCC · #1 Post by **SimonCC** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 6:42 pm

I was thinking about how the t22s had titanium chassis, but what is the chassis of the t42 made from???

#2 Post by **BillMorrow** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 6:48 pm

same stuff..

SimonCC · #3 Post by **SimonCC** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 6:51 pm

ahh, thanks bill.

Plinkerton · #4 Post by **Plinkerton** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 1:13 am

Titanium? I thought it was magnesium or some strange thing... Or am I thinking of the wrong thing?

I always thought it was constructed of magical grippy Xonisium handmade by the Elves of the Magical Forest of Timpanio.

Ahh, I love my Thinkpad...

Highline · #5 Post by **Highline** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 1:29 am

You know...

As I was drooling over my brandy spanking new T42p tonight... I came about the opinion that the case on my computer is not as sturdy as my friends T22... The plastic on this computer feels more thin than on his.

Am I correct.... or am I just feeling the need to baby my expensive toy?

lfeagan · #6 Post by **lfeagan** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 1:35 am

Its thinner. Babying it somewhat wouldn't be a bad idea. Its not weak, but its no Toughbook anymore either.

Highline · #7 Post by **Highline** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 1:39 am

At work all our police cars have Toughbooks in them. You can do just about anything to those computers... and they keep on ticking! Its really quite amazing!!!

ian · #8 Post by **ian** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 2:02 am

Plinkerton wrote:I always thought it was constructed of magical grippy Xonisium handmade by the Elves of the Magical Forest of Timpanio.

Ahh, I love my Thinkpad...

Ah that's a relief - I thought I was the only one...

lfeagan · #9 Post by **lfeagan** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 2:11 am

Yeah, I played with a couple of Tougbooks...were considering for use on a trip to Antartica. Ended up going with the Itronix GoBook MAX. Its quite the killer notebook in terms of durability. Its one step above "rugged". It is what is considered an ultra-rugged. Rugged=use in cars. Ultra-Rugged=Use outdoors such as Hazmat, military, or on a construction site. The way I usually state the difference is that rugged notebooks are for situations where the human is just fine, but the notebook might not take to kindly to the stresses it would receive. Ultra-ruggeds are for when both the user and the notebook are being put in stressful/extreme situations, perhaps even on a routine basis. The environment is literally hostile, instead of just non-ideal.

Pretty amazing notebooks though. Perfect for that sort of trip.

Just thought I would mention it in case anyone ever really needed a notebook for out of this world type of adventures. The other good choice for truly hostile environments are the ones from Mitac. Oh yeah, and the ones from Getac are really kick a$$ too.

dd · #10 Post by dd » Wed Dec 01, 2004 2:15 am

From a previous post...............(not mine)

According to the Tabook the T42 has
a Magnesium alloy top cover and carbon fiber
reinforced plastic bottom cover. The T41 has
the titanium-reinforced CFRP bottom. The
question is how accurate is the tabook?

Titanium composite has the best absolute strength against impact and flexing when compared to ABS plastic and Magnesium alloy.

However, Magnesium alloy has the greatest strength per unit mass. In terms of absolute strength it is stronger than ABS pastic but weaker than Titanium composite.

see here http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... t=titanium

and

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... t=titanium

ctbenski · #11 Post by **ctbenski** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:27 pm

Hi,
was reading what you guys write about toughbooks vs thinkpads,
I frequently work (translation jobs) in hostile environments such as trains and buses and have used three toughbooks (CF-71, CF-28, CF-72). Bought them second-hand, of cour$e. I used to think they were the best laptops.
Now I am converted to a thinkpad (t41, 1400*1050, 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM) and can tell you this: DO buy a toughbook only when:
- you have an iron spine - these things WEIGH.
- you have kids - ice cream onto keyboard of running computer? this was no problem! just wipe away
- you like sluggish computers. For some reason they have weaker specs than other brands (perhaps to make some of them (CF-28) run without the need for internal fans. This was nice BTW - no sound)
The thinkpad? strong and FINALLY light enough to carry around in backpack all day without any extra neoprenes. Fast, sharp, nice to touch. I love this thing!

monty cantsin · #12 Post by **monty cantsin** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:44 pm

Highline wrote:At work all our police cars have Toughbooks in them. You can do just about anything to those computers... and they keep on ticking! Its really quite amazing!!!

Yep, some folks even use Toughbooks to jack up their cars.

http://www.pckurier.pl/archiwum/artykul ... /tough.jpg

aleung · #13 Post by **aleung** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:44 pm

did T41 have 15" model ? maybe we can replace T42's cover and bottom with T41 one

w0qj · #14 Post by **w0qj** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:13 am

Ifeagan, do you get disk write errors when you try to save your Excel (or Word, etc.) file onto your HDD while the car is very bumpy?

i've once had an Excel save error that corrupted my file when i accidentally kicked the table with my notebook computer on it... (it was a big kick--i was in a hurry...)

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lfeagan wrote:Yeah, I played with a couple of Tougbooks...were considering for use on a trip to Antartica. Ended up going with the Itronix GoBook MAX. Its quite the killer notebook in terms of durability. Its one step above "rugged". It is what is considered an ultra-rugged. Rugged=use in cars. Ultra-Rugged=Use outdoors such as Hazmat, military, or on a construction site. The way I usually state the difference is that rugged notebooks are for situations where the human is just fine, but the notebook might not take to kindly to the stresses it would receive. Ultra-ruggeds are for when both the user and the notebook are being put in stressful/extreme situations, perhaps even on a routine basis. The environment is literally hostile, instead of just non-ideal.

Pretty amazing notebooks though. Perfect for that sort of trip. Just thought I would mention it in case anyone ever really needed a notebook for out of this world type of adventures. The other good choice for truly hostile environments are the ones from Mitac. Oh yeah, and the ones from Getac are really kick a$$ too.

lfeagan · #15 Post by **lfeagan** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:22 am

nope, no disk errors. viscous fluid suspension for notebook

What is the t42 made of???

What is the t42 made of???

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