Acer announces the TravelMate P2 and TravelMate P6 to take on the ThinkPads and Latitudes of the world

[Puppy]

Acer announces the TravelMate P2 and TravelMate P6 to take on the ThinkPads and Latitudes of the world

[MikalE]

I'd like to see their test results and know of the lab that conducted these tests.

"Applicability to "ruggedized" consumer products

MIL-STD-810 is a flexible standard that allows users to tailor test methods to fit the application. As a result, a vendor's claims of "...compliance to MIL-STD-810..." can be misleading, because no commercial organization or agency certifies compliance, commercial vendors can create the test methods or approaches to fit their product. Suppliers can—and some do—take significant latitude with how they test their products, and how they report the test results. When queried, many[quantify] manufacturers will admit no testing has actually been done and that the product is only designed/engineered/built-to comply with the standard[citation needed]. This is because many of the tests described can be expensive to perform and usually require special facilities. Consumers who require rugged products should verify which test methods that compliance is claimed against and which parameter limits were selected for testing. Also, if some testing was actually done they would have to specify: (i) against which test methods of the standard the compliance is claimed; (ii) to which parameter limits the items were actually tested; and (iii) whether the testing was done internally or externally by an independent testing facility.[21]"

[kfzhu1229]

My parents did have an Acer travelmate 360 that did work like a T23 after some 17 years of age. However the same cant be said to the mid 2000s Travelmates and they dont hold a candle against ThinkPads latitudes and Elitebooks in build quality