The Tiger-Resistant Laptop

[hausman]

The Tiger-Resistant Laptop

We dropped the Panasonic CF-30 "Toughbook," kicked it, stood on it and tried to back over it with a Volkswagen JettaTDi. (That left a mark--on the pavement.)

We poured Diet Coke on the keyboard. Then we used the lid to crush the can.

You might think this is unnecessary testing for a laptop. Advertising is always brimming with over-the-top claims. We've heard about "durable" notebooks before. But the ones we lug to press conferences seem to be as touchy as a bunch of squirrels. Surely, Panasonic's claims of toughness are, well, over-the-top.

We found, however, that Panasonic's Toughbook performed as promised. Fair enough. So we came up with some tests that were decidedly unfair...

[craigmontHunter]

I need one. 4th laptop in 3 years, got it on tuesday (dell in sig) for free from a friend. My parents are getting tired of buying/repairing laptops. (T41 gpu issue)

[mattbiernat]

if i ever encounter a tiger I won't worry about my laptop