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    Ultra Great White Shark!! richardginn's Avatar
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    ZDNET netherlands runs over a laptop with a car...

    to test how durable it is.

    http://www.zdnet.nl/tv.cfm

    They also do the spill test, the drop test, the drop while on test, and the hammer test.
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    Pretty impressive. Strong laptop.

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    SPoiler!

    It broke

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    It's a Dell. Of course it's going to break.

    Now if it was a Thinkpad, things would be different.
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    They should test a Panasonic Toughbook..
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    Quote Originally Posted by CadetLee
    They should test a Panasonic Toughbook..

    I am not so sure many notebooks are going to handle a car running over it.
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    My Samsung Q30 has survived the drop while falling test 4 times now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ashpool
    It's a Dell. Of course it's going to break.

    Now if it was a Thinkpad, things would be different.
    Like a lot of manufacturers, both Dell and IBM/Lenovo have brought some good models to market and some not-so-good ones. Dell Latitude models over the past few years have held up a lot better than some of the ThinkPad models I've serviced in the past.

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    Here's a link for a Dell Latitude though not as severe as the one listed above.

    http://www.dell.com/html/us/products/latitude/test.html

    Now the thing on both tests, would it be the same laptop or they changed it for each individual test.
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    No way would PC World change laptops in order to get a good score.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rabidmoose171
    SPoiler!

    It broke
    damn you now you ruined it

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