(Nearly) Unbreakable

September 11, 2004 5:34 AM

Shake it, don't break it! Linked article reviews a few laptops that can really take a beating. Hey, I adore my sexy, sleek Sony Vaio, but I have to admit, if I ever dropped it, I'd have a really big problem. (This article is from April, so I did search of MeFi and there were no returns, so enjoy!)
posted by erratic frog (4 comments total)

Twist it! shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it baby!
Here we go loop di loo!
Shake it out baby!
Here we go loop di lie!

Bend over, let me see you shake your tail feather (bis)
Come on, let me see you shake your tail feather (bis)
posted by elpapacito at 5:52 AM on September 11, 2004

Just dropped my iBook one meter yesterday while bicycling... A big dent in one corner, but works otherwise fine. *Note to self: Backup, now.*

(El capacito: I once heard that while urinating in a restaurant's men's room.)
posted by hoskala at 7:16 AM on September 11, 2004

Shake it like a Polaroid picture!
posted by bwg at 9:18 AM on September 11, 2004

I've never quite understood why GRiD was such a marketplace flop; Tandy bought them, then shut the division down just as the ruggedized market was beginning to mature. Today, GRiD -- reconstituted as GSCS -- sells military-grade products.

Memorably, a GRiD salesman slammed one onto a conference table for our cringeful response.
posted by dhartung at 10:27 PM on September 11, 2004