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Structural Integrity of Laptops?

Posted by Cliff on from the cruelty-to-hardware dept.

d_m_i_t_r_i asks: "As a laptop-toting college student, I'm very interested in just how much abuse my laptop can stand up to. Just how many pounds of books can I stack on it? How hard can I bang the corner, before it will cave in? Things like that. Does anyone review the cases of laptops for their structural integrity? Are there any sort of statistics out there of things like strength tests, dropping from a height, etc?"

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  1. Re:Never stack anything on the screen side... by Stinking+Pig · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't assume that the corporate laptops are any better on that front; my company-provided IBM T20 came with a couple of nice discolorations of the type you're describing. Funny, they match up exactly with where one's middle and ring fingers would sit if one tried to pick up the laptop by the screen with the right hand.

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