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Panasonic ToughBook Testing Facility Tour

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bruised-but-not-beaten dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ToughBooks are considered by some to be the most resilient of all notebooks. So how does Panasonic ensure that their line of indestructible portables are just that? In a recent tour of the Kobe plant in Japan it was discovered that 1000's of ToughBooks are destroyed each year in pursuit of the most rugged systems. Soaking, electric shock, heating and electromagnetic radiation are among the many methods of torture used."

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  1. Indeed by mfh · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... and now Slashdotting.

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  2. How to REALLY test a notebook by operagost · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't see a curious four-year-old being employed in any of their tests. I'd like to see how one of these stands up to crayons and peanut butter sandwiches.

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    1. Re:How to REALLY test a notebook by Teh+MegaHurtz · · Score: 5, Funny

      I don't see a curious four-year-old being employed in any of their tests. I'd like to see how one of these stands up to crayons and peanut butter sandwiches. Also known as the curious CEO test
  3. bad workmanship by sentientbeing · · Score: 5, Funny

    The drop testing machine that's located at the Osaka R&D facility is one of only eight in the world, but unfortunately it wasn't working on the day we visited.


    Things just arent built to last these days . .

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