[colug-432] sadly, my 2012 vintage HP laptop was offered as a sacrifice

[Tom]

On 10/06/2015 01:57 PM, Chris Clonch wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-10-06 at 13:29 -0500, Tom wrote:
>> They are nice, but those very slim laptops are very fragile. I used to
>> reman laptops at Dell when the ultra thin stuff began to show up. They
>> are extremely hard to repair. I had to completely tear them down, even
>> remove the mobo just to replace the optical drive. Don't know if that
>> XPS has one, but I am very skeptical about their ruggedness. I use an
>> old Dell Inspiron 1520. It's rugged enough for most use. Easy to tear
>> down, etc.
> Yes the ultrabooks are definitely slimmer which translates into less
> rugged than traditional laptops.  They are targeting the Apple Air so my
> hope is build quality is top notch.  I'm not particularly rough on
> portable electronics but Russ's experience traveling does cause me to
> think about others who might come in contact with it.
>
> Another one I just read about was the Lenovo X1 Carbon, which is passes
> a number of MIL-STD-810G tests though I haven't seen any details.  Still
> in the ultrabook class so it doesn't meet Russ's needs.
>
> -Chris
>
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Even if ruggedness is not a factor, the ultra thin will be a huge 
problem if you have to do just about any kind of repair.

Tom