Posted by ketyung
on Jul/04/2008
at 6:48 am
For those who’ve been a careless user, who have killed a few laptops before by dropping them, now you have a rugged laptop from Asus is on its way, which should be rugged enough to stand your drops.
The Asus B51E laptop has been tested of being able to survive a fall of 75 cm. The chassis is made of magnesium alloy and also protected by a special film to avoid from getting scratches from your long finger nails. It’s also got rubber bumpers on edges that help prevent it from shocks.
Besides the external protection, the internal is protected by sponges, such as underneath the hard disk drive, you will sponges to guide it well from getting serious shocks.
The keyboard of the Asus B51E laptop is also spill-proof, which is specially designed with a special drainage system that drains away the spilled coffee or milk effectively.
The B51E laptop measures at 36.5cm x 27.3cm x 3.82 cm, and weighs 3.1 kg when the 8-cell battery is put on. This laptop is definitely bulkier than any other average laptops, which is what a rugged laptop should be. Some other goodies about this rugged laptop are detailed as follows:
• Mobile Intel GM965 Chipset
• Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/4965ABGN Network Connection
• Windows Vista Business
• RAM DDR2 667MHz, up to 4GB (2 slots)
• SATA HDD up to 320GB & ODD S-Multi
• Built-in webcam 1.3M pixel (Optional)
• Bluetooth 2.0+ EDR (Optional)
Take a loot at the video below, how the Asus B51E is being tortured, but still survives various tests
via [gizmowatch]
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March 24th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
I liked the idea on this so much I started a new blog on ruggednetbooks. Let’s hope they actually start offering these in the states. I think they are only available in Europe.