Reviews describe it as "Nearly invincible and invulnerable", but did they toddler test it?

[hikingvet@lemmy.ca]

Which grade? Construction, police or military?

[cobysev@lemmy.world]

We used these ToughBooks on deployments in the US military about 20 years ago. One of the guys in my unit tested it by slowly driving a Humvee over it. It still worked. Screen was a little cracked, though.

[ilovethebomb@lemm.ee]

Those laptops are very pricey, basically twice the price of a regular laptop with the same specs.

[cm0002@lemmy.world]

Well it needs to be able to handle random key bashing, undefined stickiness, milk spills, crayon drawings and being yeeted off whatever surface it happens to be on at random times

So probably police lmao

[cm0002@lemmy.world]

Yea, but for a toddler id probably buy a cheap one used off eBay with like a Pentium and 4 gigs of RAM

It doesn't take a lot of power to lead my children in the light of Linux after all lolol

[hikingvet@lemmy.ca]

That sounds closer to construction.

[pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

how many thinkpads?

[hello_there@fedia.io]

I need updates on this.
Also, create a backup disk for when they inevitably delete something important somehow by bashing keys

[ilovethebomb@lemm.ee]

Even something like that is still pretty expensive, I looked at buying a second hand one, and even used ones are crazy.

[kolanaki@yiffit.net]

I just want to build my own in one of those metal briefcases, then walk around with it attached to my wrist by handcuffs.

[northwestwind@lemmy.world]

When I was young I once pretended to work on my dad's laptop, and then I pushed it off the table and broke it.

[dmmacniel@feddit.org]

Throw sugar UI on it and it's toddler time.

[ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works]

My buddy uses one of these for his work on boats. Doesn’t matter if you’ve got it wedged between an engine and a rough fiberglass bulkhead, can handle being dropped in the bilge.

Way back Storm cases warranty said they would warranty anything except shark attack and children under the age of three. I should have taken a pic, looks like that doesn’t exist anymore.

[mouselemming@sh.itjust.works]

Toddler nothing, my cat apparently knows more macros than I do.

[tahl_en@lemmy.world]

I picked up a construction-grade tablet PC back in 2010, and while I haven't been todler-tough on it, it's still running great and the peace of mind of it being so rugged has been great.

[yarharsuperstar@lemmy.world]

Fuck, this makes me wish my dad had taught me Linux so I had that knowledge growing up and didn't have to learn it from scratch now as an adult

[badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world]

Daughters Christmas present was a toy laptop because we didn't want her just watching YouTube but at least she can learn typing and basic skills...

Nope, it's an ABCDE keyboard instead of QWERTY... No transferable skills at all. Should have just bought a $50 last generation netbook and installed Linux on it.

(Arch BTW)

[akatsukilevi@lemmy.world]

Vim and Emacs were made by cats after all

[stinky@redlemmy.com]

Some skills may transfer, in her classrooms she will see the alphabet and perhaps remember it from her laptop

[stinky@redlemmy.com]

What is it