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    Launching ThinkPads from a Trebuchet

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by BinkNR, Oct 17, 2009.

  1. BinkNR

    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    Not a very good video, but still a bit fun to watch your favorite notebook get launched hundreds of feet into the air using a trebuchet.

    http://vimeo.com/7114679
     
    BinkNR, Oct 17, 2009
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  2. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    :laugh: I got a good laugh out of this. And UT won. What a great day.
     
    surfasb, Oct 17, 2009
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  3. jonlumpkin

    jonlumpkin NBR Transmogrifier

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    I think the Tablet survived a bit better (at least the body), but both of them took a pretty solid beating. Hopefully that brutality never happens to mine (I'll settle for surviving a five foot drop).
     
    jonlumpkin, Oct 17, 2009
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  4. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    Well ya have to admit a 300 foot toss and that kind of airtime and the data more or less lives .... always a good test
     
    crazycanuk, Oct 17, 2009
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    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    Next test? Start dropping them from Zeppelins...
     
    surfasb, Oct 17, 2009
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  6. Lostinlaptopland

    Lostinlaptopland Notebook Consultant

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    I would have liked to have seen the first one with the screen facing the keyboard not outward although I suppose that was for dramatic effect.
     
    Lostinlaptopland, Oct 17, 2009
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    jonlumpkin NBR Transmogrifier

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    One thing that wasn't clear is whether they were using HDDs or SSDs. It looked vaguely like the drive pulled from the x200T was a 1.8" SSD (based on the way the pull tab was positioned in the test machine).
     
    jonlumpkin, Oct 17, 2009
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  8. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    hmmmm you may be right,
     
    crazycanuk, Oct 17, 2009
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