drop proof laptop case

wallofbeans

my other half keeps dropping her laptop (knocking it off a tabletop, leaving it on the floor and standing on it etc) - i know she's got to be more careful but i wondered if i could help a little by getting some kind of sturdy case to put it in?

I'll need something it stays in all the time, not just a carry case.. so a skin type thing or something that can be unzipped and opened so the laptop can be used with it still in the case...

Any ideas?

OR - we might soon need to get her a new laptop anyway so maybe there are some decent laptops that are made for more demanding use!!?

thanks all!

BenL

I was going to suggest these have already been invented. A desktop computer!

Or a Panasonic Toughbook

http://www.pan-toughbooks.com/index.asp

wallofbeans

BenL wrote: »

I was going to suggest these have already been invented. A desktop computer!

Or a Panasonic Toughbook

http://www.pan-toughbooks.com/index.asp

ha! yes, desktop would make sense but she needs it to be portable and we dont have the space for a desktop anyway...

i was thinking more like just getting a netbook and a super strong case of some kind... or maybe just wrapping it in a duvet!

Chimpofdoom

The problem is that if you drop a laptop, unless it's been specifically designed to withstand drops etc (see the toughbook as a good example!), you'll probably break something inside which can be a costly repair job!

I believe IBM used to make laptops that could detect when it had been dropped and would "brace" the hard drive for the impact, not sure if Lenovo continued this model/series on?

Hammyman

You can get laptop hard drives with freefall sensors. My Macbook Pro has such a thing and I hear a click every time I pick it up a bit too quickly as it parks the drive heads. A customer of mine has knackered their laptop drive when their toddler dragged it off the settee it so I'm replacing it with a freefall sensing one which is an additional £25 over the cost of the same size drive without it.

Donnie

wallofbeans wrote: »

my other half keeps dropping her laptop ....

Yes, you can buy a protective skin(I have one), but using it inside the skin may block the ventilation ports. If hers are on the side, you may get away with it.

Spank

The XFR: D630 is bulletproof, dunno about wifeproof though

Lil306

BenL wrote: »

I was going to suggest these have already been invented. A desktop computer!

Or a Panasonic Toughbook

http://www.pan-toughbooks.com/index.asp

First thing that came to my head

I'm getting one myself, love the strength of the thing and I intend on testing it out a few times

tronator

wallofbeans wrote: »

my other half keeps dropping her laptop (knocking it off a tabletop, leaving it on the floor and standing on it etc) - i know she's got to be more careful ...

I would tell her that a new laptop would come off her shoe shopping allowance This way she might treat the laptop more carefully...

tomsolomon

RSPCL..........

You laptop batterers should be ashamed of yourselves......