• ASUS military grade?

    From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to Rob Mccart on Sun Nov 2 20:29:00 2025
    Hello Rob!

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    ASUS Laptop for $169 at Walmart Online, marked down from
    $400 ($Cdn). [...] and the computer is Military grade so
    you can drop it or dump water on it without hurting it, so
    it seemed a good buy.

    Which model is that specifically?

    I doubt "military grade", but maybe built with solid metals and
    less plastic.

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  • From Rob Mccart@VERT/CAPCITY2 to OGG on Tue Nov 4 07:58:55 2025
    ASUS Laptop for $169 at Walmart Online, marked down from
    $400 ($Cdn). [...] and the computer is Military grade so
    you can drop it or dump water on it without hurting it, so
    it seemed a good buy.

    I doubt "military grade", but maybe built with solid metals and
    >less plastic.

    It's a little clunky looking with the squared off rubber edges.
    The main body is still plastic but maybe it's more solidly built
    internally and, unusual these days, it's held together with
    screws through the back rather than just snapping together.

    The actual quote was that it meets or exceeds MIL-STD-810H
    durability standards, which is not quite the same as being a
    military computer but, I would assume, they were tested at
    some point to make sure they meet those specified durability
    standards in that identifier or they'd be in a lot of trouble
    for claiming it does.

    It's really intended more for students and others who tend to
    be pretty hard on Laptops at times.

    Reviews said that it is made from tough plastic and rubber to
    absorb impacts and protect it from damage from 'bumps, drops
    and spills', but they warn it's not a gaming machine, which I
    knew since it doesn't have a high end processor and such..

    The things I do on a computer, and the old games I play, will
    run fine on much older, slower systems so I think it should do
    what I want without any problem.

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