My laptops need to be able to bounce rather than withstand beverage mishaps.
That's the same problem I have with an home-made PDA.
It's a personal project, so it's more like a prototype than a real product (very fragile), I need to design and to *somehow* print a "silicon bumper".
The LCD is a 7" piece of glass, if the PDA falls ... it breaks. The chassis is a 3D printed PLA body, if the PDA falls from the table, it breaks.
My phone can falls from the table without any damage. How is it possible? Well, it's a "
rugged smartphone" designed to survive mountain climbing. It can't survive a skyscraper fall, but it can survive up to 10 meters fall, and it's also water proof up to 20 meters.
"
Rug-Gears" are waterproof and resistant to heat, chemicals, pressure, impact and more, mine should also survive a winter in Siberia, up to -50 C (I need to test this
)
Do we need rugged laptops? Probably
yes, but ...
A simple XiMi Note 9 Pro costs 180 Euro (Android v10-based)
A Rug-Gear with similar features costs 450 Euro, more than a Motorola E100 (310 Euro)
about { CPU, LCD, RAM, battery, features }: Motorola E100 >> XiMi Note 9 Pro
Rug-Gears: good, nice to have, but more expensive!