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General Dynamics Itronix VR-2 Laptop

Tested Tough


Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008
Updated: September 9th, 2008 08:12 AM GMT-05:00

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Frank Borelli

The prep: computer, watch, cup of OJ


Frank Borelli

The pour: about 10 ounces of OJ into the keyboard


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As you can see it was filled to overflowing


Frank Borelli

A close up of the keyboard. It's clearly filled to capacity with OJ - our chosen liquid medium for this testing
FRANK BORELLI
Equipment Reviewer


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Comments

Posted by Ramon ROJAS in Tucson, AZ
(09/05/08 - 02:40 PM)
GD Itronix VR-2 Laptop
Wow! I wander how it compares to the Panasonic? Those things are practically indestructible, but are high mobility, high speed, etc....pricey, too. Are other models available?

Thanks.



Posted by Love Panasonic
(09/05/08 - 10:03 PM)
GD Itronix VR2
Are you kidding me! Your actually trying to compare a "semi-rugged" Itronix to a "fully-rugged" Panasonic.




Posted by Frank in Beltsville, Maryland
(09/09/08 - 07:50 AM)
What I said
To be very clear:
1) I never said anything about Panasonic. I've seen plenty of their laptops in plenty of police vehicles and haven't seen any of them not working.
2) There ARE manufacturers of "fully rugged" laptops who have declined to have their computers tested.
3) I think it's interesting how much is "read between the lines"!



Posted by George Ciachir in Bucharest, Romania
(12/01/08 - 08:09 AM)
Franks tests and models on market
I think that spilling a real unit with real juice and dropping it on purpose was also relaxing and stress relieving for you, Frank !
On the other side, you see, one can't even take revenge on the damn laptop when angry ...








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