Well, let's put it this way: I had a friend that worked for a high tech agancy
like HP and his job was to design for the Government, microchips that would
withstand a nuclear blast shockwave. So, if the Military is designing stuff
like that, what good would it be if it fell off the table during the shockwave
and the hard drive ceased to work.
John Siple wrote:
> > In fiction, I read about military laptops
> >with titanium cases and hard drives encased in
> >gel packs. Are these for real?
> >
> I read an article about six months ago about several brands of all-terrain
> laptops (Wintel, of course) that are made for outdoor work.
> One wonders how anyone can produce a hard drive that would withstand a fall
> from a car hood while spinning.
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