What are your favorite insane laptops?

Mine is the Dell Rugged: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F56ION4_n0

Bump and fall proof, liquid proof, sand proof (and cat hairs proof I assume), extreme heat/cold proof, can be used as a blunt weapon in an emergency. Ridiculously overkill for anyone that’s not a geologist working in Antarctica or an archaeologist in the Gobi desert, and ridiculously overkill is fun

    • Stovetop@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      Seems like the sort of thing that might be used to set up like a mobile command station or something. If a disaster occurs and some agency/organization needs to stand up operations at a new location immediately, things like that

      Definitely highly situational, but I’m sure some organizations out there are willing to pay a pretty penny for convenience during those types of situations.

      • Outwit1294@lemmy.today
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        13 hours ago

        I am pretty sure desktops can be used if you are in such a situation. Portable power has been a thing for decades.

        • Stovetop@lemmy.world
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          7 hours ago

          Well, if you also want to bring 6 monitors with it. I think the point of this is to be highly portable and easy to store.

          • Outwit1294@lemmy.today
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            5 hours ago

            This is going to be heavy af and it probably has battery life of 10 minutes. So it will need a charger too.

    • arsCynic@beehaw.org
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      1 day ago

      “Impractical. Why would anyone ever need so many screens on the go?”

      For the same reason why cars that can’t ride over the slightest speed bumps are sold: low self-esteem and a high urge to stroke one’s own ego.

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