ThinkPad T400s Gets Run Over by 13-ton Truck

[remirap]

wasnt full 26,000 b/c other wheels were resting on the road. and cut video after running laptop over dose not prove anything

[clubpenguin1help]

He's a trained professional yet he forgot where to unscrew to get the HDD out.

xD

[MrTpengineer]

@clubpenguin1help Hey everyone is human, you probebly forget sometimes too.

[R3Cat]

@MrTpengineer yeah. xD funny though.

[joeyhcmc]

Love my IBM T43's. I've got 2 of them.

[barchelona8110]

i can kill it with ak47

[speedpenguin01]

Love it when the guy says @ 2:31

"Don't try this at home folks, he's a trained professional"

Except the professional couldn't find the hardrive on the T400s @ 1:33!

FAIL! XD



[optimistsRUS]

@speedpenguin01

Don't be too hard on him, almost all Thinkpads before this one (T40, T41, T42, T43, T60, T61, X60, X60s, X61, X61s, T400, W500 and I'm sure a bunch of others) had the hard drive on that side where this technician was going first, i.e. on the right side of the palm-wrist when you're typing.

[speedpenguin01]

@optimistsRUS

I understand your point, but just look at 2:22 (even the guy says "another identical t400s is already disassembled") right there and then the tech popped the drive knowing the location of the test t400s drive bay so I don't understand how could the tech missed the drive bay on the crushed t400s at 1:33 knowing he had one already disassembled at 2:22? The video is full frame without any timeline either (skipping frames or video parts in the timeline). Just an observation.

[ztbell21]

Anyone can make a laptop that survives a pickup. At least Lenovo tested theirs with a 13 ton Doppler on Wheels, but I would like to see them test it with a Peterbilt 379, KW W900 or Volvo VNL 780 Semi loaded with 40 tons or more of freight. Also, bring in a MacBook Pro, Dell Latitude ATG, Panasonic ToughBook CF-31, General Dynamics/Itronix GoBook and a GammaTech/Twinhead Durabook to the test for comparison.

[ztbell21]

@ztbell21 Even though the display was cracked and the motherboard was damaged, the ThinkPad did quite well under the 13-ton DOW. I would've expected much worse (damaged HDD, exploded battery, etc...) from it or any laptop under those conditions. And yes, do a repeat of the test with various semis and tanks. Also, bring in your competition (APPLE, DELL, HP) to show them how to be harder on theirs.

I also know typical cell phone (some do better than others) can't even survive a 3-foot drop!

[g0fvt]

I was disappointed with this, so laptop was trashed but the hdd survived... big deal

[MLGHaloKid]

That's how you make it flat like the mac air, Now just got to get an space shuttle to crush it eh?

[noircat]

@KobraSahin This laptop didn't survive a 13 ton truck, and the T-34 is 26 tons, so I don't think it would.

[x61lenov0]

nice work there, guys! personally, i love my x61......... just take a look at my username!

[Marcham89]

I'm still waiting for a rematch! Let's see the T410 or T420 do this! :D

[MrMrPhantomz]

Lol. I laughed when I saw the tracks on the thinkpad at the end of the video..

[tf88888888]

ok a mac book wouldve broke for sure

[techguyz708]

EXCELLENT laptops, I have had my t61 for 3 years and NOT a problem and I have dropped it 2 times. Excellent work machines and I can also get some gaming in on mint with the nvidia quadro.

[Theneongray2]

Is it just me or does the guy in this video have an ANNOYING voice.

He is yell-talking...at a very annoying monotone frequency....literally causes what feels like pain in my ears.

[MrKepan]

In my opinion, this is a total FAIL. I mean, hard drive? memory? seriously? I have seen a macbook pro went through a similar ordeal and the machine was bent. You know what? It starts up just fine.

[techguyz708]

@MrKepan and i also had a mac book bro and it fell off my lap and the screen shattered and my data was lost....soo what now?

[lookman373]

i have a lonovo idea pad y 450

[recholito]

chino huevetes, te equivocaste de tornillo al querer sacar el HD.

[HWGuyEG]

It would of booted up (with a dead screen) if there were a matrix of "pillars" in it.

All of that weight went right onto the mainboard's components... breaking the BGAs and contracts to everything, likely also snapping the dyes of ICs.

If there was solid metal going through bottom-to-top that would keep the components safe from crushing.

Would have a weird looking mainboard... full of holes.

[athlon866]

you guys rock!!!

Love lenovo!!

ThinkPad forever!

[vladil123]

endurance of thinkpads gets strongly advertised by lenovo, but it diminishes with every new generation.. old IBM thinkpads are so much more sturdy... when i touched T400s keyboard, i could feel flex with litle force applied.. not only it feels like c**p, it is quite uncomfortable for typing.... just one example named...

[MrDeezi]

its an expensive puppy!~

[hurensohnsBruda]

ah averaged publicity, nothing special.

[deado000]

lol - even the "experts" pry stuff out with screwdrivers

[Cougar333]

Come on. That isn't that impressive. Had the screen not cracked and it powered up immediately I would be bowing down. And, of course the hard drive will still be intact.

[techguyz708]

@Cougar333 no, of course the hardrive wouldnt be in tact in any other notebook.

[Cougar333]

@techguyz708

Any other notebook? Implying that ONLY a ThinkPad would have preserved it's HD? You must be joking, or delusional.

[rohitmehandru]

@Cougar333 well only thinkpads have the technology in their HD's that stop it from running at extreme conditions, so he's not delusional

[Cougar333]

@rohitmehandru

Again with the 'only'. HP, Toshiba and Panasonic all have active HD protection systems. And it's only in the event of large vibrations (ie. Dropping). Being slowly run over by a truck and preserving its HD is not anything extraordinary. In-fact, it's borderline parlor trick. I've seen the HD in cheap laptops come out just fine after enduring similar abuse.

Lenovo makes a great laptop. But this mystique about them is really bizarre.

[ThePusher92]

@Cougar333 Pics or it didn't happen.

[pisazhang]

fantastic!

[ThinkPadToday]

I am going to stick my neck out here and guess that the T400s will come in at below the $900 price point.

[rocketmanket]

Here's hoping the price of a T400s isn't over $1500.

[rolexkkk]

Thinkpad is a tank! Whatever Lenovo or IBM, I run the Lenovo thinkpad T61 for 5 days without shut down, it never stuck! love it !

[MrKepan]

@rolexkkk

I run my macbook pro for 10 months without shut down, it never stuck!

[tcpnet]

woah nice... you really cant belive it until you see it... including youtube..