My dog stood on my laptop

josh81 · 11th April 2007, 12:13 AM

My 20kg staffy stood on my Dell XPSM1210 laptop tonight, it was on the couch, and he got on the couch and put his two front legs on it. I turned around and saw him there, and slowly grabbed him.
No damage, not even any scratches

I estimate ~7kg of weight on the laptop, i'm not sure whether the magnesium alloy construction of the XPSM1210 was the saviour, or whether the matte texture of the lid is more scratch resistant than gloss, but i'm glad it's ok.

jas0nt · 11th April 2007, 12:15 AM

the couch probably took most of the weight.

Rezin · 11th April 2007, 12:16 AM

I think Dell Quality Control checks for this problem before shipping out the lappy.

nux · 11th April 2007, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by jas0nt

the couch probably took most of the weight.

This is one of the stupidest things I have read

WooKiE_MaN · 11th April 2007, 12:32 AM

lucky he didnt pee on it...would of left a nice scent......

Quelch · 11th April 2007, 5:56 AM

or eat it !

The dog ate my homework

MR CHILLED · 11th April 2007, 6:25 AM

What are you going to post when something really serious happens to your laptop?

mordy · 11th April 2007, 10:45 AM

so what, most modern laptops need a serious beating to break.

-=Alfonzo=- · 11th April 2007, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by nuxie1

This is one of the stupidest things I have read

Reckon? If the laptop was sitting on the sofa cushion and the dog inflicted downward force on the screen of the closed laptop, then it would compress the laptop into the cushion and taking some of the weight/force, no? Therefore, the couch would make a reasonable difference, in comparison to the dog standing on the laptop if it was placed on a hard surface.

sanjay · 11th April 2007, 10:46 AM

at the end of the day, if i wanted a tough notebook dells would be my last choice (below all the shitty ones you get at target for $799)

IBM/lenovo is where its at for everday durable laptops

Mercz · 11th April 2007, 3:03 PM

Inspiron range would be my last choice too, but the Latitude and XPS range are worlds and universes apart in terms of build quality.

And yes the couch took some of the force away.

mordy · 11th April 2007, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by sanjayschrapel

IBM/lenovo is where its at for everday durable laptops

Thats not so true, just about any normal laptop u buy today will be much much more durable than laptops from a few years ago.

The screens are much less likely to crack due to the lack of glass and hard materials in the screen
the hard drive can usually now take around 30-60g of force while off or 3-5g while the hard drive is spinning.
The chasis these days are much better attached, and its very unlikely a small hit will break anything off.

jas0nt · 12th April 2007, 7:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nuxie1

This is one of the stupidest things I have read

would you rather me put 50kg of weights on your laptop while on the ground or on 50 pillows?

[Aek] · 12th April 2007, 7:44 PM

The couch soften the impact, but at the end of the day the weight of the dog still got transferred to the couch via the laptop. If the dog got on the laptop slowly, then the fact that it was sitting on the couch make a negligible different.

In the really end though... who cares? It survived that's the main thing.

josh81 · 13th April 2007, 1:53 AM

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Originally Posted by sanjayschrapel

at the end of the day, if i wanted a tough notebook dells would be my last choice (below all the shitty ones you get at target for $799)

IBM/lenovo is where its at for everday durable laptops

Yeah but my laptop XPS magnesium construction, unlike Inspiron or other range.

By the way, my laptop is a 12.1" widescreen, so i'd say it's stronger cause less bending. If it was a 15.4" Inspiron 6400, i might not be as lucky.

PS. On another dog/laptop related issue, even more trivial/boring than the last; in the last few weeks i've been looking in the corner of my screen, right over the start button, and there's been what appears to be a series of dead pixels, and i've been thinking, i've got to get around to calling Dell for warranty fix. The other day i swipe at it, and it was just a dog hair stuck in the seem of the screen.

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[Aek] Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Sydney Eastern Suburbs Posts: 806	The couch soften the impact, but at the end of the day the weight of the dog still got transferred to the couch via the laptop. If the dog got on the laptop slowly, then the fact that it was sitting on the couch make a negligible different. In the really end though... who cares? It survived that's the main thing. __________________ Athlon64x2 4800+ Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 6GB Geil 800MHz DDRII 8500GT 512MB Nintendo Users Club #72