willis@violet.berkeley.edu (Willis Johnson) (01/10/90)
By the way, GRID does not claim that you can check their computer as luggage, nor do they claim that you can drop them from a height of 4 feet. Past experience with large purchases has led me to do destructive testing of test units when I know that the selected model will be treated roughly. My experiece has been that MOST manufacturers lie about SOME PART of their product's specs. Willis Johnson willis@violet.berkeley.edu
thaw@pixar.UUCP (Tom Williams) (01/11/90)
willis@violet.berkeley.edu (Willis Johnson) writes: >By the way, GRID does not claim that you can check their computer as >luggage, nor do they claim that you can drop them from a height of 4 >feet. Past experience with large purchases has led me to do destructive >testing of test units when I know that the selected model will be >treated roughly. My experiece has been that MOST manufacturers >lie about SOME PART of their product's specs. >Willis Johnson >willis@violet.berkeley.edu Nonetheless, in a previous life I witnessed GRID systems that were developed for customers who did a LOT worse than dropping the computer from 4 feet. Apparently, the GRID's were one of the only canidates which could take the field abuse that was required. These systems are tough little cookies. -thaw- ---- Thomas Williams PIXAR {ucbvax|sun}!pixar!thaw ----