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Weight. Packed size. Most people don't need a handle, so why waste volume and material on it? I think the Toshiba Toughbook had a handle. I think many folks he
by 0_____0 1y ago
Weight. Packed size. Most people don't need a handle, so why waste volume and material on it?
I think the Toshiba Toughbook had a handle. I think many folks here, given their druthers, would design something that looked like a Toughbook, then become disenchanted with it for various completely foreseeable reasons, and go back to using their standard issue MBP.
- Dylan16807 1y agoIt's worth noting that by the time you make a rugged laptop it's actually bulkier than a small laptop bag with a handle.
- eichin 1y ago*Panasonic Toughbook (There were generations of these with handles, but at least in the early ones, the handle didn't dominate the dimensions - things like "removable drives encased in impact gel" did.)
- 0_____0 1y agoHah, I guess I'm a sucker for alliteration. Thanks for the correction.