From: Paul Khoury (pkhoury_at_loop.com)
Date: Sun Jan 03 1999 - 02:11:25 EST
On Sat, 5 Dec 1998 11:29:26 -0600 (CST), Esmail Bonakdarian wrote:
>Hiya,
>
>Just a quick testimonal about the ruggedness of the 560x.
>
>A few days ago I had an altercation with an automobile and found
>myself sprawled out on the other side of a median with some torn new
>clothes and slightly bloodied and bruised. Luckily, neither I or my
>bike ended up where traffic was moving.
>
>It was only a few minutes later after I had collected myself and my
>belongings off the road that I remembered that I had my laptop in my
>backpack. It was fine! It certainly came through this experience much
>better than I - though all things considered I was very lucky too.
>
>For those curious, I carry my 560 in my backpack in a simple magazine
>holder padded usually with some program listings. That's all. Worked
>very well.
I know this is a late response, but I happened to see it in a folder on my 750.
I used to ONLY use a bike during my high school years, and sometimes having
2 ThinkPads, or a ThinkPad and the SPARCbook in my backpack, I always worried
about something like that happening...
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