We Dropped A Chromebook From A Two-Story Building
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Ruggedized Chromebooks are nothing new at this point. We've seen these classroom-ready devices in all sorts of shapes, forms and sizes over the years. And we've also taken the claims that manufacturers make about them at face value the entire time, too. To be fair, I always assumed the claims about the ability to survive water, 4-foot drops and a bit of stress on the chassis were all legit for all of these rugged Chromebooks. But then again, we've never really tested it out, either. So, we thought it was time to do just that and then some.
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I work for a school district doing the chromebook repairs - I have seen this brand in the worst shape possible, and I'm amazed that model stood up. I have the same brand, but model G8's (previous model to the G9's) in grades 3-8, and I've almost always had to completely rebuild the top from cover to bezel to hinges and screen on every one of them when a student drops them. The bezel is glued to the screen, and when you take off the bezel, you'll find the hinge is broken or lifted away from the top cover every time a screen is broken. You didn't do the "oh, I failed a test" and punch the screen test, pr close up a pen/pencil in the device (slam it down of course) which I see a lot of. And I am shocked the water test did not ruin the mainboard, as I've see that consistently when a water bottle gets knocked over, or at lunch when the device is open and any drink gets spilled on it - then the student fails to let anyone know until, "oops, it no longer is turning on" and take it see what can be done. I guess that means the moisture has to sit on it for longer than a minute to seep down to the mainboard. The repair bill was so high at the Middle School, the principal chose to go back to carts this year instead of one to one to keep them from getting dropped in the hallways and at lunch.
Thank you for this demonstration, so if HP chromebooks are chosen again in the future, it would mean they have listened to complaints from schools doing self-maintenance, and upped the ruggedness, but I am still more than skeptical that they would still hold up to the rigors student will put them through.
Pencil on the keyboard will do it every time!
The school I go to uses the G8 too. Some of my fellow students completely destroy those things…
That was interesting. Key takeaway is that it is likely going to take deliberate action to actually be damaged.
Back in the days of handheld calculators, there was an HP salesman who would throw one of their models against a wall at the back of the display to demonstrate how durable they were. According to the story, the TI rep left that show as their similar product would generate an explosion of keys.
Not sure if you know but education models are designed for super abuse and they come close to be able to handle battlefields. This is why education models are very very heavy compare to normal models as many areas are fortified and reinforced.
I knew after this video, alright. 😃👍 But you are right. This should really be made more clear.
@@BrittMFH I work on these things... This video doesn't tell much about how much effort and what type of changes are made, and why... Many structural improvement can be done with little impact on weight. However, other changes will increase weight because of more durable material or even use metal. But to keep cost low for education markets, a lot of mechanical design innovations went into these models. My only worries is how well these will recycle because they are difficult to taken apart into pieces.
I’ve bought them all in k12 as an it director. They all break the same. They all have bad flaws like screws falling out, plastic Ms breaking, easy scratching..etc
@@Red_Panduh Newer models are obvious better as more and more design changes are made. If you compare to non-education series, you will notice the education series are much more durable. I can't even break my Acer education model if I want to. You have to realize the schools aren't willing to pay for these systems, so engineers having to do durability improvement with very little additional money. If you start to get into commercial notebooks and their alloy casing are very durable. And for your screw issues, next time, use a toothpick, and dab a tiny bit of white glue before you screw it back.. Once dried, normal amount of banging will not unscrew them. My guess your screw issues are more frequent on Lenovo models, right?
It's nice to see you both out of the studio!! This durability doesn't surprise me much. We have mil spec devices at my work and they can take a beating as well, but they still come back to IT for service every now and again. (I work in IT)
That's impressive how durable those things are built considering the price point of these chromebooks
i dropped my chromebook like 2 feet at school and now it got black spots
Cheap Chromebook or not, it was hurting to see it being treated like this. 🙈 But lots of fun.
The drops from the table were the first things painfull to watch, but the roof drops… ouch.
But it is really impressive what these things can take. Wouldn‘t try with my 715, tho ;)
11:52 for the drop
I got a case on mines and I unlocked it on developer mode and currently playing a lot of PSP games on it.
Thinking about a workaround for the shoddy main storage movement and download files.
I'll probably just get a 1Tb SD card USB stick.
And set it to main download space it to work as main to free up space.
Great Chromebook for students in a real-world situation.
Great stuff! It's unlikely that an EDU Chromebook would be dropped from a roof, but I have seen them run over by cars and school buses!
That was honestly hard to watch. With every test I cringed in pain
I have the older version, of that Chromebook. I must say it's very well built, especially for the money.
Im a fan of durable chromebooks. I have seen my fair share of broken chromebooks, tablets and windows computers from kids.
I swear bro this is what that one kid does to his laptop to get it so dented
Thanks Much !
I am on my second 514 and the hinges on both have failed from normal use
you should return that cromebook and just say it was a small acident lol
Real-world test. Leave your earbuds on the keyboard and close the Chromebook. Yes, students have done that.
do this with a touchscreen chromebook
convince my daddy and mommy to let me buy a Chromebook for me.
That’s literally my school computer-
Oh, wow. That was painful to watch. (But still cool).
Oof that’s a lot of damage just needs some flex tape 🤌
My school just got these Chromebooks
Now I understand why I chose a Chromebook over a MacBook. My mom bought a new mac and she accidentally dropped her phone and the corner of the phone hit the screen of the mac and it barely hit it hard it was a small tap and the screen was damaged. So she had to pay $1,000 for her to replace the entire screen. Now on days with chrome books at an affordable price and drop durable this is way better than paying $1,000 to apple to replace the laptops damage. Also I have another connection were you tested out the water test at 6:28 I saw a video, ill put the link here czcams.com/video/JYsKy6HSfsQ/video.html and this woman named Bri had her MacBook in her bag and she had a water bottle in her ba with the MacBook. She took her MacBook out and it was all wet, the MacBook couldn't turn on and she was upset but she found a solution. So basically what she told us to do if this ever happens to us in the future, she told us to put our macs like facing downward. So basically you open the mac not all the way but half way and you face it toward on a table so that the water can come out. she told us that we have to wait at least a week without touching the mac. Me on the other hand I'm a student and I need a computer to work on and use daily. So after that, she finally turned on her mac and it turned on but there was water all inside the screen so basically water damaged. this is another reason why I didn't buy a mac and her me out. Im a big fan of apple and i love their iPhones, iPads, AirPods, you name it. I really do love them, but when it comes to newer macs and something happens to the mac, its another 1k/2k to prepare the mac. So that's why i decided to get a Chromebook and thanks to you you saved my life because now and days chrome books have improved. So now I have a Lenovo Flex 5 i Chromebook and its runs great and I use it to play Roblox, yes it sometimes crashes but that happens when I play with it for a long time. I use it for school and its great. So thanks again for saving my life.
I have a MIL-SPEC Acer and it weren't cheap.
I always hope for the creator to half ass this and not actually try to break anything. Lol.
This is what should happen to all chromebooks. One thing that will never be destoyed is the OS, that comes by default 🤣🤣😂
Try and fix it in the next video
Insane. Awesomeeeee
So, it passed all the normal tests that the manufacturer said it could pass. then you go and destroy it to see if it is indestructible or not. Of course it’s not indestructible, you destroyed it for no good reason, ridiculous!
I agree
This device is for school kids, not the battlefield.
But even the best military grade would probably be too heavy for a little kid to tote with them….
Someone said K through 12,
Kindergarten kids use notebooks?
Wow
Chromebook Mythbusters?
Excellent!!!!!11
Why???
In my school I used a Chromebook similar to this from around 5th to 9th grade and they went through everything, so I think he just wants to show that they are able to do that
Just for the heck of it? 😃👍
if you read the article and watched the video (while comncentrating), just why do you need to ask WHY?
Run your channel however you want, but if you're gonna put out clickbait titles and thumbnails with stupid reaction faces, it's bye from me.
Chromebook is a total garbage anyway . the CHROME OS is a total garbage