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What are your favorite insane laptops?

Mine is the Dell Rugged: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F56ION4_n0

Bump and fall proof, liquid proof, sand proof (and cat hairs proof I assume), extreme heat/cold proof, can be used as a blunt weapon in an emergency. Ridiculously overkill for anyone that's not a geologist working in Antarctica or an archaeologist in the Gobi desert, and ridiculously overkill is fun

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

10/10 device - it's a solid laptop though I worry about longevity (they're a bastard to repair because the arts are all hard to find).

Upside is it's the perfect machine for travel gaming!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

That's true, but I found parts like the bottom chassis, display assembly and keyboard on Aliexpress. They probably have the joystick modules too.

The only thing I couldn't find were the actual rubber thumbsticks, which might become a problem in the future when they wear out. GPD promised to sell them individually a while ago, but as of yet, they haven't done so.