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Max drop height: 35 in. / 90 cm in non-operating mode

(dropping is not recommended in operating mode)



It a pity they didn't get techie about what that spec actually means. They could have dropped it onto rubber or a pillow for all we know. Take a leaf out of Panasonic's Toughbook page and quote something like:

"MIL-STD-810F testing Method 516.5, Procedure IV (Transit Drop Test). Sequential drops in non-operating mode, onto each face, edge and corner for a total of 26 drops from a height of 36 inches. The drop surface is two-inch-thick plywood over a steel plate over concrete." and I'll be impressed.

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It should shut itself down when it knows it's falling to prevent the heads from crashing.



At least it matches my multimeter...]]>Jan 13th 2006 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/13/lacie-rugged-all-terrain-portable-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/13/lacie-rugged-all-terrain-portable-drive/


-C



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http://images.google.com/images?q=lacie+pocketdrive&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&start=20&sa=N
Apart from the colour and the omission of a firewire port, this looks almost exactly like the LaCie Pocketdrive of three years ago. As a plus the old one also had slots to store the cable. Nothing new here, move along.

http://images.google.com/images?q=lacie+pocketdrive&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&start=20&sa=N

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