Asus' Eee PC gets torture tested on video

For those that had no qualms kicking Teddy to the curb and cuddling with Asus' Eee PC throughout the night just as soon as it was released, you may want to utilize your scroll wheel right about now. For those with a tough stomach and a perverse appetite for destruction, you can most definitely stay put. In the video posted after the jump, the Eee PC is pushed from great heights onto solid floors, forced to sit in extreme temperatures and repeatedly prodded to see if it still functioned. Interested? You're just one click away from a clip sure to make gadget aficionados everywhere cringe.

[Thanks, Roman]

Tests résistance (Chocs, chaleur, froid) de l'Asus Eee
by ray2fr

[phanbouy @ Feb 24th 2008 5:16PM]

The first person to ask if it blends gets a wedgie.

[Ray @ Feb 24th 2008 5:33PM]

does it.....owwww omg it hurts!

[m @ Feb 24th 2008 5:54PM]

no, actually that would be hilarious, and we all wanna know what happens. "blender" in French is "un mixer." "Doom" is just "Doom." so it's gonna be something like "mixe-t-il?" and "joue-t-il au Doom?" so please, somebody click through and ask away. and report back.

[E71 @ Feb 24th 2008 10:57PM]

The guy didn't pee on it. I think you need to finish off the torture by peeing and shitting on it. Yay.

[Leroy Vargas @ Feb 24th 2008 11:30PM]

Oh no, the guy forgot to waterboard it! (oops, say, spill water on it)

[Bahama.Llama @ Feb 24th 2008 5:18PM]

Bummer... I was expecting more of a test then that. Oh well...

[Bahama.Llama @ Feb 24th 2008 5:19PM]

edit:
does it blend?

[Erik @ Feb 24th 2008 6:15PM]

I know, there were some stairs right there. Huck it off them.

[Mr. Deeds @ Feb 24th 2008 7:41PM]

Exactly! I mean what is this anyways? Foreplay before web browsing? I think it would be cooler if someone that was going to abuse a "not so cheap" piece of equipment, would simply have not bought it, and done tests like tipping your waitress or waiter with the money they were going to attempt to destroy, and see the expression on their face... Isn't that a little more positive?

[Jenny @ Feb 25th 2008 12:27AM]

Erik:
"I know, there were some stairs right there. Huck it off them."

Amen, brother.

[ralph @ Feb 24th 2008 5:19PM]

i remember this video from eeeuser. stupid french people

[Austin @ Feb 24th 2008 5:26PM]

All I can guess is that there is a deductable stipend in the french tax code for altruistic gadget smashing.

[SimonRichards @ Feb 24th 2008 5:28PM]

WHATS UP WITH THE GUYS THUMB AT 1:35?! EWWW!

[Baba Booey @ Feb 24th 2008 5:37PM]

I can do that..you're acting like it's a big deal.

[SimonRichards @ Feb 24th 2008 5:44PM]

Dude, thumbs are supposed to bend THE OTHER WAY!!!

Hey I know some people can do it :P It's just weird seeing it cos I don't see it often. Nobody I know personally can do it.

[Blaktornado @ Feb 24th 2008 6:12PM]

Eh, I can do that with my left thumb. All those years of video games...

[Joe @ Feb 24th 2008 10:16PM]

Its a French thing.

[Z @ Feb 24th 2008 5:31PM]

im sure his one of those people who got 5 eee pcs for the price of 1 package.

[Z @ Feb 24th 2008 5:31PM]

he's*

[shawnmos @ Feb 24th 2008 5:37PM]

Yeah, and now he is going to list it on ebay after beating the crap out of it.

[KEROLiUKAS @ Feb 24th 2008 5:32PM]

Lame, i was expecting more interesting..Like hammer and blender type of tests.

[ClaMs @ Feb 24th 2008 8:20PM]

How many times have you really accidentally dropped a gadget in a blender and pressed the "slush" button?

[Alan Partridge @ Feb 25th 2008 7:56AM]

one time too many

[Yankees368 @ Feb 24th 2008 5:35PM]

You know, I'm pretty sure my 4 year old Dell laptop can go through the same torture tests just fine. But I am also pretty sure that no matter what the machine is, if it survives at first, it will still have its overall lifetime taken down a few notches.

[ericisshort @ Feb 24th 2008 6:55PM]

For real. Back in the day, Dell laptops were pretty indestructible. My 03 Inspiron flew off the top my car at 30 miles per hour when I stopped at the end of the street. Only damage was cosmetic, and it still works fine.

Its a shame Dell sucks so much now.

[Sam @ Feb 24th 2008 9:38PM]

Yankees368
> I'm pretty sure my 4 year old Dell laptop can go through the
> same torture tests just fine

I dunno about that. Physics dictate that momentum (impact) is proportional to mass. At 6-8 lbs, a normal laptop would hit the floor with much more force than a 2lb Asus. I don't think a normal laptop's screen would survive if it fell while opened (which was the most impressive demo for me). Either the hinge would come off (risking tearing the wires) or the screen would crack (a common feature of As-Is LCD items on eBay).

But the heat test was just silly because 104F [externally!] is probably lower than what your Dell normally reaches internally.

[entropyman @ Feb 26th 2008 2:37AM]

my old toshiba 333mhz model handled that and more- drpped it on the street and it got run over by a motorcycle and it still functioned for years after until I gave it away

[phanbouy @ Feb 24th 2008 5:40PM]

What's up with the video moving along so slowly? I think these guys've been watching too much French cinema.

Even the dude on camera seems pretty lethargic. Maybe it's just Brooklyn hipsters being all ironic?

[Zach @ Feb 24th 2008 5:40PM]

grr.. want one so bad, but i'd rather wait till generation 2 with the 8.9 inch screen *drools* *collapses*

[ark_v2 @ Feb 24th 2008 5:40PM]

Now I want the MBA version!

[phanbouy @ Feb 24th 2008 5:43PM]

Boom!

[phanbouy @ Feb 24th 2008 5:47PM]

btw, i posted a comment last week about that new HP UMPC where some of us were making fun of the corporate-speak in the product annoucement and silly use of "lifestyle accessory". i commented that "this is what an MBA can do to you".

I had meant a Master of Business Admin but I guess that's that rare context where this acronym could go either way. Teh moar u kno.

[Tenshigami @ Feb 24th 2008 5:48PM]

The only two tests that made me cringe were dropping it with the screen open and the heater. I hate cosmetic damage more than hardware failure. I'll bet his screen looks like he wiped it with sandpaper. As for the heater, if he had left it on there long enough, the plastic casing could have melted.

[phanbouy @ Feb 24th 2008 6:04PM]

"I hate cosmetic damage more than hardware failure."

I have some beautiful bricked motherboards to sell you.

[John Lawrence @ Feb 24th 2008 5:54PM]

Fake!

[Steffen Jobbs @ Feb 24th 2008 6:02PM]

Why don't they do the anvil test. If it survive anvil dropping on it from three feet and still keeps working, then it passes the test. After that, it might be considered as good and sturdy as the MacBookAir.


I'm joking, so lighten up.

[Stephen @ Feb 24th 2008 6:18PM]

and then he drops it 2 inches and it shatters lol

[Chris @ Feb 24th 2008 6:15PM]

First!

[phanbouy @ Feb 24th 2008 7:07PM]

I was gonna ask you if you're one of those ironic hipsters I referred to earlier but then I looked at your comment history.

[Sam Zebian @ Feb 24th 2008 7:34PM]

Now that's just pathetic. And Hilarious. (We're laughing at you, not with you)

[Chris @ Feb 24th 2008 8:06PM]

wow, looking at my comment history does say a lot. (not sarcasm, actual realization). but most of them were for contests and whatnot so whatever. and getting laughed at is thoroughly enjoyable.

[Grant @ Feb 24th 2008 6:25PM]

that was the torture test for people that really don't want to damage or plan on destroying their laptop.
lame lame lame.

if it couldn't withstand those "tests" it would be hard to consider more than a cheap toy. Besides, it has no moving parts, thats usual whats fatal when electronics fall.

[dale_nx26 @ Feb 24th 2008 6:41PM]

seriously, that was the lamest thing evar!!! those heights were not high and putting near the heater can't ever touch putting through real fire.

[ClaMs @ Feb 24th 2008 8:37PM]

@ dale_nx26: Do you know of a laptop that can survive a fire?

That wouldn't really be considered a test. :)

[Grant @ Feb 24th 2008 10:11PM]

maybe not a fire, but in most places if you leave your laptop in the car it could get up to like 150 degrees(F) in there, i'm sure in those tests it didn't see higher than 110 degrees.
Same goes for the cold, even in NYC theres nights where if you forgot your bag with your laptop inside in your car, the laptop would face single digit temperatures, not the lame 30 degrees in this video.

i'm just saying this video played more like a "i like to see if my laptop is kinder gardener proof" rather than a "torture test".

[Robert @ Feb 24th 2008 7:12PM]

I want to see someone do this with a macbook air!

[phanbouy @ Feb 24th 2008 7:17PM]

hey you're the third person. good job!

[Sam @ Feb 25th 2008 1:26AM]

Robert
> I want to see someone do this with a macbook air!

WAAAAAAY too expensive!

[Johan S @ Feb 24th 2008 7:11PM]

Weak. That was weak.

The test hey shoulda done was: does it survive being walked on by a 260 lb person?

[skulldriveshaft @ Feb 24th 2008 8:23PM]

Not bad for what you're paying for.

And the video sums up the most frequent accidents to happen.