Sounds military grade to me.
Comment on Thinkpad for the win
grandma@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I have a pretty recent thinkpad that supposedly has “military grade durability”. The plastic is literally falling apart at the corners after 2 years, and my fan grille is gone.
Fucking lenovo
superkret@feddit.org 3 days ago
Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Which Thinkpad do you have? The “Thinkpad” line has been expanded to basically all professional grade laptops now.
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
the x131e is definitely not professional grade
Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 3 days ago
No, none of the X line are. I really like the L line of Thinkpads. Those are still pretty solid and reparable.
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
nah the old x series (e.g. x61, x201) were good, they’re basically just a t series with a smaller display and no disk drive
smitten@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
The L series is the economical line.
Not to say they aren’t solid and repairable, but the t and p series are the designed to be the most robust, while the L series is designed to be robust with lower end components
RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I have a 16 year old T420 that’s survived numerous falls drops spills and still ticking to this day and I love it. It’s the best damn keyboard to type on. Only Thinkpads for me.
Banana@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
IBM would’ve never
riodoro1@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Sell their product to lenovo?
Banana@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
No? They did that.
kibiz0r@midwest.social 3 days ago
I think it was a joke.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 days ago
As others have eluded to, military-grade means “meets our minimum spec at the lowest price.”
So it means they said “Our casing was made of this material last year, and this is the lowest bidder for the same quality this year.”
exu@feditown.com 3 days ago
Military grade is bullshit marketing. Basically anything is military grade
TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Military grade is code for “cheapest bidder”
curled@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Military grade means literally nothing. Actual military equipment is “mil spec”, and not something the average consumer needs, or can afford, in most cases.
Even when military spec equipment is made by the lowest bidder, this stuff still has to be blast proof, bullet proof, work from -60°C to +85°C, be water/dust resistant, and many other requirements depending on what is being made.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
You can definitely get plenty of Mil spec shit, just not what you really expect. My hat is a Swedish army cap worn by some dude named Alber Kempf in Tunisia circa 1991.
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
It depends, sometimes milspec is very demanding. For example, crayons need to be non-toxic even if you eat the entire box.
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
In electronics there are actually milspec versions on microchips different from the normal space (they have a wider range of operating temperatures plus I also believe higher resistence to electromagnetic radiation and mechanical vibration, similar to microchips “for automobile use”), but I suspect that when it comes to actual consumer electronics devices the words “military grade” are not a protected tag (as in, electronic devices said to be “military grade” are not forced by regulation to have certain characteristics) so those words are generally marketing bullshit.
person1@lemm.ee 2 days ago
In Ukraine nowadays it means “anything that can survive up to one assault”. I hear they take donated cars that no-one sane would drive or even pronounce street-legal.
JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 3 days ago
“Military grade” means that it went through one extra round of inspection before it was sent out as far as I’m aware. This round of inspection is basically just putting it through certain weather conditions to simulate “will this survive a deployment”
Num10ck@lemmy.world 3 days ago
literally Military Grade is just marketing fluff with no standard. Mil-Spec is the real term for meeting military specifications. think ceramic and gold instead of plastic and tin for computer chips.
JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Okay I just double checked and you’re totally right. When I was in the military someone had told me there was actually regulations around “military grade” and they were just different from milspec. Technically military grade is supposed to refer to milspec but in the private world they don’t check if it’s actually true or not
JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
I guess aircraft-grade aluminum isn’t good enough anymore.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I was in the Marines and I had to buy some of my shit on my own, so yeah, agree 100%.