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HP Laptop Tested For Military Durability, Intended For Middle School; Laptop Can Withstand Spills Equaling 1 Can Of Soda? [Video]

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An HP laptop has been designed specifically for middle school use and tested for military durability with the premise that schoolchildren will carelessly drop the device. Moreover, the new education edition laptop can withstand spills as much as 12 ounces of liquid or one full can of soda.

The people in HP know who their target market is especially for the HP ProBook x360 11 G1 Education Edition, which is a rugged and not easily broken laptop. The device is sold for school use and HP intuitively incorporated features meant to be used by careless, accident-prone and overly curious middle school graders, The Verge has learned.

What are the features of the HP Pro Book x360 11 G1 Education Edition?

It can withstand a 2.5 ft. drop.

The HP laptop is tested on concrete and steel floors with a special "rubber chassis" that can withstand a drop of 2.5 ft. Its screen is made of Gorilla glass resistant to scratches and breakage.

It can withstand spills up to 12 ounces of liquid.

It can take in as much as a full can of soda spills without leaking into the motherboard.

Its keys are resistant to being picked.

The HP laptop will not easily lose its keys as compared to conventional laptops.

It has a LED on the back lid to notify teachers if children are browsing when they should not.

An educator's feedback, HP put on the light to help teachers know if the students are using the Wi-Fi to browse the net when they are not allowed to do so.

It has an optional camera on the keyboard palm to be used when device is folded like a tablet.

The camera is placed on the keyboard palm rest, making it ideal to take photos or videos when folded.

The HP laptop is a low-end convertible laptop packed with essential hardware and software to make it the ideal laptop for school use. It is pre-loaded with software commonly used in classroom management.

Its specs are as follows; 1.1 Ghz Intel Celeron N4200 processor with Intel HD 505 graphics, 8GB RAM, 256 GB m.2 SSD for storage, an 11.6-in. display with 1366x768 resolution, weighs 3.9 lbs, and as thin as 0,78 of an inch, PC World reported.

There is no official price on the HP ProBook x360 11 G1 Education Edition as of yet. The HP laptop is primarily sold for schools, but may be available to consumers by third party resellers.

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