Originally Posted by cordelli
Our sales guys use to drop their Dell's on a very regular basis, it was one of the resaons we use to have Dells, they can stand up to it very well. The case would get a crack or two around the thin areas, but in most cases it was all cosmetic.
Dropped Dells a few times - still works fine but like you said superficial cracks come pretty easily with them.
Dropped some older thinkpads - No damage whatsoever - they were solid!