My laptop just hit the floor. You won't believe what happened

Out of all the computing hassles you can face, nothing quite compares to dropping your laptop on a hard floor. Because, typically, that's the end of your laptop.

Or maybe not.

What happened was this: I had my backpack on my kitchen table (it's a "gathering table," and therefore higher than most). I went to slip my laptop into the zippered side pocket as I've done a hundred times, but just at that moment, something distracted me.

Milliseconds later, I heard a terrible thunk. Not realizing I'd missed the pocket, I'd released my grip on the machine, and it went tumbling to the floor. Landed right on its corner, too.

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Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048552/my-laptop-just-hit-the-floor-you-wont-believe-what-happened.html#tk.rss_laptopcomputers

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